The Matador community is so vibrant because of members like Pat, also known as the Digital Vagabond.
Pat, who fell in love with travel at the age of 21 after reading Ed Buryn’s book, Vagabonding in the USA,
“I found the ocean, myself and a whole lot more before I came back almost one year later. It was a year of sweet solitude, serendipitous encounters and inspiration.”
And after that first year, he was hooked, a confirmed convert to vagabonding.
Photo: notsogoodphotography
Now, more than 20 years later, Pat wants to pay forward the experience of travel that has been so meaningful to him by offering what he’s calling the Roads Scholarship.
If you’re 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license, you’re eligible to apply for the Roads Scholarship. If you win, you’ll be given a $1,200 USD stipend each month from June-September, 2009, and you’ll be able to use share your articles and photos on Pat’s website, Digital Vagabonding. The winner will also be given a ticket to Burning Man, as will two runners-up.
Winners will be chosen in May, so hurry up and check the guidelines here.
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Announcing the Digital Vagabonding Roads Scholars – Class of 2009
This spring we received 101 proposals from aspiring travel writers seeking to road trip North America this summer on a “Roads Scholarship”. It was tough to choose just one winner, so we chose five.
To see who’s been chosen, view their proposals and register to follow their adventures, visit Roads Scholarship at http://www.digitalvagabonding.com/road-scholarship. This years scholarships are being co-sponsored by the outstanding travel community – Matador Travel. Special thanks to Matador and their talented team for helping us promote this scholarship.
Given the talent and vision of these Roads Scholars, I expect they will take us all on an amazing journey.
Whether you travel or not, be well and live large.
Pat the Digital Vagabond
The Ultimate Trip is the Journey Within.
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