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CANADA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By kellydunbar | Views [4]
2 weeks of Pana studying spanish and I nearlly lost my head just from being in the same small town for too long. However it did give us the opertunity to rent a house, catch up with our fantastic american buddies and also gave us another chance to see ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By dave_sarah | Views [5]
We´ve just spent the last week in Bariloche in the middle of the Argetinian Lake District. The place is absolutely stunning but it seems to have made us a little too enthusiastic on the activity front! So far we have decided to walk about 4 miles and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By nomads_podcasts | Views [11]
In this edition, Kerry catches up with the winner of the Podcast
Scholarship, Kylie Stephenson, who has now completed a documentary podcast about her experiences at the Fred Hollows
Foundation Eye Camp in the remote Kampong Thom district of Cambodia.... Read more >
Tags: podcast, world nomads, podcast scholarship, voluntourism, fred hollows, cambodia
MEXICO | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By carolwil | Views [3]
Mazunte is a tiny little coastal town with only about 5 shops. You walk down a little lane to the beach where there are about 6 different restaurant/bars all of which rent out cabanas (cabins). Last night I had a cabin for 100 pesos which is about ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By ianapple | Views [7]
I love my friends. I love my family. I love every single way God
has blessed me in the wonderful home I have back in the states. Therefore,
over the course of my time in France,
I have had moments when I could not wait to get back to it ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [17] | Comments [3]
today, our first day in berlin, germany and i have learnt many many things...in no particular order... berlin is a MASSIVE city with so much history its impossible to take it all in Its always good playing pool with amy after champayne and vodka.... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By samanthact89 | Views [5]
m and Sam South America 2008 Tuesday, 13 May 2008 Our Itinery... South America travelling itinerary Brazil - One month We are flying out to Sao Paulo, on the 2nd June. We hope to go and see the Cristo ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [13]
Well, "today" (today for me is two days ago for you because I haven't slept yet) is the start of the adventure. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to sleep on the night of the 11th May (the day before my flight) because I was busy making last ... Read more >
ICELAND | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By mredovan | Views [23]
Today is my 5th day in Reykjavik, here's the narrative so far: I arrived Friday morning and since then have spent my time doing a lot of walking, some sight-seeing, and some cafe-sitting. I've been trying to get over a cold I received courtesy a friend ... Read more >
Tags: reykjavik, arrivial
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By shelby5921 | Views [12]
"test page" for the dumb bum whose gonna be writing this,have'nt left yet,leaving on the 21stmay 2008.lots of packing and re-packing at the mo,got maleria tabs 2day,getting excited!!! talk soon.
URUGUAY | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By vietnamviking | Views [6]
To celebrate the May '68 protests in France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68), anarchist groups here in Montevideo organized a get-together on Plaza eléctrica last Saturday. Being a word-of-mouth thing, not a whole lot of people showed up, but the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By marge | Views [13]
All registered. What a mess. But it's all cleaned up now. I will say that I am taking 20 credit hours this fall. PHYSICS 346, MATH 344 (calculus involved), SM 445 (Science projects), EES 346 (Earth Systems) and HST 102 (Europe 14th-16th? 18th?). ... Read more >
LAOS | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By rosibud | Views [10]
Sometimes you come across a place so beautiful you can’t quite believe it’s real. Where the landscape is so stunning and the accommodation so simply perfect and cheap that you keep checking to make sure it’s not all a mistake. Today we arrived ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By theunit | Views [10] | Comments [1]
Well Amber and I survived the long and exhausting trip from Nepal to Nairobi and are now back from our wildlife safari. We are currently in Arusha Tanzania and head for the Camp La No Che orphanage tomorrow. I know they have email somewhere so hopefully ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By climberchris | Views [16]
There is a certain philosophical patience, a slightly stubborn stoicism, required to be an injured climber in Fontainebleau. Or perhaps it's all just me. I returned to the Forest last Thursday, five days now. Better prepared, better equipped this ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By jane0815 | Views [12]
Gestern vor drei Monaten bin ich vom Frankfurter Flughafen Richtung Sydney abgeflogen...Es ist tatsaechlich schon ein viertel Jahr her, unglaublich. Das erste Semester ist auch schon fast um, jetzt gilt es die letzten grossen Hausarbeiten anzufertigen ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [9]
Vicious Poodle Wanted Dead or Alive ...The local government issued a notice on TV warning people to watch out for the dog and kill it.... -- Chongqing Morning Post , April 30, 2008. Guns are illegal to possess. What caliber noodle for a vicious ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [34]
Thu 8th May - Victoria hasn't been feeling well lately, so needed a rest day. Went off for a walk around town for a while. The market is an interesting place to keep walking through, especially the meat and fruit/veg sections. Many unusual sights ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [5]
Provincial Agencies on High Alert to Tackle Floods GUANGZHOU: Flood, drought and wind prevention agencies in Guangdong province have been urged to be on high alert for floods this summer. -- China Daily News , April 26-27, 2008. Wind prevention! ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [8]
Hey! I didn't write the headline! One day I pondered the lack of cheese in Chinese cooking, and, not knowing it was a laugh line, I asked my friend Chen, "What does China do with all its leftover milk?" She said, "We have 1.3 billion ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [9]
I have mentioned previously that women call themselves "girls" here; when I use the term I am not being disrespectful. In fact, it is accepted journalistic usage: Biz Unusual Salary negotiator Lin Yan, a 26-year old girl in Nanjing, earns ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [9]
Zhang and his friend Li went to lunch in a restaurant in Jinan, Shangdon province, last Tuesday and ordered 7 steamed stuffed buns and a bowl of egg soup. Zhang was eating one of the buns when he bit into something hard. After a close examination, ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By walkamile | Views [5]
Yet another bus ride! This time I went from the Hawke's Bay region to the center of the North Island and NZ's largest lake, Lake Taupo. As soon as I hopped off the bus, I booked a ride on the Ernest Kemp, a replica tugboat-like vessel. I saw the lush ... Read more >
CANADA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By the-story-teller | Views [14]
What started out as a garden-variety ear infection turned into an
emergency dash to Casualty. Intense pain & excessive bleeding from
my ear led me to seek urgent medical treatment from a nearby hospital.
The doctor told me I had a ruptured ear ... Read more >
Tags: ear drum rupture, canada, world nomads, true claim stories
USA | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By guillermoafonso | Views [13] | Comments [1]
El desierto de Baja California De El Rosario a Guerrero Negro, desde donde escribo. Ya estamos a 720 kilometros de Tijuana, y a 760 de La Paz. El medio de este viaje. Salimos de El Rosario hace 5 dias, sin Salvador, pero con unos 25 litros de agua y ... Read more >
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