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voyageA fashion and travel publication.

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‘On top of the world’ Shot by Victoria Carter

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Voyage.A fashion and travel publication

for those of us that wish to escape the everyday.

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Being able to express yourself as an individual is something that many of us find difficult. Travel is an experience that can allow you to separate yourself from the restricted envioronment in which you are likely to find yourself, when living your day to day life.

Travel introduces individuals to new cultures, new religions and new styles. There is no Topshop in the heart of the Amazon rainforest nor is there a Zara in the centre of Bangkok. Being able to express your-self through the way you dress is also something of which many peo-ple are afraid. Exploration in unfamiliar countries allows people to dress and style themselves in ways that they would not when stuck in their everyday routine, it is the escapism from the familiar.

Escaping the everyday and learning what it is to become your own person can be developed through factors such as travel, fashion and ultimately independence. Changing ones environment can trigger these positive changes but maintaining them in the long term depends on the person and not just the environment they find themselves in.

Enjoy, relax and let your mind wander.

Victoria Carter,Editor of Voyage.

The desire to travel and the effect of travel are really about the journey of self - discovery. VOYAGE is a publication that aims to provide a sense of motivation to get up and go and develop or, if indeed, heighten your wanderlust.

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On The Road America, 2012

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“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.”

- Roman Payne

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I walked down the old crooked pavement leading me to a place unknown.

Stepping on the delicate orange and brown colored leaves creating a crunching sound beneath my feet,

I didn’t know where I was going and I liked it that way.

I gracefully breathed in the crisp cool air around me, enjoying it while it lasted.

Blissfully, I carried on, ambling, enjoying the scenery.

Trees of colorful leaves swayed in sync with the wind, a few skipping away, to wonder off into this world’s many wanders.

It would be nice, to live that way -- aimlessly, ignorantly, floating away not caring where you’ll go next, letting the wind guide you. Waiting for

it’s light hands to pick you up and take you somewhere again.

My train of thought is uninterrupted -- I stumbled, my face first into the ground

An never ending ground

I’m falling,I’m falling,I’m falling

One moment I was on a trail to anywhere – now I’m in an never ending darkness

Then I wake up

I jerk up from my bed, catching my breath

A warm breeze wisps by my face

Now back to reality, where summer seems eternal..

-Anonymous

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A state of wanderlust.

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Samuel Campbell is a 25 year old American writer from Minneapolis, Minne-sota America.

For many, travel is simply about exploring new countries and being intro-duced to new cultures, nonetheless for Sam his experience became so much more than simply a physical act. Sam’s time in France allowed him to leave his home comforts, to escape the everyday and allow himself to explore the unknown – something the 70% of Americans that do not own a passport will never experience. For Sam, the experience became a voyage that allowed him to relate to the human spirit and soul as opposed to the material or phys-ical things.

I first met Sam whilst travelling around the south of France with a friend of mine. We met in the most unlikely of situations being that Sam had missed a late night coach to Spain and was left with no choice but to check in to the nearest Hostel in Nice, which was where we were also stay-ing. The tall, somewhat daunted looking American man that stepped into our hostel room at 1am that night seemed to me a little lost and ‘other world-ly’, he instantly intrigued me and the inquisitive person in me took over. Little to my knowledge had this ‘lost traveller’ been awake for the past 24 hours, nonetheless he willingly (and what seemed to be, more than happily) answered my continuous questioning.

After thirty minutes of quizzing my new roommate I learned that this young man was American born and bred, he was travelling alone and was teaching the English language to families whilst travelling around France and was going to carry on doing so for the following 3 months before he decided what his next move was going to be. Sam had intended to make his way to Spain the following day but decided he was going to enjoy a further few days in the sunny south of France, because it felt like the ‘right thing for him to do’ at the time.

With no place to stay, very few clothes on his person and his last bit of cash spent on the taxi ride from the cursed coach station to the Hostel the night before, none of the above appeared to phase this bewildering stranger.

It wasn’t until I met Sam that I knew this was the type of perception I wanted on life. I did not need to be around him for a long amount of time to understand it was the simple things in life that bought him the most joy. I was envious to feel this level of freedom and escapism from the dull realities of life, to live each moment as they came and enjoy the simple things.

