CROATIA | Wednesday, 27 May 2015 | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry
There is something beautiful and curiously nostalgic about laughing and talking with people you’re never going to see again. On our last night in Zadar, Croatia, my fellow travellers at the hostel decided to throw a little party, to end things brightly.... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
GREECE | Wednesday, 6 May 2015 | Photo Gallery
My four day trip to the beautiful Island
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SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2014 | Views [337]
The Grahamstown Art Festival is enchanting. The wind whips up my hair and throws it enthusiastically into my face, coaxing the dust into the air to hug us firmly with a thin coating.
I have worked here for a few days with the merchants -... Read more >
Tags: art festival, festival, grahamstown, travel job
SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 15 Jun 2014 | Views [423]
The water flows swiftly, confidently. My twin sister shoves up against me, her excited grin reflecting mine. We have always wanted to swim in the Orange River; to say that we've been in two country's at once; to feel the pull of the current trying ... Read more >
Tags: namibia, orange river, river
SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 4 Jun 2014 | Views [635]
The trees stretch up around me to paw at the sky. We're driving along the road, music blasting - not my style - while I try to sleep, my eye twitching very unwillingly to the beat. I had to wake up at 6 o'clock in the pre-dawn dark to be here, and ... Read more >
Tags: bucket list, knysna, shooting, south africa
THAILAND | Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Views [432]
In Chiang Mai, the Northern city of Thailand, they have a night market spanning two streets in the shape of an X. The vibe there is amazing; a combination of rural culture and modern bustle. Unlike in Bangkok, it is a market where the ... Read more >
Tags: chiang mai, night market, thailand
SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | Photo Gallery
Grahamstown festival
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SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | Views [576]
My eyes are closed, heavy; weighed down by the sun pressing down and leaking in. It embraces me as I lie on the beach, perfectly happy. It was a long drive here to George, over the mountains from my own dry little town, but it was undoubtedly worth ... Read more >
Tags: beach, sand, sunlight
NAMIBIA | Sunday, 4 May 2014 | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry
I wake up begrudgingly, entirely unwilling to open my eyes. Heaving myself up, I stuff my feet into shoes before my toes have time to complain about the desert’s morning chill. My sisters sleep obliviously on, faces drooping against their pillows; definitely ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
