I’ve been attending the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show for years. While browsing their website for their 2014 show details, I saw they were running a travel photo contest. I entered immediately.
Their criteria for the contest was to submit my favorite travel photo from the past year. I went on an extraordinary solo trip to South America and visited Brazil, Argentina and Peru. The photo I chose was of two Yagua Indian Children holding a green parrot (above).
Out of 165 entries, my photo was a top three finalist, which meant that I got to attend the Travel Show and sit in the front row during Samantha Brown from the Travel Channel’s presentation. After her speech, she displayed the top three photos and chose the Grand Prize Winner in front of hundreds of onlookers. She picked my photo!
It was a surreal moment. I’m a huge fan of Samantha Brown and won a trip to Mexico.
Grand Prize Included:
5 day, 4 night All Inclusive hotel stay at Royal Solaris Los Cabos
Royal Swim with Dolphin Discovery
Roundtrip airfare from Aeromexico
Thank you to Samantha Brown on Travel Channel, the Travel and Adventure Show, VisitMexico, Aeromexico and Los Cabos Tourism for giving me this opportunity I will cherish forever.
The Geografreak 
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