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Stories in Wander that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
5 Ways to Make Air Travel More Bearable
I boarded my first plane at around 3 months old. Since then, I can’t even begin to count how many times I have had to hand over my passport to a grumpy looking immigration officer. I genuinely think I may have caught more planes in my life than buses, partly because I have been lucky enough to see much of the world while travelling, but mostly because my family and friends live in multiple different countries.
By Sean Bennett4 years ago in Wander
Travel: Fears and Facts
Sometimes, the thought of traveling is thrilling! You can’t wait to go someplace new. You plan the trip. You revel in the details. You lie awake thinking about it. Then, slowly, almost imperceptibly, a bit of dread creeps in. You start thinking about what could go wrong — what could go horribly wrong. You try to focus on the joy of the trip. You reach for the anticipation and joy that you had when you first embarked on the idea of travel, but the fear has taken hold.
By Jean Elizabeth Glass4 years ago in Wander
Paddleboarding the Colorado River
I’m not going to lie, paddleboarding wasn’t something that I was overly familiar with until my last visit to the US. I remember seeing people paddleboarding on the canal in Dublin city centre from time to time, and that was the height of my experience with paddleboarding.
By Patrick Duane4 years ago in Wander
Race Report: The Barkley Fall Classic 2021
I am alone, and everything hurts. Hurts is an understatement. I don’t know how far I’ve run, or how long I’ve been out here. I don’t know where ‘here’ is. My hands are crammed under my hydration pack to keep the weight off my collarbones. My thighs shriek with every uphill step.
By Laura Presley4 years ago in Wander
Tokyo Girl
My last evening, I walked until my left foot was cramped, thinking about why I had come to Tokyo. Every neon lit alley was filled with my internal chatter, conversations where I kept replaying him in my mind. Intrusively our dialogue looped until I couldn’t remember which parts came first. He seemed to be a master of ease, despite the chaos that surrounded him. When he sounded her name, everything seemed to fold into one another.
By Donna Scarola4 years ago in Wander
The Perfect Pairing: Edgar Allan Poe and Halloween
While he spoke, the lady Madeline (for so was she called) passed slowly through a remote portion of the apartment, and, without having noticed my presence, disappeared. I regarded her with an utter astonishment not unmingled with dread--and yet I found it impossible to account for such feelings. A sensation of stupor oppressed me, as my eyes followed her retreating steps. Edgar Allan Poe (The Fall of the House of Usher)
By Jennifer Christiansen4 years ago in Wander
