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Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year 2026
Competition theme: The Kindness of Strangers

Water from Empty HandsFinalist

I never asked his name. I can still see the hard light around him – white, softly shared. He didn’t call out; he didn’t wave. Just sat, still as the land itself.

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Finalist, Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year 2026
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Featured in The Kindness of Strangers · Bradt, 2026