Today, Shoestring Travel Magazine celebrates its FIRST ANNIVERSARY with the fourth issue out now!

With thousands of readers from all over the world and hundreds of interested contributors, this free project has come a long way! The funny thing is, my lecturer, a retired newspaper editor, only gave me 65 points (out of 100) for the original issue. He felt I was a little too progressive for his liking, experimenting with styles, colours and - this is not a joke - quotation marks which were outside the norm.

But this overwhelming success Shoestring has had until now sure proved him wrong. Shoestring works, and in 365 days, I have not had negative feedback concerning the look or content of the magazine.

Have a look at issue #4 and tell me how you like it!