Teen Ink Magazine,
December 2005 :
Travel Articles
10 Cents for Enlightenment by Lauren H., Reston, VA At 15 years and 10 months, I was convinced I was going to die in approximately three and a half hours. I was pretty calm about it, all things considered. Continue...
Christmas by Staci M., Easton, MA As I awoke to the faint sounds of bells drifting through my frost-covered window, I jumped out of bed and sprinted downstairs to my waiting brothers and sisters in the kitchen. Deciding to wake our parents, we crept into their bedroom. Continue...
Night in the Big Apple by Jennifer K., Springfield, MO The lights of the Big Apple illuminated the night sky. The city could not have been bright enough as I craned my neck and smashed my face against the airplane window to get a better look. Continue...
Our Struggle Through War by Sanela R., Tucson, AZ Bosnia is a small republic in south central Europe which, from 1992 to 1995, was engulfed in a war that took the lives of more than 250,000 innocent people. Continue...
The Ranch by Evan G., San Antonio, TX Sitting inconspicuously in the heart of Montana, a state filled with plains and air without smog, is the ranch. From above it appears as a small suburban area of well-kept homes, but from within it transforms to the ecstasy of the teenage soul. Continue...
The Trip of My Life by Gabriela S., Smithtown, NY Someone once said that to open our minds, we must expose ourselves to many cultures, but this is not as easy as it sounds. I was born in Chile, a long, narrow country squeezed between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains. Continue...
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