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Travel writing contest No.7! Win 100 STEEM [Support travelfeed.io]

The best Travelfeed writer will get 100 STEEM!
“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” – Samuel Johnson”.
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Who were the winners of "T.W. Contest No.5" and what kind of changes will be introduced with T.W. Contest No.6? Be patient ladies and gentlemen and continue reading until the last sentence! I will explain everything in a minute. Let's start with the list of winners...

WINNER OF THE TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST NO.5

The total Prize Pool of "T.W. Contest No. 5" was 150 STEEM. 100 STEEM for the 1st place, 25 STEEM for the 2nd, 15 STEEM for the 3rd, 5 STEEM for 4th and 5th! It is impressive how much this platform improved during the last 3 or 4 months and how quickly our ranks have been growing! More and more travel writers join our contest every single time. Without further ado, the winner of The travel writing contest No.5 is...

Let's travel together - Cantacuzino castle! by @gabrielatravels! 100 STEEM!
Why? Because it looks professional and I believe it has some enduring value. If I were a traveler planning my trip to the Cantacuzino castle and I found this article on Google, I would definitely read it till the end. Last but not least, I think all of these pictures are super attractive and they make the reader feel good!

The castle is located in one of the most visited Romanian cities with a scenic and unique view of the mountains, on the street with the same name as the castle, and before becoming an important historical monument, it was just a home place for the royal Cantacuzino family.
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2ND PLACE GOES TO...

Comparison 1964 vs 2006 Victoria Falls! by @joanstewart! 25 STEEM!
When I visit a new place I always try to imagine, how everything looked like and how people used to travel before the start of mass tourism. This is why Joan's article was extremely interesting to read. It's funny, but in 1964 my father was minus three years old. :D

December 1964 my Mom an avid traveler arranged a three-week train expedition (I can only refer to it as such, since who in their right mind takes four children 7, 9, 11 and 14 on self-catering holiday by train). Intense research I have since learned very few direct routes were available, what follows is the zigzag route (to the best of my memory and research)...
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3RD PLACE GOES TO...

Trip Status #16: Barcelona! by @pushpedal! 15 STEEM!
What these guys did was absolutely unbelievable! Since the beginning of their adventure, they cycled for over 20 thousand kilometers. That's awesome! Keep up the good work you crazy people! :D Make sure you keep participating in these Travel writing contests!

We've arrived in Spain's Barcelona after cycling through the Mediterranean coast. We arrived on November 2nd after cycling a further 2,390 km, bringing our total to 20,815 km. Starting from the cheap Balkan countries, we headed west into the world of coffee, cheese, bread and croissants...
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4TH PLACE GOES TO...

Khmerican Family Abroad - Suriname School Outtakes 🎬! by @justinparke! 5 STEEM!
Maybe I do not have as much time for Steemit and Travelfeed as I used to have, but I try to check out Justin's blog as often as possible. In my humble opinion, his blogs are exceptionaly well written and all the small visual details look super nice too! Thank you for sharing these special moments of your life!

My wife @sreypov and our two daughters @kidsisters are the first Cambodians to ever enter Suriname, at least that is what the Suriname Immigration Department told us as they were processing our residency visas. Now Sakada and Sakana are studying in the Suriname public school system, and a lot of memories are being made....
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How Cheap is Cheap?- Vietnam! by @twokooksonevan
Most of you have already noticed that I like text more than I like pictures. This post has a perfect balance between those two. What is more, it has a clear topic and plenty of enduring value. Why it did not reach the 1st or 2nd place then? It's because it was not written using Travelfeed.io platform! However, not rewarding the writer for such an epic post at all would be a crime! Do not forget to use the platform in future!

Whenever a travel destination gets touted as “cheap”, the inevitable question gets asked: ok, but really… how cheap is “cheap”? Fret not, the Kooks are here to help you budget for your Vietnam trip by letting you know just how cheap “cheap” it really is...
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST?

1. Write a travel article using travelfeed.io platform and post the link in the comment section below. Articles that are older than 7 days may participate too. Each article may participate in the contest only once.
2. Resteem this post.
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IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE CHANGE!

After 30 days (14th of January) I will personally read every single one of them and choose the one which I like the most. The best travel writer will be rewarded with 100 STEEM! There will be some changes in the second part of the prize pool.

2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place winners will get Steem Power delegations for half a year instead of STEEM itself. 2nd place winner will get 25 SP, 3rd place - 15 SP, 4th-5th - 5 SP delegated for six long months! You know how they say! Every STEEM counts! Do not hesitate and share your best article!

MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?

100% of Steem Power earned by this post will be delegated to @travelfeed. Your upvotes will help to support the mighty Travelfeed.io platform and its amazing community. Keep in mind that the only way @travelfeed uses its Steem Power is to manually curate best #travelfeed posts. It is not a secret that Travelfeed.io is home to some of the best quality content in the whole Steem ecosystem. Smash that UpVote button!

WHAT IS TRAVELFEED.IO?

Travelfeed.io is a global community of independent travelers, where it’s easy to meet new people and find information, and where bloggers can monetize high-quality posts. One of the reasons why I believe in this project so much is the team behind it. These guys are passionate travelers and travel bloggers themselves.

For example, Jürgen Horn @for91days has been making a living as a travel blogger for over 10 years and knows the industry in and out. The content is manually curated by @smeralda and @elsaenroute. Discord community is moderated by @wanderlass and Steemitworldmap-curator @livinguktaiwan. The main developer behind this project is Julian Peters @jpphotography. He is a full-stack developer and budget traveler.

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What happened in my life since the last contest? :D

As some of you already know, my wife @kamile and I will become Mom and Dad at the end of January 2020. What can I say? My wife's belly is getting huge and our daughter is kicking very hard indeed! I believe she got her temper from her mother's lineage. :D

For quite a while now I've been working at a reinforced concrete factory. The last two months were extremely busy as it is a relatively young company having all kinds of errors in all fields possible, but now it looks like the hard days are over and everything is running smoothly again.

Two days ago I had a conversation with my employer. Working for this company during its hardest times was definitely a great experience indeed, but all things considered, I decided to say Good-Bye to my good old team and look for other alternatives.

What am I going to do next? If nothing changes, my last day at work should be the 3rd of January. I have two weeks to consider all the options. I can see only two possibilities: starting something of my own or finding another job in some other company. However, there are some things I would like to do before doing that.

Fist of all, my dad and I plan to spend a week in Jordan or to have a road trip to the mountains of Ukraine. If we choose Jordan over Ukraine, it would be my second time in this magnificent country and I would have enough time to gather all the info needed for organizing the third trip. This time for a group of tourists maybe.

Secondly, I would like to spend a couple of days at my Grandmother's house. She passed away three years ago but nobody had time to do any repair work since then. What is more, her place is like a museum - full of old books and letters, photos and furniture, made by my grandfather 40 years ago. All of it has to be sorted and taken care of. Otherwise, time will destroy it all.

I know one thing for sure, I will do whatever I can to get more involved in Travelfeed's activities, promote the platform and write for my Travelfeed.io blog at least on a weekly basis. Finally, if Julian and Jürgen will need some help I will do whatever is needed to help these guys. This is how I believe in success of Travelfeed.io.

Yours,

Tautvydas! (Tot)
@invisusmundi

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