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Six Days of Dirt

ICELAND | Monday, 11 May 2015 | Views [314] | Scholarship Entry

We drove nine-hundred kilometers along the highway, only to find what we needed three miles down a gravel road. Hringvegur, Iceland's ringroad, is notorious for its diverse scenery: waterfalls throwing rainbows into sparkling air, glaciers melting slowly ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship


Fatigue of the Fès el Bali

MOROCCO | Saturday, 10 May 2014 | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry

On a few hours of sleep, we stumbled into the stark sand-coloured terminal at Fès–Saïss Airport, faced with a large open room with little in the way of decor. We filtered clumsily through control booths with a few dozen Moroccan families to have our ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip


Catching a Moment - First Hours

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 18 Apr 2013 | Views [1198] | Scholarship Entry

There's nothing like that moment when the cabin doors finally open. You draw a mouthful of fresh, unrecycled air for the first time in hours. You look at your watch, and you're hours behind, or ahead maybe, you don't know. The morning light is harsh, ... Read more >

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