Winner Archives - Page 5 of 12 - My Family Travels
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Wheels and Wildflowers: A Bike Tour Through Cade’s Cove

Grandpa tossed two helmets under the passenger seat and revved the engine.  “I’m not wearing one.” He shoved his hand into the Skittles bag.  “Me neither,” I tested. His glacier gaze cracked;...

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I Come From Elsewhere, But I Come From Here

       The sun is blazing, and the humidity is turned up a thousand notches. However, my Western sensibilities remain undisturbed, as my mind is a preoccupied whirlwind of endless...

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Keep Dreaming

The real magic happens when I close my eyes. I usually squeeze them really tight when I want to get a good feel of the ocean breeze in my face. As the sun settles in for the night, the sand beneath...

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Meeting My Grandfather

My parents came to the United States in 1990, six years before I was born. Three years after they moved, my grandfather passed away. Although he died before my birth, he was extremely proud that my...

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Cambodia to Thailand: A Tale of Monuments and Mango Milkshakes

When it comes to traveling I’m always up for anything and everything. I love sight-seeing at places like the Great Wall; but I also enjoy the atypical experiences--eating rooster head and thirteen...

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Lost in Marrakesh

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Hello Dalai!

It was about noon when I fully realized that I was much farther away from the Dalai Lama then I had anticipated. I suppose, in retrospect, that that wasn’t entirely in my control (the Kalachakra festival...

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The Lone Mushroom

In an attempt to discover pieces of myself that may have been hidden, I decided in the spring of 2014 to explore the...

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One Fraction

Four journeys. Eight plane rides. One fraction. At age two, I flew over the Atlantic Ocean guided by my Senegalese father and part Portuguese, Irish, German mother for the first time. Our destination...

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