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Travel Writing Scholarship 2010

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [183]

Do you want to be a published travel writer? Go on assignment to Tokyo with Rough Guides! Kick start your travel writing career by going on assignment to Tokyo, Japan. After touching base with your travel writing mentor, Simon Richmond, you ... Read more >

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DAY 6 FISH MARKET AND NIKKO , JAPAN

JAPAN | Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [1]

NOVEMBER 7TH-SATURDAY, WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 4:30AM TO HEAD TO THE TSUJIKI FISH MARKET THE BIGGEST LIVE AUCTION IN THE WORLD. UPON ARRIVAL AT TSUJIKI STATION WE WHERE GREETED TO A FISHY SMELL WE KNEW WE WHERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, WE WHERE OFF TO FIND ... Read more >

Tsukiji Fish Market and Day Trip to NIkko

JAPAN | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [3]

So this would have been way better detailed but I lost the first version I had of it which was very frustrating.  Ok so again here we go.  Stacey and I got up super early 4am to go to the tokyo fish market.  which we kept putting off a lot and I was starting ... Read more >

Koh Chang, Thailand

THAILAND | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By jessie604 | Views [7]

Waves are crashing on the sand just outside of the window of this internet/book trade cafe where I'm sitting now.  I'm at Koh Chang's Siam Hut guesthouse on Lonely Beach. We've been here since Thursday evening. It's a great place - very affordable ($8/night ... Read more >

Im Frühtau zum Tempel wir ziehen ...

THAILAND | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [9]

Um 5:30h klingelt der Wecker und wir machen uns abmarschbereit. Ungefrühstückt sind wir gegen 6:15h vor dem Hotel, wo ein Teil der Reisegruppe schon losgezogen ist. Im Morgengrauen versammeln sich alle Mönche der Stadt und ziehen zu ihrem jeweiligen ... Read more >


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Feel Safe While Traveling: 10 Things You Can Do

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [935] | Comments [2]

Traveling can be a lot of fun; protect your vacation from being ruined by scams, world events or changing regulations. By being informed and aware of your surroundings, your dream vacation can be everything you want it to be.                        ... Read more >

Travel insurance for teaching overseas

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [97]

Photo courtesy of i-to-i A working holiday as a teacher can be extremely rewarding and a great way to explore the world, become a part of the local community, and get paid for it. Yet if you get sick or injured while overseas, or your gear ... Read more >


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SYDNEY!

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By vantasticnsw | Views [219] | Comments [1]

Hello! After almost five weeks on the road, we successfully made it to Sydney! Most of the places we visited up until this point were chilled out coastal towns, so it was a bit of a shock to arrive in Sydney during peak hour to see so many cars ... Read more >

Searching for India's Sacred Heart (ive)

INDIA | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [98] | Comments [2]

We've been out of blog touch for a while, we know -- but this quickly thrown together, yet astoundingly comprehensive (would you expect any less from us???) account of our weeks exploring India will detail why much time for documenting has ... Read more >

Ania: new Home, new Tango, new Guests!

ARGENTINA | Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By royandania | Views [109] | Comments [3]

Hola! There has been some changes in our life here in Buenos Aires in the last couple of weeks. One of them is that we have moved to a different barrio (neighbourhood), Palermo, which is known to be more trendy, expensive and a lot ... Read more >

Xinyu, Lanzhou and Xi'an

CHINA | Fri, 9 Oct 2009 | By katherinestapleton | Views [119] | Comments [4]

Sorry it's taken me so long to write, it's been so busy what with being an importand English teacher and all. So basically we first decided to venture away from our project for my birthday weekend where we decided to go to Nanchang and through to Xinyu ... Read more >

Survival of the Fittest (the 24-hour kind)

USA | Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [347] | Comments [2]

This article from the August 2008 National Geographic Adventure Magazine, “ How to Survive (Almost) Anything: 14 Survival Skills ,” talks about everyday survival skills, with a few exciting survival stories thrown in. Mostly though, it emphasizes ... Read more >


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