Category Archives: Travel

Onward and upwards – Victoria, – [01/12/2016]

Posted on January 12, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

Airports are such strange places, they’re in between worlds; a cross-section of humanity that is never a destination in and of itself. Or at least they are when it isn’t an evening flight and – because you insisted on obeying … Continue reading →

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Midway – Somewhere over South America – [12/07/2015]

Posted on December 8, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

It is absolutely no secret how much I hate flying. If mankind were meant to fly, the S/he would have granted us wings. It is not so much the concept of shooting through the sky in a metal tube that … Continue reading →

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Pack-Down – At Sea – [11/27/2015]

Posted on December 2, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

Why didn’t you bring a map? There wasn’t room next to the jam! ~ The Chronicles of Narnia There comes a time in every contract when the inevitable beast must be faced. The room you have carefully constructed to feel … Continue reading →

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Stars and the Moon – Salaverry, Peru – [10/20/2015]

Posted on October 24, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

Mesoamerican history was one of my favourite courses in university. This could be partially because of my professor who remains utterly brilliant (we’ve kept in touch), but I think it was more to do with the subject matter. I was … Continue reading →

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The Bluest Skies You’ve Ever Seen – Juneau, Alaska – [08/20/2015]

Posted on September 24, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

When it’s time to leave your home And your loved ones It’s the hardest thing a girl can ever do And you pray that you will find Something warm and sweet and kind But you’re not sure what’s waiting there … Continue reading →

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One Down…Three to Go – Skagway, Alaska – [09/10/2015]

Posted on September 12, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

And so we enter the weeks of “last”…last salmon bake, last Tracy’s crab shack, or in today’s case…last Skagway. It’s only one tiny little street, mostly tourist shops and jewelry stores, and one IGA grocery store whose shelves get more … Continue reading →

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Transitory – Vancouver – [06/13/2015]

Posted on June 13, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

Travel day is…never any fun. Travel day out that is, travel day home is tiring but lovely because you’re well…going home. But, travel day out? That last overnight in the hotel before boarding always feels so…empty. Hotels are not really … Continue reading →

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The In Between – Victoria – [06/01/2015]

Posted on June 1, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

The deal with living between two worlds is that you pretty much have to constantly transit between the two. For about a month out of a month and a half vacation you’re actually home, you feel like you’re home…like you … Continue reading →

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Woven Lives – Victoria – [05/05/2015]

Posted on May 5, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

The first time I came home from a contract I stepped into my back garden and started crying…and I don’t think I stopped for several days. Not just because I was so relieved to be home, not just because I … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Ol’ Girl – Fort Lauderdale – [04/30/2015]

Posted on April 30, 2015 by GypsyShaughnessy

Leaving a ship is always…bittersweet. You’re exceptionally glad, so very glad, to be going home, you long for home – for the ground not moving under your feet, for the sheer soothing quiet of the night without the rattle of … Continue reading →

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