A Travel Writer's Tale of Exploration, Meeting New People and Fighting Breast Cancer
When I asked Denver Post Travel Editor Kyle Wagner to write an issue
for this “Best Job in the World” series, I figured she'd mention some
of the most extravagant meals she sampled as a food writer, or one of
the travel adventures she’s written about as a newspaper travel
editor.
But what she sent goes far beyond any of that. It's the tale of
finding a true connection in her travels, of going places she
otherwise might not, and of celebrating human survival and her battle
with breast cancer.
We often talk about travel writing as the best job in the world
because of its glitz, glamour, and perks... its free trips and
published stories.
But Kyle’s story reminds us that it can go much deeper than that, too.
Scroll down to read it (and be warned that you might need a few
tissues before you do).
Tigers, Elephants, and Tales from the Raj
From strip club bar tender to factory bolt inspector, before she became a freelance travel writer, Steenie Harvey worked a flurry of bad jobs. Today, she enjoys not only the perks of travel writing, but the true stories that come from encounters with some of the world’s most interesting characters on her adventures across the world. Here's her take on the best job in the world...
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The dancing yellow flames that provided a small island of light in the black jungle had all but disappeared. The only illumination left was a heaping mound of glowing coals that cast a dim, orange hue on the shadowed faces of my fellow travelers. Barely able to see each other in this open-sided gathering room, [...]
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Dear Reader, I met Sandra Kennedy when she came to the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Buenos Aires back in 2005. She barely said a word while she was there. And during workshop peer reviews, she didn’t even read her piece aloud. But she was listening and observing. And less than four months later, using [...]
How One Reader Scored Two Paid Vacations and 41 Bylines: Interview with AWAI Member Sandra Kennedy
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