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INDONESIA | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [841] | Comments [3]
This is a
long journal. Grab a cup of coffee, a packet of your favourite biscuits, switch
off the TV and read on….
Sun 31st May – We are heading off on a trip to Indonesia later today, but the flight
isn’t until late and have some ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By protonics | Views [556] | Comments [4]
AHORA ME TOCA A MI (SOY MERI). 07 JUN - MULU / KK AVION DE MULU A KOTA KINABALU (KK), CAPITAL DE SABAH. LLEGAMOS TARDE Y NOS PUSIMOS A BUSCAR UN BACKPACKERS BAJO LA LLUVIA. NOS QUEDAMOS EN EL SUMMER LODGE Y NOS REGALAMOS UNA PIZZA PARA LA CENA ;... Read more >
MEXICO | Sat, 30 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [503] | Comments [3]
13/5/09 - 22/5/09 Oaxaca to San Cristobal 468 km Oaxaca is a great city to enjoy some downtime, relaxing with our cycling friends Martin and Susy, checking out Monte Alban, wandering the markets and artesanias, the leafy ‘zocalo’ and working ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, oaxaca, cycling, food, mountains, sickness, san cristobal
PHILIPPINES | Sat, 5 Sep 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [487] | Comments [3]
Thu 27th Aug - Heading north for some sightseeing today. No desperate hurry as will
break the journey in Baguio, a place I have been before. Easy connection to
Manila Pasay EDSA area and first checked out the Partas bus company terminal,
but ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thu, 28 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [437] | Video
We
had decided to do an island tour from Nha Trang - the punters on the boat were an
eclectic mix of English gap year types, Filipino engineers working on
the soon to open Nha Trang Marriot and a few locals ... Read more >
Tags: beach, boat, bar, island
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By adam_hamish | Views [426] | Comments [1]
It's not just the places that you travel to, it's the people you meet along the way that really shape your experience. There are many ways to meet people.
You can go to a bar and shout into someone's ear.
You can ask someone to rub ... Read more >
Tags: fraser island, palace adventures, adam rikys, hamish cross, vantastic, hervey bay, van-tastic adventures, road trip, campervan, adventures
VIETNAM | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [419] | Comments [1]
From Phnom Penh we caught a direct bus all the way into Vietnam. After our Laos/Cambodia border experience we thought that this would make for a smoother ride. The journey
was nothing special, but Jo was pleased that we arrived ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, saigon, cu chi tunnels, cao dai, nha trang, quy nhon
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 18 Aug 2009 | By adam_hamish | Views [411] | Comments [1]
Mission Beach is a chilled little backpackers town two hours south of Cairns. It boasts one of the best backpackers we have ever stayed at called SCOTTY'S BEACH HOUSE.
The staff are super friendly and all the rooms surround a big tropical pool which ... Read more >
Tags: adam rikys, hamish cross, scottys beach house, jump the beach, vantastic, world nomads, ambassador van, van-tastic adventures, skydiving, mission beach
THAILAND | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [407] | Video
It's a very easy system when you get a ferry in Thailand. They give you a colour coded badge with the destination written on it, each destination has a different colour. If you so much as look at the wrong queue or try to go in the wrong direction someone ... Read more >
Tags: ferry, jungle, wildlife, trekking
THAILAND | Sat, 10 Oct 2009 | By will | Views [397] | Comments [3]
More pictures Many travelers have mixed feelings about Khao San Road, the travelers ‘district’ in Bangkok. Its not the real Bangkok, its tawdry and commercial and is pitched only at the Westerns who are just passing through. It’s fairly unique though, ... Read more >
Tags: cities, on the road
COSTA RICA | Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By k-lero | Views [394] | Comments [6]
Rumbo norte por Centroamerica, alla voy, y de todos estos pequenhos paises Costa Rica es el mas turistico de todos y por tanto el mas caro, ese es el motivo de que solo hayamos pasado aqui 2 semanas, Nicaragua es mucho mas barato. Pero el turismo y ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 | By adam_hamish | Views [393] | Comments [1]
We are writing this blog in the van on the way to Fraser Island where we will partake in a 4WD dingo safari.
Yesterday will be remembered in history as one the best days of the tour. Here's how it went down.
