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7th this month.</b> This will ensure that we have time to read your stories since so many people wait until the last minute to submit.</p><p id="65ea">Hey, I’m often a procrastinator myself so no worries. It happens.</p><p id="7423">Oh, and don’t forget to consult our <a href="https://readmedium.com/write-for-globetrotters-abd277b16b80">writer’s guidelines</a> and <a href="https://readmedium.com/new-photo-policy-for-globetrotters-46545b040194">photo policy</a> to make sure your story meets our qualifications.</p><p id="ef91"><a href="undefined">Adrienne Beaumont</a> provided us with our first story of visiting the newly iconic tall buildings in Dubai:</p><div id="94d5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/ive-been-to-the-top-of-the-tallest-building-in-the-world-a6768263e39f"> <div> <div> <h2>I’ve Been to the Top of the Tallest Building in the World</h2> <div><h3>The Burj Khalifa in 2015</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*1Iina81fLSOjb5A6)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9250">Check out some of our other stories submitted to the challenge thus far:</p><p id="c647"><a href="undefined">Kim Baker</a> writes about the amazing skyscrapers of Tokyo, Japan and a fear of heights:</p><div id="5e4a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/skytree-and-stormtroopers-46656856f42b"> <div> <div> <h2>Skytree and Stormtroopers</h2> <div><h3>Just Another Day in Tokyo</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Y5RdukBjB3AH9ROAPaSHHg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="aa81"><a href="undefined">Marianne O</a> shares photos of skyscrapers from Hong Kong and some interesting skyscraper facts:</p><div id="1243" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/heights-do-not-represent-what-happens-on-the-ground-e68c435dcc1f"> <div> <div> <h2>Heights Do Not Represent What Happens on the Ground</h2> <div><h3>A fresh perspective into skyscrapers</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*bbfzEpGFbOQX2Sgazs1qEQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="22fb"><a href="undefined">Adrienne Beaumont</a> offers us a great story full of the adventures of climbing:</p><div id="5454" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/if-theres-a-tower-i-have-to-climb-it-5d5aecc569de"> <div> <div> <h2>If There’s a Tower, I Have to Climb It</h2> <div><h3>Right to th

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e top!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*c0-dtr1j8cW5jRK7K-QGXA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="39c6"><a href="undefined">Claire Elizabeth Levesque</a> gives us an equally great story of visiting skyscrapers in Chicago:</p><div id="7666" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/going-to-the-top-of-the-magnificent-mile-chicago-360-5d958aa30f9d"> <div> <div> <h2>Going to the Top of the Magnificent Mile: Chicago 360</h2> <div><h3>Seeing the Windy City from a new perspective</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*PbicMKQmiMhAzPEUnZZ9ig.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="4bd3"><a href="undefined">Bell KS</a> provides us with a narrative full of the peculiarities of NYC love:</p><div id="96c3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/on-top-of-the-big-apple-93b3db8bc3b6"> <div> <div> <h2>On Top of the Big Apple</h2> <div><h3>New York, New York — how beautiful you are</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*K8rrvlH6cAeyMOH13U1eFA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1c5d"><a href="undefined">Osan Fernando</a> shares her interesting experiences of visiting several skyscrapers:</p><div id="425c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/skyscraper-a-travel-goal-bb3b33ed9d18"> <div> <div> <h2>Skyscraper: A Travel Goal</h2> <div><h3>The skyscrapers in my life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*anQufWImeYELIx69a5_2kw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="c5e5"><a href="undefined">Erie Astin</a> shares her visit to an iconic building in NYC:</p><div id="35da" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/past-and-future-collide-at-the-top-of-rockefeller-center-4917f3dfb58"> <div> <div> <h2>Past and Future Collide At the Top of Rockefeller Center</h2> <div><h3>Views from Central Manhattan, 2007</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*f2n3-N69rZ-Va6MKjv2IYQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

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A Skyscraper View of The World: Your Favorite Photos and Travel Memories

Share them here at Globetrotters

Empire State Building in NYC — Photo by JoAnn Ryan

Dear Globetrotters Community,

I hope you are doing well! A lot of us have been struggling lately, including me. Sometimes it’s difficult to keep up momentum when at times the deck seems stacked against us, however, maintaining optimism is the key. A lot of changes have taken place over the last year, but one thing remains the same: heartfelt personal expression and wanting to connect with readers are at the heart of what we all do.

Ride the changes we must and hopefully we will all make it to the other side better than what we were before! And hopefully we won’t all lose our minds before getting there.

This month’s challenge here at Globetrotters is all about skyscrapers.

When thinking about skyscrapers, most of us of course think of huge cities, where skyscrapers are typically found. New York City is perhaps the most iconic. I loved living near NYC for a few years and being able to travel in to “the city” whenever I got the yen.

I first visited the concrete jungle when I was a mere nineteen years old. Full of energy and blind optimism. Just walking around and gawking at the buildings is a treat itself.

Skyline view of Port of Spain — Photo by JoAnn Ryan

Here in Trinidad and Tobago, my expat home of nearly two years now, several tall and magnificent buildings can be found. Not sure if they can be counted as skyscrapers exactly, but they are still rather impressive.

I love them as I love this country. My new home.

Such buildings are true modern marvels of structural engineering. A test of man’s ingenuity and a quest to reach to the heavens and tease the sky above.

Check out this month’s skyscraper challenge, brought to us by the amazingly talented travel writer Anne Bonfert:

Feel free to share your own memories and photos. Please note that the end date of the challenge will be June 27th this month. This will ensure that we have time to read your stories since so many people wait until the last minute to submit.

Hey, I’m often a procrastinator myself so no worries. It happens.

Oh, and don’t forget to consult our writer’s guidelines and photo policy to make sure your story meets our qualifications.

Adrienne Beaumont provided us with our first story of visiting the newly iconic tall buildings in Dubai:

Check out some of our other stories submitted to the challenge thus far:

Kim Baker writes about the amazing skyscrapers of Tokyo, Japan and a fear of heights:

Marianne O shares photos of skyscrapers from Hong Kong and some interesting skyscraper facts:

Adrienne Beaumont offers us a great story full of the adventures of climbing:

Claire Elizabeth Levesque gives us an equally great story of visiting skyscrapers in Chicago:

Bell KS provides us with a narrative full of the peculiarities of NYC love:

Osan Fernando shares her interesting experiences of visiting several skyscrapers:

Erie Astin shares her visit to an iconic building in NYC:

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