World Nomads stories & journal writers
Follow the [33373] stories of our [8196] travel bloggers
Latest | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Interesting | Official | Random
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [60] | Video
Ringa
pakia! Uma tiraha! Turi whatia! Hope whai ake! Waewae takahia kia kino! Ka
mate, ka mate. Ka ora', Ka ora' .
Ka mate, ka mate. Ka ora’, Ka
ora’ . T ē nei te tangata p ū huruhuru.
N ā na
i tiki mai whakawhiti te ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, sports, surfing, football, rugby, sheep shearing, motorcycle, yachting, ant stone
INDIA | Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [217] | Comments [1]
Thanks so much to Jeff Greenwald from Ethical Traveler for this guest post. Several years ago, on a solo trek in northern India, I was joined by an eight-year-old boy wearing a tattered red vest. He startled me with a phrase in perfect ... Read more >
Tags: india, beggars, begging, responsible travel, culture shock, poverty, ethical travel
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 18 Nov 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [88] | Comments [1]
There are
innumerable ways to work your way around the world, and you’ve probably
researched and considered most of them. But if seeing the world from behind a
bar doesn’t strike your fancy and if your homemade handicrafts aren’t flying
out ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, wwoof, wwoofing, farm, world and holiday, farming
WORLDWIDE | Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [171] | Video
Maranatha delves deep into the Vietnam social fabric and finds a story that is still very much an open wound for Vietnam. She treks through Chau valley in North Vietnam with a medical team who offer medical relief for the people there. She learns ... Read more >
Tags: world nomads, buffalo tours, national geographic channel, travel documentary, vietnam, chau valley, agent orange victim, medical clinic
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [17140] | Comments [28]
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 >
Tags: travel writing scholarship, japan, tokyo, rough guides, intrepid travel, hotels.com, simo richmond
ARGENTINA | Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [173]
I always knew that I wanted to study abroad when I went to college. So as my time at the University of Pittsburgh began to come to a close, it only made sense that I chose a program that took me to another part of the world for the summer. I ended ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, buenos aires, study abroad, homestay, travel, work and holiday, iguazu falls, south america, university
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 29 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [354]
To call football in Argentina a religion would be an understatement. With over 3000 registered teams, two World Cups trophies and the greatest player that ever lived (simply known as 'El Diego'), you cannot escape the game’s magnetic pull. Seeing ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [280]
So you’re thinking of spending some time in Argentina but you want to make your experience a meaningful one – have a think about volunteering or studying abroad. Volunteer Volunteering abroad, sometimes called voluntourism, is a great way to ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, travel, volunteer, work and holiday, voluntourism, study abroad, study spanish, argentina homestay
ARGENTINA | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [384] | Comments [1]
One two, miss a few, ninety-nine, trescientos millones . That’s the number of people who hable Spanish: Three hundred million, almost five percent of the world population. While the suits are battling Mandarin, travellers of every strain are turning ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, spanish, buenos aires, language, latin america, travel-tips
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [186]
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 >
Tags: travel insurance, working holiday, teachers, expat
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 23 Oct 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4975] | Comments [120]
Wow! What an overwhelming
response! We received 1050 applications this year which created an
enormous headache (in the nicest possible way) for our judges. The
quality of the work was also brilliant which just made the job even harder! ... Read more >
Tags: antarctica, travel photography, scholarship, photo scholarship, penguins, national, worldnomads.com, world nomads, winner
ARGENTINA | Fri, 23 Oct 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [337] | Comments [2]
Argentina - known
the world over for its tango dancers, vibrant culture, and well - really,
really good beef. And, let’s be honest, as a vegetarian, while the famous meat
may not be so enticing, the country still absolutely ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, vegetarian, vegan, food, asado, buenos aires, restaurants
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 22 Oct 2009 | By ambassador | Views [100] | Video
The Americans are taking on Tassie! The dynamic duo of Dara Simkin and Catherine Fleming, friends from Florida will be hitting the road for the Van-Tastic Adventures roadtrip through Tasmania.