I had all but considered that this was not the person that Sam had always been. However, I learnt through this interview that the person I met and took motivation from was the person he had developed into through his own personal journey of travel. A journey that allowed him to look at his own life in a new light, a journey that at times was incredibly isolating and lonely but changed him in ways that he was not aware possible;

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Memoirs of an American traveller.Written by Victoria Carter in the voice of Sam Campbell.

I have been back from my travels for little over 2 months and I can al-ready feel myself slipping back into the life and the person that I wanted to try and move on from when I first left for France.

I will not deny that there were moments in my travelling experience that I found testing. At times it was hard for me to adjust to the change in cul-ture and routine but those times were the times that allowed me to become the happy and laid back person I could only aspire to be before I left. It is important to me that I remind myself of my journey, a journey that I need reminding did exist and existed for this very reason.

Travelling was something that had constantly crossed my mind before I decided to make the leap; I was in a relationship with a girl that had no ambition to do any travelling so I never really had an excuse to go. When the opportunity for me to spend some time in France arose, I was single and had recently been laid off from my job, I also believe in signs (despite my logical attempts not to) so I took this turn of events to be a sign for my voyage to begin. It was important to me that I got to spend a period of time longer than being a tourist somewhere, not only so that I could escape the American bubble but so I could fulfil a chapter in my life that I knew needed filling.

I had become bored and tired with not only my everyday life in America but with my ignorance about the outside world. I knew that I wanted to be brought out of my comfort zone and change my perspective on life. I wanted to be pushed and I didn’t feel this was possible whilst being in the tight constraints of the US, and for this reason I feel more and more Americans should travel.

I have not always had a strong sense of wanderlust about me. I was lucky enough to take trips abroad when I was young but still remained a shy, introvert person. It wasn’t until I went to college and was given the op-portunity to go to Italy for fourteen days that I began to understand what the word Wanderlust even meant. In that trip, although it was short and I only got to do and see half of the things I had planned, I discovered how important not only travelling was to me but equally how important my independence was. I had the desire to up and go and travel the world, I was wanderlust struck to say the least.

My time in France consisted of staying with two host families, the first one was outside the South of France, and the second was the North of France close to Paris. I travelled in-between my stay with the two host families and created memories I wasn’t expecting to ever make, especially given the fact that I was doing it independently. I would go to cities, meet people, see places and do what I wanted to do. I would find myself buy-ing a map to explore but would get lost nonetheless.

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All images taken by Sam Campbell during his french journey

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I actually enjoyed getting lost it give me a sense of freedom and adven-ture that I had never experienced before. I was much more independent, it was liberating because for the first time I was able to do what I wanted to do and I was completely responsible for myself. I could not remember feel-ing so content.

The night when I missed my coach to Spain and was left with no choice but to stay in the nearest Hostel in Nice turned itself into a positive. It was then that I realised that not everything in this life needs to be planned ahead. Spontaneity can be incredibly dangerous territory but it can equal-ly be the most exciting and rewarding. I was in a place where not a soul knew where I was, it was a time when I was completely free from anybody else in my world. It was strangely liberating, I felt unrestricted and I enjoyed it.

My first family were not what I expected when I had imagined my teach-ing experience. I didn’t end up teaching them anything because they spoke no English, they were older than I had imagined and I soon discovered that they didn’t actually want to learn a word of my language. My time was occupied painting rooms, babysitting and mowing the lawn – this way they would feed me and house me. It is a funny story now looking back, but at the time it was incredibly harrowing. For the first few weeks I had barely any internet and no form of communication with the outside world, my world. I also shared no communication with my host family due to the language barrier so the only conversations I was having were with my-self and with the local baker I would buy croissants from every morning. I could slowly but surely feel myself going insane. My time became incred-ibly isolating, but in hindsight it let me develop self-reliance in ways I had never discovered before.

When change happens in life huge opportunities are welcomed by an indi-vidual and this is when the term ‘to find yourself’ is used. However, I feel that phrase sounds so final, as if there is nothing else left to find. My experience just allowed me to have a better insight into what I wanted out of life.

