Travel Stories

Read accounts from students who recently travelled on School trips with Discover the World.

Joe Laithwaite recalls his visit to Iceland
"My first impression of Iceland was how vast and empty it was; it seemed like a huge rocky desert. You could see for miles and miles without seeing any life, and although it was bleak it was still very interesting and surreal"
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Sam Carter recounts his experiences in Iceland
"When the plane started the descent into Iceland all I could see for miles around was open space and lava rocks. Add in the coldness and the sudden burst of sleet and it quickly felt very different to home".
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Claire Rickard writes about Morocco in her blog
"We were up at 7 o'clock. We drove through mountainous roads and on desert-like tracks; on our journey we saw many baby camels and mountain goats and we stopped for several 'Kodak moments' to give us time to take pictures of our beautiful surroundings"
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