Check out their winning video where they go looking ... Read more >
Tags: van-tastic adventures, victoria, world nomads, road trip, ambassador van, vantastic
ARGENTINA | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [397] | Comments [1] | Video
Location: San Antonio de Areco, Argentina
Dates: the weekend of November 10th
Level of Participation: 3 – show up for the carnival scene
ready to eat, dance, and join in the gaucho culture
Description: Día de la Tradición ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, gaucho, culture, asado, buenos aires, world festivals
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [1326] | 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 >
Tags: travel safety, passport, precautions, money, accommodations, baggage, travel insurance, travel warnings, travel
NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [834] | Comments [1]
Kia Ora, welcome to New Zealand! You’ve just landed in Auckland and passed the rigorous customs screening (do NOT bring any fruits, meats, soils, seeds unless you want a huge fine), but now what? New Zealand is a developed country so there shouldn’t ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, 5 things, sun safety, water hazards, traffic, emergency numbers, travel
ARGENTINA | Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [952] | Comments [1] | Video
If you’re traveling to Argentina you’ll most likely stop in Buenos Aires, which is by most accounts a very safe city, and local police keep it that way by actively patrolling all tourist areas. Violent crime is extremely rare, and smaller towns in ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, 5 things, buenos aires, demonstrations, money matters, transport, taxis
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 8 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [810]
SMH.com.au has reported that "Four* powerful earthquakes at 9.03am local time on October 8th, triggered a tsunami alert over a huge
swathe of the South Pacific, sending residents fleeing to higher
ground, just days after giant waves killed ... Read more >
Tags: tsunami, earthquake, vanuatu, fiji, natural disaster, safety advice for travelers, pacific, undersea earthquake
INDONESIA | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [600]
Padang, a town on the Indonesian island of Sumatra was struck by an earthquake measuring 7.6-magnitude on Tuesday 30th September at 5.16pm local time. The quake was felt as far away as Jakarta which is situated 200km to the north. A Tsunami alert was ... Read more >
Tags: earthquake, indonesia, natural disaster, safety advice for travelers
SAMOA | Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [579]
Samoa and American Samoa were hit by a Tsunami in the early hours of Wednesday 30th September. Several Tsunami waves up to 20 feet high, triggered by an earthquake with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, swept ashore on Samoa and neighboring American ... Read more >
Tags: tsunami, samoa, natural disaster, safety advice for travelers
SOUTH KOREA | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By workandholiday | Views [473]
Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Debt. Many things loom in life. Yet none are worse than the terrible
phenomenon that occurs every spring across millions of towns: Graduation.
I did not
receive the memo about the available antidote ... Read more >
Tags: south korea, tefl, teaching, entertainment, seoul, work and holiday, working holiday, tesl
GUATEMALA | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By scholarships | Views [289]
Enrique Nunez Mussa of Santiago, Chile and winner of
our 2009 Podcast Scholarship visits “Phoenix School” run by volunteers in the
Mayan community of San Andres de Itzapa, Guatemala. Set against a backdrop of hills, volcanoes
and crowing ... Read more >
Tags: podcast, scholarship, guatemala, maya, san andres de itzapa
SOUTH KOREA | Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By language-guides | Views [1245] | Comments [1]
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going?
