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Elise K. Ackers

Donkeys, squids and lava stones

Today is the last full day of my Greek Island Hopping tour; after breakfast tomorrow, I’m done with all my tours and will be making my...

Elise K. Ackers

Broken bones, nights under the stars, and fear eyes

I’ve spent the last week cruising the Mediterranean on a gorgeous gulet boat with a group of people I will never forget. I had been...

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Going postal and channeling Mary Poppins

It’s 8:40am and thirty-one degrees; and because I’m wearing my heaviest things to avoid excess luggage fees, I am sweltering. The...

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Free-falling, Trojans, and ANZAC poppies

Today I visited Gallipoli. As an Australian, as a student of history, and as a human being – the place moved me. I left there feeling...

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Turkey Time

Fifteen more people have seen me naked. How's that for an opener? But I get ahead of myself. Everything changes so much within a few...

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Dizzy Dubai

I’ll begin this blog with a fun fact: in the last forty-eight hours I have drank more water than I would in a typical week. The United...

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Farsickness

I learnt a new word this evening, and these seven seemingly innocuous letters have moved mountains within me. Fernweh is the German...

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