Travelling allows you to liberate yourself but at some point the voyage will end and a return is necessary. You then discover that for the sense of freedom and discovery to continue you will have to be able to rely on yourself rather than on the place you happen to be in. Travelling and the experiences of changing environments can trigger all of these positive personal changes but maintaining them in the long term depends upon the person and not just the place they find themselves in.

There are too many people in this world that assume life has to be one way. I think the present offers its own reality opposed to the ‘realities’ you have in your head. The present is the reality that you need to live and occupy. You don’t choose a life, you live one.

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The Vagabond

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Travelling in true style.

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Travel and fashion are usually associated as a double act when it comes to the upper class version of travel. However, we do not all possess the luxury to be able to afford such goods like a Louis Vuitton trunk, or a pair of Prada oversized sunglasses, but are we really the type to want to travel in such materialistic luxury anyway?

Real travel, the type that brings you the true luxury that is self-discovery allows you to express yourself fashionably in ways that one would perhaps not consider when living one’s everyday modern Western life.

Whilst the upper class may decide to ‘travel in style’, what their style does not depict is indi-viduality or cultural inspiration. A true journey is one that introduces an individual to an experience that allows him to journey the new and the unknown, both literally and fashion-ably, in order to be able to represent such originality.

Think of the classic high street combination: the chiffon maxi teamed with an Aztec crop top. Chiffon is a material that is most popular within the Asian culture. The Western world was not the creator of such beautiful material, nor is it the idea behind the tribal- inspired Az-tec print. Ultimately it is travel and cultural influence that bring such styles to our shop floors. But wouldn’t it be liberating to be able to apply our personal, culturally - inspired fashion to our own wardrobe?

What we wear can say a lot about our personality. The physical act of travel and exploration is an experience that says a lot about the type of person we are. But having the courage to bring our newly inspired and refreshed sense of style back to our ‘everyday’ can act as a form of liberation within itself.

Be free, be true and most importantly keep an open mind to the worldwide styles there are waiting there for us to embrace.

Travelling in true style.

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The Dreamscape.

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‘If I can have this many memories and experiences squeezed into ten days, imagine would could happen in three months’

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A last minute booking to travel the French Rivi-era was not how I imagined my summer. Me and a friend had thrown the idea of Inter-railing around Europe around, but as it never mate-rialised it was put to the back of my mind. A fortnight prior to take off and the experience began, the flights were booked. The accommoda-tion wasn’t. A normally very organised me had an internal panic that we would be having the ultimate travelling experience sleeping at the train station or for a more luxury treat, under the stars on the beach. We had a minimal hotel booked a few days before for a starting point, then onto what appeared quite a luxury hostel for the rest of our first week. Before jetting off I was a little anxious, but ultimately excited by it all - I’d been away without parents numerous times before, but had never had the proper backpacking, hostel, budg-et experience. Admittedly the backpack was left behind (in the shop), and I replaced it with a jam packed suitcase hoping to compete with the elite rumoured to populate the South of France.

A significant temperature increase and curren-cy change later, we arrived at our destination and set out to explore. We used our base as Nice and ventured out from there, travelling all along the coast in our ten day trip. The main highlight for me was the experience of meeting people from literally far and wide – the hos-tels seem to be populated with Canadians and Australians, while a second home at a friend of a friend’s villa had South African and North American to cross off the list.

Having to pay just one euro to take the bus anywhere on the coast made exploring the sur-rounding area more than simple.

My favourite destination was Monaco, after an initial accidental trip there after going way too far on said euro bus, the second trip was a much more successful tale. With a hill top vil-lage surrounding the palace, stunning ocean vistas and of course views over the seemingly endless port full of millionaires

yachts. A poignant memory comes from entering the Monte Carlo casino, I.D. less we were almost rejected at the door, and truthfully we prob-ably should have been as destroyed Levis short

shorts and bandeau tops didn’t really fit in with the fashion to rival James Bond movies once inside.