The WorldNomads.com Korean Language Guide gives ... Read more >
Tags: learn korean, korean language, korean travel phrases, korean podcast, travel to korea, language guide, ipod, mp3 player, podcast, world nomads
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [750]
When
most people start planning their annual getaway, the last place they picture is
a frozen cityscape with its streets devoid of solar-powered humdrum. However, if
you slung Jack Frost his icepack, he’d skate a way through some of our ... Read more >
Tags: winter, travel-tips, packing, south korea, lithuania, england, norway, usa, language guide, ant stone
SOUTH KOREA | Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [835] | Comments [1]
Did you know
that in South Korea...you
should never leave chopsticks in your rice? That you should never beckon anyone
with palm up using one finger?; it's the way Koreans call their dogs! That
writing someone's name in red symbolizes death? ... Read more >
Tags: south korea, weather, 5 things, asia, culture, monsoons, packing, beaches, learn korean, korean phrases
EGYPT | Mon, 21 Sep 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [4127] | Comments [1]
Sphinx and Pyramids. Courtesy of Flickr.com, by [Mrs Logic]. So
you’ve booked your trip to Egypt – land of The Nile, pyramids and Cleopatra (to
name a few)! You’ve checked the weather reports, gotten the local currency, ... Read more >
Tags: 5 things, travel, egypt, pyramids, tax, touts, tipping, nile, sphinx, cover up
EGYPT | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [113] | Video
Location: Tanta, Egypt Dates: At the end of the cotton harvest in late October Level of Participation: 2 – wander among snake charmers and entranced Sufis Description: One of Egypt’s most important ... Read more >
Tags: egypt, world festivals, moulid of sayyed ahmed al-badawi
USA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [139] | Video
Location: Duval St, Key West, Florida, USA Dates: 10 days ending on the last Sunday in October Level of Participation: 5 – indulge your wildest fantasies Description: One of the most outrageous ... Read more >
Tags: fantasy fest, world festivals, usa
USA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [531]
Location: New York City, New York, USA Dates: 31 October Level of Participation: 5 – dress up and explore your dark side Description: The shrill cry of ‘trick or treat’ from children on the ... Read more >
Tags: halloween, usa, world festivals
JAPAN | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [81] | Video
Location: Kyoto Gosho, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 22 October Level of Participation: 2 – shed a tear for Kyoto’s former glory Description: Compared with the former Japanese capital’s other major ... Read more >
Tags: japan, festival of the ages, jidai matsuri, world festivals
INDIA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [131] | Video
Location: Mumbai, India Dates: Fifteenth day of the Indian lunar month of Kartika (October/November) Level of Participation: 2 – watch India light up Description: Having celebrated Krishna’s ... Read more >
Tags: india, divali, world festivals
LAOS | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [130] | Video
Location: Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Dates: Full moon in late October or early November Level of Participation: 3 – send a boat to Naga Description: Also known as Ok Watsa, Laos’ Awk Phansa ... Read more >
Tags: laos, thailand, cambodia, river festivals, world festivals
USA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [71] | Video
Location: New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, USA Dates: Third Sunday in October Level of Participation: 2 – watch the daredevils plummet Description: It’s the world’s largest extreme-sports ... Read more >
Tags: usa, world festivals, bridge day
PHILIPPINES | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [124] | Video
Location: Bacolod, Negros Occidental , Philippines Dates: Weekend nearest 19 October Level of Participation: 3 – smile with the masked masses Description: MassKara’s name is a fusion of ... Read more >
Tags: phillipines, world festivals, masskara festival
PERU | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [242] | Video
Location: Lima, Peru Dates: 18, 28 and 29 October Level of Participation: 3 – slip into something purple and hit the streets Description: This procession of hundreds of thousands of people ... Read more >
Tags: lord of miracles, world festivals, peru
GERMANY | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [96] | Video
Location: Alleenbrücke , Tübingen, Germany Dates: Early October Level of Participation: 4 – try your luck in the bobbing derby Description: It’s not exactly Running of the Bulls. Indeed, the ... Read more >
Tags: germany, duck race, world festivals
BRAZIL | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [133] | Video
Location: Praça Justo Chermont, Belém, Brazil Dates: Second weekend in October Level of Participation: 3 – join the human surge to the basilica Description: The largest festival on the River ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, cirio de nazare, world festivals
IRELAND | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [77] | Video
Location: Main Street, Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland Dates: Last Friday in August to first Sunday in October Level of Participation: 5 – take the opportunity to pick an Irish rose Description: ... Read more >
Tags: matchmaking festival, ireland, world festivals
THAILAND | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [89] | Video
Location: Jui Tui temple, Th Ranong, Phuket Town, Phuket, Thailand Dates: First nine days of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar (late September/early October) Level of Participation: 3 – receive fruit from ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, vegetarian festival, world festivals
NIGERIA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [59] | Video
Location: Emir Palace Road, Kano, Nigeria Dates: End of Ramadan Level of Participation: 2 – watch the colourful cavalry Description: Throughout the Islamic world, the Eid al-Fitr festival is ... Read more >
Tags: nigeria, world festivals, durbar
