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The10 Day Journey That Changed My Life
INTRODUCTION In June 2016, I travelled to South Africa as a 17 year old boy to take part in a charity workshop. This is a charity which I had been working with for just about a year. This charity is called Heart4More which specialises in educating the public on the heart and the life threatening issues many people face everyday worldwide. We aim to educate the public in knowing how to deal the situations of heart attacks and cardiac arrests. I had been participating in the cardiac workshops since September 2015; these workshops were taken out in various settings such as schools, youth clubs, football clubs and even shopping centres.
By Anthony Lynch5 years ago in Wander
Let's Sail Away
This was the moment they had been waiting for. Nina and George had worked countless hours prepping and planning for the moment they would set sail and cruise the deep blue sea. For two years they had spent sleepless nights and every penny to upgrade their classic monohull sailboat into the beautiful vessel she had become. They worried about their futures, as they knew they were leaving behind everyone they loved and eliminating the minimal income they earned. Nonetheless, they believed it was now or never. Today was not a day to fear, but a day to live!
By Kimberly Whited5 years ago in Wander
Le Livre Noir
You can't begin to imagine how tough it is being a private detective these days; if the police aren't getting in my way when I approach a crime scene, it's the customers thinking you only exist to find missing people or snap pictures of cheating spouses. I didn't want to join the police despite being told I was the next Sherlock Holmes; both a compliment and an insult, Sherlock never had to deal with being a woman.
By Alan Walker5 years ago in Wander
Charley Boorman "Long Way Up!"
When Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set out on a long range motorbike trip through South and Central America late last year, they couldn’t have known what they’d create: content that could, potentially, uplift and soothe an audience going stir-crazy from a pandemic lockdown and various political crises. For McGregor and Boorman, it was just another adventure—their third, in fact, to be filmed for TV audiences.
By Phil Cartwright5 years ago in Wander
Delving Deep
Sticky sloppy sludge squelched between my toes as I trudged through the narrow passage. Grazing my fingertips along the dampened brick wall to keep my balance as I tried to focus on the light ahead. I clutched my skirt up to avoid the droplets of backsplash as my mind wandered; I began questioning myself:
By Rose Jones5 years ago in Wander
Sink or Swim
I have always been both at home in water, and terrified of it. The terror is both a warning and a siren-song lure, though. A bona fide adrenaline junkie, the unseeable and unknown are brushed off with bravado (and maybe, according to my mother, a little delusion). To me, the prospect of jumping from a rocky cliff into a lake of unknown sapphire depth (age 10), is as appealing as wandering the city of Moscow, USSR (age 14). In my twenties and thirties, I thrilled at solo motorcycle trips with nothing but cash and a tent. Now, as I seem to rapidly nearing a half-century on this planet, I do not have to go anywhere to find adventure. I have found bliss: life in a city that is itself a dangerous water park!
By Alice Freist5 years ago in Wander
The Longest Platform in the World- Gorakhpur Railway Station
The "City of Gorakhnath" is one of the major cities in Uttar Pradesh, India. The city name is taken from the name of Gorakhnath- the saint of the Nath Sampradaya. It is the abode of Baba Gorakhnath to whom Gorakhnath Temple still reminds. And in this beautiful city, Gorakhpur Railway Station gives a glimpse to the visitors as the longest platform in the world.
By Raj Kishor Kannoujea5 years ago in Wander
Turtle Beach
It was early morning when we set off. The tropical sky pale blue and fringed with pink in the soft light. I was half-asleep, roused from my bed for an early start. We sat in the car, my mother and sister and I, waiting as Dad secured the house then climbed over the courtyard wall. He jumped down on the outside of the wall and took his place in the car.
By Nan Arana Hewitt5 years ago in Wander
Ocean breezes predicted today, tomorrow, and the day after that
You could be miserable, disgusted, and grumpy all the time on a subtropical island, but only if you tried really hard every day. It may be the reason why I don’t remember meeting many people who fit the profile as I grew up. Those who temporarily achieved such states were referred to as looking 'gribble' and seldom stayed that way long.
By The Dani Writer5 years ago in Wander
Mega and the Black Book
There once was a man from Nantucket- What? Don’t believe me? Okay, he’s from Mississippi but he’s in Nantucket now. He was a traveler of sorts; some may say a rolling stone. He moved like the wind with nothing but his Sax and his satchel. If you heard the story of how he ended up in Nantucket you wouldn’t believe it, you’d think he was made up. You’d say, “that stuff only happens in books or movies.” I can assure you that this is the absolute true story of Mega Magnolia.
By Cedes SaidWhat5 years ago in Wander
