{"id":88881,"date":"2013-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/the-incidental-tourist-winner-of-wordstravel-blogger-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:29","slug":"the-incidental-tourist-winner-of-wordstravel-blogger-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/the-incidental-tourist-winner-of-wordstravel-blogger-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incidental Tourist: Winner Of #WordsTravel Blogger Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judging from the amount of quality entries (51 in total!) we had to the <a title=\"Words Travel Blogger Experience Competition\" href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/blogger-experience-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Words Travel Blogger Experience Competition<\/a>, it\u2019s fair to say the South African travel writing scene is alive, well and bubbling over with talent.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, it was so hard for the 4 judges to pick a winner that we\u2019ve decided to give away R300 Travelstart flight vouchers to each of the 3 runner up writers. The voucher is redeemable on any flight (domestic or international) booked on <a title=\"Travelstart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travelstart.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it was <strong>Dawn Jorgensen\u2019s post<\/strong> that captured the hearts and minds of those of us tasked with picking a winner. Her beautifully crafted words, accompanying photos and actual writer experience made for a compelling entry and were unanimously selected as the winner by our judges.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn\u2019s post titled \u201c<em>Benin. Formerly Dahomey. Forever my African Queen.<\/em>\u201d, is an elegant and thought provoking exploration of Benin on the bulge of Africa. Dawn is a self-described \u201ceternal traveller, avid photographer and natural beauty seeker\u201d and we are happy to announce her as the <strong>winner of 2 Airlink tickets to<\/strong> <strong>anywhere on their route network<\/strong>. As someone who has a special love for South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia (all destinations that fall under Airlink\u2019s route network), we\u2019re looking forward to more travel reading goodness from Dawn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/benin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29674\" title=\"Benin\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/benin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/dawn-jorgensen-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29675\" title=\"Dawn Jorgensen\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/dawn-jorgensen-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dawn Jorgensen from The Incidental Tourist\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<em>A mysterious beauty, unpredictable by nature, there are secrets that Africa holds close to her heart. Brave yet vulnerable. Complex. Once encountered she\u2019s found infinitely desirable. And in this her charm and the draw of our beloved Continent. Its also exactly how I found Benin, when I travelled there a few years back.<\/em>&#8221; Read the rest on <a title=\"Dawn's Winning Blog Post\" href=\"http:\/\/theincidentaltourist.tumblr.com\/post\/58363022210\/benin-formerly-dahomey-forever-my-african-queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Incidental Tourist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Winner \u2013 <em>2 Airlink tickets<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Dawn Jorgensen from The Incidental Tourist<\/p>\n<h2>Runner up\u2019s \u2013 <em>R300 Travelstart Flight Vouchers<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Linda\/Mike from <a href=\"http:\/\/movingsushi.com\/fear-in-the-air?showall=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moving Sushi<\/a><br \/>\nVerushka\/Willie from <a href=\"https:\/\/takemyhandfollowmethere.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/14\/easyriding-vietnam-discovering-the-open-road-between-hoi-an-and-hue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take my hand. follow me there\u2026<\/a><br \/>\nBrigid from Becoming the B Boss<\/p>\n<p>Lookout for Dawn\u2019s winning blog post in today\u2019s newsletter (<a title=\"Travelstart Newsletter Sign Up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signup here<\/a>) and on <a title=\"Travelstart Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Travelstart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\/<a title=\"Travelstart Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/travelstart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judging from the amount of quality entries (51 in total!) we had to the Words Travel Blogger Experience Competition, it\u2019s fair to say the South African travel writing scene is alive, well and bubbling over with talent. 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