Firstly the main man of Mission ... Read more >
Tags: skydive mission beach, travel trails, adam rikys, hamish, cross, road trip, van-tastic adventures, skydiving, world nomads, mission beach
LAOS | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By vivienne_and_iona | Views [386] | Comments [3]
we were a bit sad to leave luang prabang, but it's common knowledge that the most fun thing to do in laos is undoubtedly 'tubing' down the mekong near the town of vang vieng, an activity which basically involves jumping in a truck tyre inner tube and ... Read more >
Tags: tubing
lao lao
tiger whisky
rope swing
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By liam_omalley | Views [383]
Wow! what a rush!
On the 27th May I decided that walking past the Skydiving shop in Queenstown without going in had gone on to long so I decided to face my fear and jump out of a plane.
Considering that the three things I like the least ... Read more >
Tags: skydive, jump, plane, queenstown, new zealand
UGANDA | Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [375] | Comments [4]
For the last few weeks, we have been living at the St. Paul KAASO school in Kabira, Uganda. Kabira is very rural – what people here call “The Countryside.” It’s located in Southwest Uganda, maybe 40 or so kilometers north of the border with Tanzania.... Read more >
LAOS | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 | By fimc | Views [366] | Comments [6]
Sunday 09 August Posting this story has been somewhat delayed, by a chain of events so crazy, I would never have believed it possible. I’ve stolen a few hours to try to gain back some sanity, but will have to wait for another time to write about ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [362] | Comments [3]
The more astute amongst you will have noticed that I am indeed trying to row a motorised boat with a stick. That`s what happens when the motor on the boat you are in breaks down 2km from the nearest "settlement" in the middle of the Amazon.... Read more >
Tags: amazon jungle
trekking
survival
PERU | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [362] | Comments [10] | Video
Hallo liebe Leser!!!
Keine Angst, mir geht’s gut! Ich bin
auch nicht:
a.) verliebt
b.) gelangweilt vom Leben oder von der
Reise c.) gelangweilt Euch zu schreiben d.) von einer Krise betroffen e.) zu beschäftigt Euch zu schreiben ... Read more >
Tags: lima, step aerobic
USA | Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [360] | 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 >
Tags: survival, national geographic, musing
USA | Fri, 10 Jul 2009 | By rachellevagy | Views [351]
At
least once a day I am approached by tourists on the streets, in the
parks and on the trains inquiring about directions. I'm still caught a
bit off guard that they're asking me, a 5'1 girl fresh from the
northwest region of the country, who is ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 30 Sep 2009 | By vantasticnsw | Views [343]
Shopping, Djembe &
Snorkelling!
Shopping
We stayed in Byron Bay for 5 nights overall, and found it to
be a great little town. We spent
the afternoon after our kayaking adventures wandering around town. There are lots ... Read more >
Tags: van-tastic adventures, vantastic, nsw, roadtrip, australia, byron bay, byron bay dive centre, djembe, snorkelling, drums
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By vantasticnsw | Views [343]
Surfing, Cliff Jumping and
Hand-feeding Piranhas!
Yamba
We’d heard some rumours along the road that Yamba was the
place to be, so after we left Byron, we headed down the coast and booked in at
the Yamba YHA .
Both ... Read more >
Tags: van-tastic adventures, vantastic, nsw, roadtrip, australia, yamba, yamba yha, surfing, cliff jumping, piranhas
GUATEMALA | Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [343]
Xela to Lago de Atitlan, our overland trekking adventure. Rina and Lior our fearless guides from Quetzaltrekkers, led us over the mountains, past a highland town called 'Alaska', through cloud forests, past highland villages, past treacherous landslides, ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, volcanoes, trekking, colonial towns
ROMANIA | Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By anijensen | Views [341] | Comments [4]
We saw Philip off to the airport shuttle at 5:30 Saturday morning from the hotel in Budapest, then went back to bed for an hour (after weeping….). After a short walk to visit St. Stephen’s church in downtown Budapest, we recovered our car from ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By homeless_harry | Views [336]
You can't share a house with 8 women and not have delusions
about being the next Hugh Heffner. My playboy mansion might be disappointingly
short on silicon boobs, bikinis and bare bellies to snort coke off, but my bunnies
compensate by being genuinely ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party