We found hidden slot machines out of the way of the diamonds and pearls and experienced our first real taste of gambling. Experience is probably the key word as we couldn’t actu-ally work out how to use it. Inserting a 20 cent coin was probably where it began – these people work in thousands – when nothing hap-pened after inserting numerous below par amounts we relocated to somewhere far more us. To people watch while sharing our seven euro half bottle of Coca Cola, stealthy following the Lamborghinis, Ferraris and mystery celeb-rity interview from behind our high street sunglasses.

From Cannes, Monaco and the underrated haven of Valbonne, it was a high end street style dream. The beaches were lined with coiffured women laden with Longchamp handbags and Louis Vuitton carriers. Obviously unable to ri-val this I settled for styled up summer holi-day, the easy maxi dress or afore mentioned Levis with a dressed up top. It was my style, but luxe. Or whatever luxe could be brought to Topshop vests and H&M jewels.

The South of France isn’t the destination most people think of when they think ‘travel-ling’ and yes, the backpacks, greasy hair and undesirable sleeping situations weren’t our main concerns but just having a taste of what the experience could be has got my appetite wet for more. A true experience of a carefree holiday and regardless of the celebrity price tags, Brad Pitt sightings and free accommoda-tion in a villa it has inspired me to began topping up my savings once more to fill up my passport after University. I’m not naive enough to think every country will provide such luxury, but if I can have this many memo-ries and experiences squeezed into ten days, imagine would could happen in three months.

22 year old Media and journalism student and Beauty blogger, Phoebe Dixon decided to book a last minute flight to the South Of France this summer with a friend. The trip was only for 10 days, it was unplanned and spontaneaous but soon became a trip that gave Phoebe a taster of the impulsive and adventurous lifestyle that she did not deem possible in such locations like the South Of France.

The French Riviera

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The luxury traveller.

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‘‘To my mind, the greatest reward andluxury of travel is to be able toexperience everyday things as if

for the firts time, to be in aposition in which almost nothing is so

familiar it is taken for graunted.’’

- Bill Bryson

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The Bohemian beauty.

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Escape the City The English countryside

The sense of ‘dreamscape’ can be found if we simply allow ourselves to explore the British countryside. These pictures depict the magic of the countryside on the beautiful Scottish border. These images were taken at the beginning of the winter season. They are the perfect example of what you can discover if you are willing to let yourself explore the hid-den gems. Escape does not need to be 3000 miles away.

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The Way with Greg Strachey.

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Greg Strachey is a 21 year old tour guide for Pillow tours UK and over all travel and adventure enthusiast. Before Greg finished his three year Photography course at university, he had volunteered for Pillow tours for events such as the Pamplona Bull run and Oktoberfest in Munich where he was later offered a full time position beginning the summer he graduated.

Travel has always been something that has appealed to Greg. His first taster for it was at the young age of 18 when he took part in a world chal-lenge adventure in Ecuador. Greg’s Ecuador experience involved charity work with a local tribe in the Amazon rainforest, trekking in the moun-tainous regions of the Ecuador countryside and the terrifying experience of city life in the country’s capital city, Quito.

It was this trip that introduced Greg to the adventure fuelled lifestyle that was then so new to him. It was also this experience that confirmed to the young man that this was the adventurous and liberating life he should seek.

Greg’s commitment to travel has recently been proved by embarking on one of the most challenging and life changing experiences in his life to date. This was the the historical pilgrimage “The Way of St. James”, otherwise known as ‘The Walk of the Camino’.

The Way of St. James is the pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in north western Spain. Tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried there. The Way of St. James has existed for over a thousand years. Each year hundreds of people make the brave decision to take on the mentally and physically demanding chal-lenge. Although not always for religious reasons, people like Greg pursue the trail to find the answer to life’s greatest question: ‘What is the mean-ing of life?’

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What was it that made you want to do the Camino?

I first heard about it a few years ago while working as a volunteer at the festi-val of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. Some guys I was working with were on their way to begin their own Camino, and while I appreciated that it was a pretty big adventure they were going to set out on, the concept of it all and the motivation behind them doing it was pretty unclear to me.

