And the winner is Dmitry Yuskovets. Congratulations!
His mapvivo journal entitled "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe 2008-2009" won the hearts and lit up travel fantasies of our judges. We're really happy to send him the $1000 travel voucher from roundtheworldflights.com for his next trip. His detailed, astonishing story of a 14 month trip across 5 continents makes a captivating read!
If you haven't already – check out Dmitry's winning journal!
The top runner ups awarded with Bradt Travel Guides are:
- Tomthienen for his Australia mapvivo journal.
- Alex McNicol for his Jay and Alex do the world journal.
- Lee Moore for his Nepal in a Nutshell, Oriental Express and India in a week and a half travel journals.
- Bramdruckman for his Short Trip to Death Valley.
The winners have already been contacted and chose travel guides of their liking. We've shipped them with a little surprise from MapVivo included.
Jury members were Stuart Lodge – Director at roundtheworldflights.com, Adrian Phillips – Editorial Director at Bradt Travel Guides and Tom Sieroń – Director at MapVivo.
The competition has closed on 30th June 2009
Previous competition update:
The MapVivo & roundtheworldflights.com Travel Journal Competition has closed on 30th June 2009. The main prize is a $1,000 travel voucher for the most inspiring MapVivo journey! Runners up will receive a free Bradt Travel Guide to the destination of your choice.
Over a hundred travelers took part in the competition. From the top 10 most popular travel journals our panel of judges will pick the winning entry and 5 top runner ups in the next couple of days. The winners will be announced here and on the MapVivo Blog, as well as on Twitter and Facebook MapVivo group.
The top 10 most popular travel journals based on number of views and ratings are:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe 2008-2009
In April 2008 I packed my backpack, stuck my passport, wallet, and a RTW ticket into the pockets of my jeans, mumbled a prayer for a safe travel and got on the plane to India. My plan was to keep on going east and south - until I either drop from the edge of the earth, or, eventually emerge from the other side, making friends, seeing places, living life along the way.
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Australia
by Tomthienen
Having graduated from uni I reckoned it was time for a bit of adventure as I was soon to make my first steps into corporate life. Having had multiple visions of getting stuck in one place, early burn-out, commuting traffic, back-stabbing colleagues and late working hours, I got the brilliant idea to travel around backpackerhaven Australia. I guess the I-do-not-want-to-work-yet-microbe was more strongly present than the finally-I-get-a-chance-to-make-some-money-of-my-own-feeling.
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Jay and Alex do the world
by Alex McNicol
Clean crisp passports, rucksacks on back, its that time, we are off.As most of you (probably) know Alex McNicol and Jay Kay are heading off around the world for the year. This will be the place to keep up to date with all that is going on during their trip.
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Nepal in a Nutshell
by Lee Moore
So we came from India, and did Nepal in 13 days. Is that enough time to see this really cool country? No, but that's why its just Nepal in a nutshell. Maybe next time, I'll explore it a bit more in depth. Still, it was great fun, but I had travelers diarrhea in Kathmandu, so I missed out on one day of fun. Our journey could be parceled into three parts: Pokhara, trekking in the Annapurna part of the Himalayas, and Kathmandu.
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Oriental Express
by Lee Moore
This is the second leg of my month long journey across sundry parts of Asia. I've called it Oriental Express because it follows the tracks of the famous luxury train, for the most part. We go from Bangkok towards Singapore, but I don't quite get to Singapore. Halfway down, we meet up with my friend's ladyfriend,then just keep on trucking.
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India in a week and a half
by Lee Moore
I'll be meeting up with a Friend in New Dehli and then traveling around India and Nepal. From there, we'll be going to China, probably through Malaysia.
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Short Trip to Death Valley
by Bramdruckman
On the way into Death Valley via State Route 136 and 190 from Lone Pine, California, one passes some of the most spectacular scenery in the southwest. First up is Panamint Valley, a long, dry basin running north-south bounded by rugged, tree-less mountains on the east (Panamint Range) whose steep faces run with exquisitely-colored bands of sedimentary rock layers. For thirty miles and more, these undulating patterns wind their way south toward the Mojave Desert...
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Nordic Travel
by Peacock
A trip around the Nordic Region which I define as Scandinavia plus Iceland. (The country not the supermarket).
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My euro trip
by mancro
A rich uncle has offered to pay for a week-long dream vacation to a Eurpeon country and i chose France.
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Congratulations and the best of luck on all your travels!
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