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Travel Stories
Travel stories exploring the gap between where we came from, where we’ve traveled and where we are now. Escape with these funny, moving travel stories written for true travel lovers, then share your own travel stories in the comments.
I packed three pairs of shoes for my year in Zimbabwe: sensible sandals to wear at the school where I’d be teaching, trainers to walk the seven kilometer dirt track from school to the tarred
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I may or may not be taking the rest of the year off but I wanted to slip in this “Best of Get In the Hot Spot” post before New Year’s to give you some holiday reading and help you find all the
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Lolita stood six foot tall, had white blonde hair and she played the bagpipes. Her height wasn’t that unusual for a Scandinavian woman but her musical preferences are rare for anyone.
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What springs to mind when you think of France? The Eiffel Tower? Frogs legs? A French man on a bike with a beret on his head and a baguette tucked under
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Dear Long, It was great to meet you and your lovely wife and daughter, Mei-Lee and Mei-Hua, during my trip to Shanghai. I can’t believe it was a year ago.
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The Australians we’d met in Greece were flying from Athens to Munich for the Oktober Fest. An annual event which attracts beer swillers from around the world
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I’m still not sure what really happened to me but I don’t think it was drug-related. According to the Dream Doctor sleep paralysis seems to be more likely. I particularly
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Are you here because you like writing, travel or stories? If so I can help. You like all three? Then it’s a match made in heaven. But in the unlikely event you really
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Tripbase is running a My 7 Links project to unite bloggers in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a
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An ordinary person doing extraordinary things. Have you done anything extraordinary lately? If not put it at the top of your agenda for next year.
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