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ARGENTINA | Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By cowskins | Views [1637] | Comments [1]
If porteños love anything more than Buenos Aires, it´s getting out of Buenos Aires. Last week, Ben and I headed to the Atlantic Coast for the sleepy beach town of Villa Gesell, via our first bus. Travel by bus has its ups and downs, but it´s quite economical ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Mon, 5 Mar 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1095]
I have said good bye to Steph for now, but not forever, and broke my heart in the process; AGAIN. It's interesting how quickly you can get accustomed to constant companionship, and then even quicker, you seem to find yourself alone and pining for their ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
SPAIN | Sat, 13 Jan 2007 | By tk | Views [790] | Comments [10]
Hello Friends and Family, This here is my first ever blogamajig thingy, and I thought it would be a useful format for keeping in contact with you`all while I am in Spain for four months. In addition to stories I plan on putting photos and audio that ... Read more >
Tags: Work
SOUTH KOREA | Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By miss_traveller | Views [773]
I'm still recovering from the all night party me and a friend attended last night. It's not everyday or even every month, that I go to a party like I went to last night. The theme was "Universe and I" and it was based on this thought. This ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
JAPAN | Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [721] | Comments [1]
Hiromshima, actually quite surprising to us, is an amazing city, and if you didn't know its history and stayed away from the Peace Park you'd probably never know what happend here 61 years ago! The city is clean, modern and spacious, better than most ... Read more >
Tags: You HAVE to visit this place!
THAILAND | Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By allwelcome | Views [670] | Comments [2]
Hat Yai, Hat Noppharat Thara and Koh Lanta Road Safety Its typical to see utes packed to the brim full of people. These people were travelling from Koh Lanta back to the mainland. Massage So far we’ve only had ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Sat, 12 Nov 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [571] | Comments [5]
Hello Friends... We've tried a few times to add information to our site...without luck. Reading internet in other languages tied with funky internet connections makes for a few necessary trial and error sessions. Anyway...our adventures to date ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, costa rica
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By nortina | Views [546] | Comments [5]
Desde el 22 de Noviembre que puedo decir que SOY LIBRE, HURRAH!!! Tomé 1 mes de vacaciones para viajar por distintos lugares del norte de este país. El 23 partí a Sydney, nuevamente, "becada" por Marlene y Faramarz. Me quedé en su casa por ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 18 May 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [438] | Comments [4]
Today we drove up to Caerphilly Castle just to the North of Cardiff. It is the best preserved example of a concentric castle, with inner and outer walls. It was built to defend the English against the last Welsh Prince of Wales. The moats and castle ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 27 Dec 2007 | By whippin_picadilly | Views [357]
During the week prior to my departure for far
and distant Australian shores I watched a lot of Globe Trekker on the Travel Channel. One such day I found myself glued to the TV
watching the afore-mentioned show and for a change it wasn’t ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
MONACO | Tue, 29 May 2007 | By mascha_z | Views [337]
Week 2 was another crazy week – working for 5 out of the 7 days – 3 days on yachts and 2 days at the Grand Prix – I am feeling pretty shattered now! We also had a couple of wild evenings, where Masha (my evil twin, for those of you who have ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
NETHERLANDS | Mon, 11 Jun 2007 | By jeremy_watso | Views [319]
Amsterdam, ville que j'attendais avec le plus d'impatience a visiter, m'a tout de meme un peu decu. Je crois que j'avais des attentes trop elevees quand meme. Le premier jour, nous avons fait un walking tour gratuit de la ville, qui durait 3h. Nous ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
BRAZIL | Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [317] | Comments [1]
Moving on from Trancoso, we rejoined with Paula and Lautaro in Salvador, further up in Bahía. It's Brazil's 3rd largest city (speaking of cities, I mistakenly wrote in an earlier post that Rio was the capital of Brazil, which it of course isn't: appo ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
LAOS | Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By baba | Views [273] | Comments [1]
After some days in the touristic towns Vientiane and Luang Prabang, I had a beautiful boat ride up the Nam Ou to the small village of Nong Khiew which reminds me of the remote areas in Nepal. Just wanted to say that I am doing well and will find a way ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
PERU | Sun, 17 Aug 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [253] | Comments [1]
As I sat at the dinner table with Ligia and Christian, waiting for the dinner they had so kindly offered to cook, my emotions were a whirl... stabilizing, numbing, and then whirling once again. A mass of tears swarmed from my eyes the other night when ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Views [243]
Nueva Zelandia es un país aisaldo geográficamente del resto del mundo. El lugar conocido más cercano es Australia, a 2000 km de distancia. Es parte del Commonwealth, y por lo tanto es una monarquía constitucional, lo cual para mí es una gran imposibilidad ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
FRANCE | Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By moley | Views [185]
Of skiing on sunday with the gang. Have been going with this lot for years, still not any good at skiing ...keep losing things ie ski's gloves and confidence! still I'm sure the training will have done me good, can now manage a bottle of wine and a few ... Read more >
Tags: Snow
INDIA | Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By wick | Views [177]
We have had about 5 days in Mumbai and are off to Goa tomorrow on the
sleeper train. We arrived at about 5am in the morning after only a
2.5hr flight from Dubai so did not have a very good nights sleep. We
flew Jazeera Airways which certainly had ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 27 Dec 2006 | By jen_and_the_boys | Views [173]
In the meantime - check out this little YouTube video to get a tase of what it will be like!
Tags: The Planning Phase
THAILAND | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By nncysf | Views [173] | Comments [6]
Am now in Bangkok - will describe the quite fabulous flight from HKG in Thai First Class soon (3 of us in the cabin so my carryon got its own seat 3A complete with seat belt). Hotter than hell and horrendous traffic - pollution managed a lot better ... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 16 May 2007 | By randomstance | Views [152]
We finished up at the facility early, so the Leela pool became my new office for the day... Not a bad way to work
Tags: Work
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 | By andrewp-melissar | Views [130]
As a few of you are aware we had two of our good friends come and visit us on the island for a week or so in early March. Anna and Jamie were on their way from NZ to London with a few stops along the way, one of which was Hayman Island, Great Barrier ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By lukas_patricia | Views [94] | Comments [1]
Wir fliegen von Peking nach Xi'an und wundern uns schon gar nicht mehr über den Smog, der uns auch hier empfängt. Nachdem wir unsere Sachen im Hotel untergebracht haben bleibt noch Zeit für eine erste Tour. Wir besuchen den Bell Tower direkt gegenüber ... Read more >
CHILE | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [92]
We´re just hanging around, waiting for the call to go South. And waiting for my luggage to turn up. It apparently came to Punta Arenas airport 7 hours ago but has yet to make it into town. Seabird man has been joined by another bird man who also comes ... Read more >
Tags: waiting
JAPAN | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [89]
junior high school sports day was yesterday, it's a weekday so not as big a family affair, a few mothers came along and the local bigwigs I guess. It was a fun day, not as crazy as the elementary event but that's to be expected. I didn't have any actual ... Read more >
