Destination: Australia

Put your feet up......Doctor's orders

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [455]

The wound on my foot had become seriously infected. This together with another infected cut on my knee, I was barely able to walk with the pain.   Both look pretty gross.   Rob drove me down to the local medical centre where my wounds were cleaned ... Read more >

Gallery: Photos

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By jadepeters | Photo Gallery

Sydney (Local)

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [407]

Met Rob today (Used to work with Rob about 5 years ago in London), together with his wife Georgia and his son Hugo.   They’ve a place in Darlington, which is not far from the city of Sydney.   Spent the day catching up and hanging out in the local ... Read more >

Gallery: Off to Oz!

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By bigels | Photo Gallery

Reise und Ankunft in Sydney

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By schiri | Views [444]

Nach einem langen Flug, oder besser gesagt nach drei Flügen, bin ich am Samstag Abend (bei euch Morgen) in Sydney angekommen. Wow, was für ein Land! Beim Überflug war das Wetter gut, sodass man Land gesehen hat wohin das Auge reichte. Viel rote ... Read more >

The Wine Regions

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [515]

Caught the ferry to Manly where I met John and Shanna, and Ryan.   Ryan as it happens was in the same hostel as me in Singapore, but John and Shanna had subsequently met up with him in Thailand.   Manly is a great place and it was nice to spend an ... Read more >

The countdown is on...

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [872]

Suddenly next year has turned into this year and next month has now become this month and in 3 weeks today I'm off! I can't believe it's crept up so quickly when its been in the planning for so long. So I'm mostly organised; I've moved out of my ... Read more >

Tags: the planning phase

Gallery: Wollongong & Sydney New Year

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By ligia-richard | Photo Gallery

Jungle - Ecuador

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By ree | Views [365]

Day 11 of our trip, up early 5.30am we had to be at the bus station to get the bus to Tena.the buses in ecuador get so crowded and stuffy, the roads into the jungle arent the best either but the scenery is just awesome, volcanoes,cloud covered mountains ... Read more >

Opinion - Social Media : Wake Up and Smell The Engagement !

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By nomads-news | Views [7185] | Comments [8]

There has over the past few months been a lot of heated debate about the business value of Social Media. A lot of it seems to be centred around the commercial ROI of advertising through the various Social Media channels. Will Facebook start to yield ... Read more >

Tags: corporate social responsibility, csr, customer engagement, social media, travel marketing, travel networking, twitter, word of mouth, world nomads, worldnomads.com

Sydney

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [487]

I was waiting at Sydney Airport Arrivals for ages due to their strict quarantine policy.   Basically I had to queue in order to declare that I wasn’t caring anything that would imbalance their eco system.   Seemed a load of nonsense after a flight ... Read more >

Gallery: Pacific Highway

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Gallery: General Photos

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By travel-tips | Photo Gallery

Gallery: the big departure

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By louis_stapleton | Photo Gallery

Ubud, Bali – Sydney, Australia

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [465]

Spent most of the day exploring the areas in and around Ubud.   Lots of art and craft shops, and many lovely looking restaurants.   It was a nice walk, although the blister on my toe (which I’ve had since my first day from diving in Gili Trawangan) ... Read more >