literature
Travel literature includes guide books, travel memoirs and the curious experiences that happen when you seek adventure.
The Watership Down Walk
Richard Adams' 1972 novel Watership Down follows the adventures of a band of intrepid rabbits after their warren is destroyed by human development. They journey across the English countryside, encountering dangers from enemies and rabbits alike as they search for a new home. With its elements of exodus, survival, warfare, folklore and spirituality, it is little wonder that this book has gained a large and devoted following.
E.J. HagadornPublished 4 years ago in WanderRaw Journal Entries of an Everyday Traveller - 003 & 004
5/12/2016 Kelowna 11:34 PM -2° "Well an entry didn't happen yesterday as I was up on Big White enjoying time with the gang. We went to the pub, drank too much and enjoyed ourselves. Mae cooked an amazing dinner also that Ben didn't join us for. He's still apparently effected by the breakup and can't be around me long enough without feeling awkward. I don't know what his go is, but I'm not buying into the act. He's only sad now because he can tell I'm happy and moved on. It's exactly what happened the last time we broke up. I was a mess because he seemed so happy and I hated that, this time it's the opposite and it isn't my issue anymore. I tried way too hard for that guy!
Charlie LunaPublished 5 years ago in WanderRaw Journal Entries from an Everyday Traveller - 002
2/12/2016 Big White 10:02 AM -7° "Yesterday I came up to Biggie to spend some time with friends and to get away from the hostel. A great idea that riddled me with anxiety. I was so anxious about how my friends would treat me after Ben and my break up, but it seemingly was all for nothing and I had no reason to worry. I was drinking with the girls from the hostel and just finished telling them about the break up and filling them in about me and Brodie when Ben came into the pub. It was good to see him, barely awkward at all, surprisingly. After he left, the girls all congratulated me on my handling of the situation, and most said they couldn't do what I was doing—to make situations funnier. Brodie and his best friend Dan and others from the hostel, Harry and Tammy, returned from boarding and we all ended up drinking together. After which Brodie and Dan were leaving to continue their road trip. I really hope to see Dan again in Australia one day, and there's talk that Brodie might return back Kelowna way in a month or so. I really wish I had the chance to give/receive one last kiss from him.
Charlie LunaPublished 5 years ago in WanderRaw Journal Entries from an Everyday Traveller - 001
Hello Readers, For the past three years, almost to the date, I have kept a journal as I have travelled abroad—something I would recommend everyone to do.
Charlie LunaPublished 5 years ago in WanderFascinada
His father built this boat. With tools worn by time and help from his uncle, he bent the planks around the frame and hammered them into place and sealed the joints with hot pitch, while the summer light bent and warped in the haze of heat that rose from the metal can. Every year afterwards, in July heat, he rowed the boat from the village to the island to heave rocks into the bay and keep the church afloat.
Ryan FrawleyPublished 5 years ago in WanderNoodling
At a table. All dark wood, sanded smooth, finish shiny. I would sit. Whiling away a morning. Or afternoon. Or both. In the days before you arrived. Why not? The beer was cold. And plentiful. The noodles were some of the best in the city. The staff accommodating. Quick to learn your preferences. That kind of place.
Greg AndersonPublished 5 years ago in WanderShort Stories - The Old Oak Tree & Conclusion
About 50 years ago, an iconic landmark was destroyed, The Pearl Bay Oak Tree in South Carolina. This tree was predicted to be somewhere between 600 and 700 years old. Oaks were not found in that part of the state. The story went that an Indian planted this tree with some seeds he brought from the north.
Andrew HooverPublished 5 years ago in Wander- Top Story - July 2019
The Secrets of Five Sister Beaches
The daylight is waxing again here—we've crossed over the Solstice and winter has officially begun, but spring feels already on the way, with warm, sunny days and that fresh, lush, greenery smell in the air.
Luna Jennifer CrossPublished 5 years ago in Wander Fight for Survival; Crash-Landing
On a beautiful mountain stood a cabin, home to a family of four. This family consisted of Robert, a plant biologist, Leanne, a zoologist, and their children, Penny and Jack. Penny was thirteen and Jack was twelve.
Joshua BrownPublished 5 years ago in WanderTracing Footprints
Here. Step here, now. You can see it, if you stand here. If you stand in my place. First look at your shoes. At the gold blush, stretching from your feet and out across the paving. Follow it. Step by step. Your shadow steps behind; fragile in the low sun winter light. Each of your solid steps traces a thousand long dead footsteps. Like water marks on paper they have left invisible imprints. Black boots splashed through puddles on grey rain days; chilled toes scraped over dustings of frost. Though you cannot see them you sense them. You sense that with every step you walk on ghosts.
Leah FrancisPublished 6 years ago in WanderOde to California, on Getting Caught Up and Washed Back out Along the Golden Crusted Shoreline
Disclaimer: everything, eve-ry damned thing is open to interpretation. Find your own truth. I do not advise taking mine and running with it, from my angle it’s a bed of roses, but from yours you may find the roses were only covering a steaming pile of horse shit.
Danielle DraganiPublished 6 years ago in WanderThe Haunts of the Many Writers of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, boasts two extinct volcanoes, 13 castles, and more festivals than months of the year. Edinburgh (pronounced Edin-bruh; Edin-burr-uh; or even embra, if you're a Leither) has also been home to a large number of well-known writers across its rich past. The authors of everything from Peter Pan to Trainspotting; Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter; have called the city home at some point.
Tay InkwellPublished 6 years ago in Wander