SRI LANKA | Sunday, 7 Apr 2013 | Views [470] | Comments [2]
I sit hidden in the shade. The light breeze teases me, reminding me of cooler days. Green leaves dance overhead, creating brilliant, ever changing, patterns of shadows on the sand. Flies lazily buzz from here to there, landing on every surface in between.... Read more >
Tags: beaches, climate change, nature, pollution, waves
ITALY | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
Bajardo, Italy Sunset
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ITALY | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Views [363]
Once upon a time, I was a princess in a small, mountaintop, medieval village called Bajardo. Every evening the fog filled the valleys bellow and eventually crept through the damp, moss covered, eerily silent, cobble stone streets. I would leave my roof ... Read more >
Tags: bajardo, fog, italy, medieval village, mountain tops, sunset
INDONESIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Views [268]
I love the smell of the earth just after it’s rained. You can feel the heat and moisture in the air. The plants glisten with water droplets like stars in the light of day. You can almost feel the circle of life turning as the plants soak up the ... Read more >
Tags: moreton island, mount tempest, nature, ocean views, raindrops
INDONESIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Views [482]
I am very aware that every time I turn over in my sleep, the entire bed shakes. With every movement, I’m silently apologizing to the English girl sleeping on the bottom bunk. As I roll over in the darkness for what seems like the millionth time, ... Read more >
Tags: bali, morning, roosters, sunrise
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Views [383]
I was sitting alone on a sand dune, overlooking the northern bay of the third largest sand island in the world. No one would disturb me there, 98% of the island was national park and I had wandered off the only walking track on the northern half of the ... Read more >
Tags: moreton island, solitude, whales
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
My Island, My home, My Life as a Light House Keeper
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HAITI | Sunday, 31 Mar 2013 | Views [321] | Scholarship Entry
Gaunt faces pressed against the red metal fence, thin arms extended through the holes, empty palms exposed, displaying nothing but need. Desperate shouts in a foreign tongue surrounded us while the scent of sunburnt sewage engulfed us. As we exited the ... Read more >
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