Then the following year I happened to see a listing at a local independent cin-ema for a film called ‘The Way’. Written by Emilio Estevez and starring his father Martin Sheen, it’s the incredible (fictional) story of a father who goes to Spain to walk the Camino after his estranged son is killed in a storm on the first day of his journey. He learns a lot about both his son and himself, and his life is changed in the process. It’s a really beautiful film and has inspired a lot of people the world over not only to walk the Camino but to break out of the norm and seek adventure. It also explained a lot about the history behind the journey and the day-to-day life of a Pilgrim on the Camino.

What was it that made you want to do it?

I genuinely have no idea what made me want to do the Camino personally, and as I write this I’m still not sure. I think among the things that appealed to me were the immensity of the challenge, the adventure and the chance to join other people from around the world who are trying to make their own lives better in some way. One of the best descriptions I heard of the Camino is that it is an act of heal-ing. For a little while all of your troubles are left behind, and the only concern from day to day is reaching your next destination. This simplicity leads to time for contemplation, which if used productivity can generate some really positive change.

Would you describe your journey as a life changing experience?

For sure. It’s an incredibly eye opening and spiritual experience, and one that I think has inspired me to approach things differently and to keep pushing the limits of what I’m capable of. But I think that it’s only the start of the journey.

How has your perspective on your own life changed since completing the way?

One of the most valuable things it taught me was to realise just how lucky I’ve been in my life, to value the people around me who mean the most and to appreci-ate the opportunities I’ve been given. These opportunities should never be wasted and I want to continue to live to the fullest. You should never be afraid to be the best you can be.

What were your highlights and why?

There were so many highlights and high points that it would be really hard to choose just a few. Some were more physical - scaling mountains crossing vast plains, and feeling the satisfaction of physical tiredness after completing a really challenging day. Other highlights were some of the amazing views and

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scenery along the way, or some of the evenings spent eating and drinking withother Pilgrims from all over the world.

I guess arriving in Santiago would of course have to be a major highlight. The culmination of all of your efforts on the entire journey is your arrival outside the incredible cathedral in the main square. The day you arrive is magical, and you get to share it with other Pilgrims who have also shared in your journey since day one. On the second day in Santiago I had a front row seat for a Pil-grims’ Mass in the Cathedral attended by 1000 people, where a great silver urn containing incense is swung from the roof of the Cathedral. It is your day and your time. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

What was the most impressive historic monument you came across?

Pilgrims have been walking the Camino for over 1000 thousand years, making it a very important part of Spanish culture and history. As such The Way has many amazing monuments and ruins.

For me the most significant has to be a huge iron cross which stands at the highest point of the entire journey, around 1600m above sea level at the top of a mountain that is crossed shortly before entering the wild and windswept Spanish region of Galicia. For many hundreds of years it has been a tradition for Pil-grims walking the Camino to leave a stone or rock at the base of the cross. The stone will have been carried over the entire journey, and represents the sins of the Pilgrim. Today a vast mound of rocks and stones stands on that mountain.

Were the any other peoples stories that inspired you?

There were so many interesting and inspiring people on The Way, and some really extraordinary stories. Towards the end of my journey I met a man called Peter from Germany. Around a year ago he was facing problems in his life and was at a real loss. One night he had a dream where he was told that he must walk the Camino 12 times in the following year, in order to receive a startling revelation about his life on Christmas Day. When I met him he was about to complete his 11th Camino. Amazingly, each time he’d completed the entire 800km of the Camino Frances in just 25 days, before getting a bus all the way back to St Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees and starting again. His feet were destroyed and his body was tired, but his faith in his own vision was unshakable. I really hope he finds happiness at the end of his journey.

Was it a daunting experience doing this trip independently?

Not at all really. One thing you learn very quickly is that although you walk alone, you never have to be without the company of like-minded people. The Camino is one of the few places I’ve ever experienced such genuine human kindness and selflessness, and whilst you are a Pilgrim you will never be without help, should you need it.

What would you advice to other people that are thinking of doing the journey?

Quite simply, do it. It could really change your life.

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All images taken by Greg Strachey during his Camino journey

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The Beachcomber.

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‘‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in

having new eyes.’’

-Marcel Proust

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‘‘To Travel hopefully is better than to arrive.’’-Robert Louis Stevenson


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