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Globetrotters Stories March 12–18
Weekly round-up

Hi Globetrotters!
Wow, we had 57 stories this week. So many stories are full of green, too. I love when a story is accompanied by your own personal travel photos. It makes the story come alive. All of the editors at Globetrotters prefer personal travel photos to stock photos.
Monthly Challenge Stories
Keith Kelley shares his green story about the beautiful country of Scotland and I have to agree.
TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE: Gabe has the most inviting pictures of himself and the scenery in Ireland. He exudes happiness and takes us along for a ride showing us his favorite hikes in the beautiful green country of Ireland. Don’t miss this one!
Ophélie Quillier moved to England in 2021 and shares about the majestic green beauty that she sees in her daily living.
Ronald Smit shares a very unique perspective on the green challenge and how people are ruining our green environment with their trash. Choose to be green and save the green.
Writer of the week
Paula Romeu shares about her time spent in Kenya. Her writing and the content here blew me away. This is such a special story and even though she shares some of the struggles there, the ending is what stood out to me.
Writer Spotlight
Matthew David has been traveling a lot in the past few years. Read about where he is from, what he likes to do while traveling, and his favorite places to travel.
Food travel stories
Philip Ogley tells us about how to properly eat a croissant and being that he lives in France, I am taking his advice! But, then I was saddened to read that they are actually not even French.
Asia
Sarina Chiu explains all about a Japanese Onsen. It looks so inviting if you are willing to go in the nude.
Jay Davidson will take you on quite the adventure in Bangladesh here:
Matthew David shares some amazing photos from Northeast India. He embarks on an initiative with the Global Himalayan Expedition and it is fascinating.
Angela Choi wonders why she came back to India after being gone for so long. She shares with humor and that makes for a great read, along with a great ending and message.
Serhii Onkov shares amazing photos on a trip to Kyrgyzstan. I just added it to my list.
Sneh Gaurav shares about a trip to West Bengal and how she misses it there.
Linda Ng writes about her vacation in Melaka and how walking around at night is the best time to see all of the lights.
Africa
Anne Bonfert shows us what it is like living through a major storm in Mozambique.
If you love Star Wars, you should read this story by Rui Alves.
In another story from Anne Bonfert, she writes about all of the wildlife she’s witnessed in her recent travels in South Africa. I am jealous!
A few more stories from Anne Bonfert
Antarctica
Jewel Allen photographs and describes many different penguins from her trip to Antarctica.
North America
Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages shares about her time in Canmore, where she grew up. I’ve been to Canmore and would go back in a heartbeat. Just look at her stunning photos in this story!
Claire Elizabeth Levesque shares some jaw-dropping photos and information about her travels to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park.
A Trip Through Wyoming’s National Parks: Yellowstone and Grand Teton
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Anupa Jayakody brings us along on her train ride in Canada and then to the botanical gardens in Toronto.
Julia A. Keirns makes the White Sands National Park look so appealing. The sand almost looks like snow and there is a cute picture featuring her dog in the sand.
Julia A. Keirns also writes about Carlsbad, New Mexico here:
Troy Larson writes about what was once a racetrack that is now a little lake in Minnesota.
Kua Lina shares about a beautiful ski resort in eastern Canada and how the weather is brutal but somehow perfect in March while everyone else is vacationing somewhere tropical for spring break.
M. Elizabeth Blair writes about how she lives as a digital nomad and future plans in Mexico.
Michele Maize hikes the Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial Park hike and writes about the history.
South America
Victoria Hydes shares some highlights from her trip to Costa Rica involving butterflies, crocodiles, and wild monkeys!
Jay Davidson takes us along his travels during his first day in Cuba in the town of Cienfuegos.
Nicholas Colombo writes about an incredible salt flat that is in Bolivia, South America and his photos are stunning.
Europe
Susie Kearley takes us on a scooter adventure on the Isle of Wight. The Scooter Rally looks like a lot of fun.
Rover Dave writes about his trip to Pisa. I definitely missed out on a lot of the places that they went to in the city when I was there. Check out all of the amazing travel photos around this beautiful city.
Barb Dalton shares some really great tips for when you visit Paris. These are some things that you might not know and are very helpful.
Tim Ward has been to Lisbon enough times to see all of the major attractions. Now he can spend time finding all of the hidden gems. Check them out:
Mariana Carvalho writes about her experience at a Michelin-star restaurant in Brazil and shares the most amazing food pictures.
Liam James H writes about the culture and sights of Prague.
Ophélie Quillier shares that England and Scotland are both very accommodating to dogs, especially the Lake District, which looks incredibly beautiful.
Jo Muller explores this amazing island and shares his travels here:
Tim Ward explores Madeira, a tropical island off the coast of Portugal. He shares some incredible photos and history.
Ethan Fine shares about his amazing spring break trip.
David Conte explains why Paris is better than New York and shares his top highlights from his trip.
Isabella Neuro-Spicy has been all around the world on cruises and shares her favorite places that she’s been to here:
Simon Whaley takes you on an adventure with his words through Clun Valley, sharing history along the way.
Pablo Tovar writes about a day spent in Stockholm.
Travel Tips and Stories
Shelley Rohm shares how she fits everything she owns into 8–9 suitcases here:
Rose Ernst shares some great tips here. It taught me a thing or two about packing lighter.
Amalina Davis made me laugh here with all of these travel contradictions that she’s witnessed. I agree, Amalina!
Patty McMahon, M.Ed embarks on a solo sober retreat and writes about how much fun it was.
Saumya Gandhi writes about her experience moving abroad and shares some helpful tips.
Vickey Maverick lands in Amsterdam with no luggage and she writes about it here. Thankfully, they were able to find it but not in time for the cold weather.
Sam Newbound talks about how empowering it is to travel solo and it brought so much confidence that was lacking prior to the solo travels.
It was a great week of reading. Thanks to my fellow editors and for all of your submissions.
Adrienne Beaumont JoAnn Ryan Anne Bonfert Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages






