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2012 UGO! Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 UGO! Awards. 2012 was an inspiring year for travel experiences, and we felt like we were right there with you on your journeys. Thanks to the voters, the winners, and all the nominees for another fantastic year.

Writing Awards:

Nature: MilwVon

With Kids: RoBoNC

City: PraskiPark

Food: fizzytom

Photo Awards:

Views from above: debmercury

Color and Light: lavenderdays

People: BawBaw

Overall

Best Writer: MilwVon

Best Photographer: debmercury

New Member: PeaceLoveTravel

Vote Now in the 2012 U GO! Awards

It’s that time folks: time to vote on your favorite IgoUgo contributors in the 2012 U GO! Awards!

We’re doing it a bit differently this year due to some timing constraints, but please feel free to share the voting ballot with your friends and family!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D8RFRDS

Let’s just highlight some of our awesome contributors here for a moment, shall we?
2009 Travel Writer of the year, MilwVon is up for Best Nature writer again this year, as well as Best Overall writer. Could she take home both? Ssullivan, member since 2004, is also nominated in this category and has never taken home the prize…could this be his year?

We have some great- and might I add BRAVE- family travelers up for Best of Family writing. Fiver29 and Meggysmum are the “underdogs” here having never won a U Go! award previously, but veterans Joy S and MagdaDH_AlexH are some steep competition.  Joy S is also up for Best Nature writer AND Best Overall writer.

In the Best City Writing category we have rookies two cruisers & jodeci527 competing against heavy hitters tianjinpaul & Praskipark.

RLB2 is the rookie in our Best Food Writer category- going up against some of our best veterans koshkha, Slug & fizzytom.

Go read their stuff, and vote for your favorite!  NOW- onto your photo nominees!

Best Photography: Views From Above

View from the Loughrigg Fell Walk- debmercury

View from the Loughrigg Fell Walk- debmercury

Notre Dame Gargoyle- tartlette

Notre Dame Gargoyle- tartlette

The Seine and the City- two cruisers

The Seine and the City- two cruisers

View of Santorini- raymond longaray

View of Santorini- raymond longaray

View from Aggstein Castle- Fotorunn

View from Aggstein Castle- Fotorunn

Best Photography: Color and Light

Olympic Village- composthp

Olympic Village- composthp

Pukekrura Park, New Plymouth, Taranaki- auskiwi

Pukekrura Park, New Plymouth, Taranaki- auskiwi

Trafalgar Square at Night in London, England- lavenderdays

Trafalgar Square at Night in London- lavenderdays

Illumination by Lantern- Eric from Aiea

Illumination by Lantern- Eric from Aiea

Time photography done at dark- Denton L Thaves

Time photography done at dark- Denton L Thaves

Best Photography: People

Entrada Universitaria 2012- SeenThat

Entrada Universitaria 2012- SeenThat

Street Scene in New York- Dutchntasja

Street Scene in New York- Dutchntasja

Marina Bay Sands Pool- Willie Wandrag

Marina Bay Sands Pool- Willie Wandrag

Isle of Skye- MagdaDH_AlexH

Isle of Skye- MagdaDH_AlexH

Romantic Sunset- BawBaw

Romantic Sunset- BawBaw

Be sure sure to go vote for these fantastic photographers, and then choose your favorite Writer, Photographer & New Member for 2012.

You can also go vote through our Facebook page, and spread the word through Twitter as well.

GOOD LUCK to all the nominees! Voting ends at 12PM CST on February 15th.

Written by Julie Janak- Social Media and Content Editor for IgoUgo

Machu Picchu: Our Favorite Member Photos

Once upon a time (or 1911, actually,) a Yale professor traveled to Peru, hiked for six days and ultimately became the first Western scholar to experience the “lost city” of Machu Picchu. The famed ruins – inexplicably designed without so much as a hammer – continue to draw thousands of worldwide visitors. The best way to get there is to hop a LAN Airlines flight, relax, and think, “I am about to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World.”

Over the years, IgoUgo members have hiked the ruins of Machu Picchu and shared their most inspiring photos. Today, we share our favorites with you. It’s like being there…but without all that hiking.

 

photo by nora_yusuf

Baby Llama – photo by nora_yusuf

Although tours are readily available,the amount of visitors allowed to visit Machu Picchu per day is restricted to 400. It’s a fun challenge for the fittest among us, as the climb promises to tire even the most experienced climbers.

 

Final Steps of the Inca Trail- photo by chirmhosen

Peruvian Girl – photo by theartemis

Peruvian Women in Traditional Clothing – photo by iamtrc

Today, we need a team of landscapers to repair our homes and gardens. The Incas essentially use their bare hands to construct an entire city.

photo by chirmhosen

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Huayna Picchu – Towering above the Ruins

Check out LAN Airlines for more information on how you can visit Machu Picchu.

by Heather Green
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