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Monday Escape

Monday Escape: Since Leap Local received so many excellent travel stories, we've contacted the writers of the top 25 pieces to ask if they'd like to share their story in a website series we've called Monday Escape. Each Monday we'll bring you a story that will either make you glad to be at home and not travelling, or one that will have you shopping for flights. Monday Escape started on February 7th 2011.

These stories are the personal opinions, accounts, views, reactions and recommendations of the story entrants (travellers) and not necessarily those of Leap Local.


 

High in the Andes by Carol Bowman

Published Dec. 10, 2012

The Girl In The Planet Pyjamas by Helen Moat

Published Oct. 15, 2012

THE WINNING TRAVEL STORY 2012 - The Big Mirror - Cambodia - by Lana Willocks

Published Oct. 9, 2012

RUNNER-UP TRAVEL STORY 2012 - A Walk in the Park - Kilimanjaro - by Rob Tye

Published Oct. 9, 2012

RUNNER-UP TRAVEL STORY 2012 - Durty Nelly - by Todd Day - Ireland

Published Oct. 9, 2012

WINNING TRAVEL STORY 2011 - Ukraine - Tuk Tuk - by Krys C

Published Jan. 20, 2012

RUNNER-UP TRAVEL STORY 2011 - New York - I don't think we're in Kansas... by Amy Butterworth

Published Jan. 20, 2012

RUNNER-UP TRAVEL STORY 2011 - Captive in Cuba - by Jackie Dupuis

Published Jan. 20, 2012

RUNNER-UP TRAVEL STORY 2011 - India - Guiding Light - by Sriparna Saha

Published Jan. 20, 2012

Those Awful Tubular Things by Diana Katsnelson

Published Aug. 27, 2012

The Devout Guide by Nayanna Chakrbarty

Published Aug. 20, 2012

Voluntarily Stupid by Simeon Davies

Published July 2, 2012

Finding Fruit by Robert Sell

Published June 25, 2012

Death at a Festival by Cassandra Griffin

Published June 18, 2012

From Piranha to Pariah in Paraguay by Kimberly Sutton

Published June 11, 2012

Where Colour Matters by Michelle Ward-Kantor - South Africa

Published June 4, 2012

Up the Pony Express Without a Pony - by Craig Sundberg - USA

Published May 28, 2012

The Chopsticks of Hoi An by Helmy Kusuma - Vietnam

Published May 21, 2012

Sister Marguerite of Saskatchewan By Kate Baggott

Published May 14, 2012

My Unwanted Paparazzi Moment in Cat Ba Island by Jessica Festa

Published April 23, 2012

Coca Versus Cocaine - Bolivia - by Becky Blake

Published April 2, 2012

Lust in Translation - Paris - by Ivana Markotic

Published March 26, 2012

Dreams on the Manila Seawall - by Miodrag Kojadinovic

Published March 19, 2012

Tourist Pesos - Cuba - by Frank Joussen

Published March 12, 2012

The Hidden Temple of Hanoi - Vietnam - by Poppy Helm

Published March 5, 2012

The Litre of Wine - Slovenia - by Pat Kelly

Published Feb. 27, 2012

Vilano Dolphins - Florida - by Sharon Raines

Published Feb. 20, 2012

Just the Ticket - U.K. - by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey

Published Feb. 13, 2012

New Zealand - A Call onto the Marae - by Daniel Reid

Published Feb. 6, 2012

Iskender with Arzu - by Robert Walton - Turkey

Published Jan. 30, 2012

MONDAY ESCAPE 2012 - The One that Gets Ya

Published Jan. 20, 2012

WINNER 2010 - The Toiler-ator by Elizabeth Tasker

Published July 26, 2011

RUNNER UP 2010 - Tampon Lampoon by Mary Munro

Published July 26, 2011

RUNNER UP 2010 - Dirty Shoes by Keph Senett

Published July 26, 2011

RUNNER UP 2010 - Clueless... by Kate Baggott

Published July 26, 2011

Trouble Brewing by C. Noah Pelletier

Published July 26, 2011

Just another day in the jungle... by Kirsty Miller

Published July 26, 2011

The Pursuit of Balut by Laura Ambrey

Published July 26, 2011

Ego vs. Egypt by Chris Hearn

Published July 26, 2011

Guatemala by Julie Pollock

Published July 26, 2011

In at the Deep End by Philip Williams

Published July 26, 2011

The World's Most Dangerous Road by David Dubas-Fisher

Published July 26, 2011

Lessons for Survival by Chloe Rew

Published July 26, 2011

Roraima Trek - Venezuela by Simeon Davies

Published July 26, 2011