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The Beginning.........

Thu, 1 Aug 2013 | By grahammac | Views [1013]

Hi everyone! Here is my blog or online diary of my trip of a lifetime to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania & altitude sickness allowing, a climb to the top. Followed by a short photographic Kenyan safari to ... Read more >

Tags: altitude, dragoman, g adventures, hiking, holiday, kenya espresso safaris, kilimanjaro, photography, trekking, wildlife

Sticker Shock

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 | By sarahreinertsen | Views [713]

Exactly one year from departing Australia, I returned to Adelaide on an overnight flight from Singapore. It was a beautiful March day - as most March days in Adelaide are - and I was excited to bring my trip full circle, as it were. Despite my lack ... Read more >

Tags: australia, culture shock

New Zealand-North Island

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By mikeh | Views [635] | Comments [1]

I landed in Auckland, New Zealand Tuesday, April 10. The weather was nice and I grabbed my rental vehicle the next day. With petrol at ~$8.31 a gallon equivalent, I'm driving a very small and much more fuel efficient car than I used in AU. I also ... Read more >

Guangzhou

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By lha | Views [443]

Here I am, in China, finally. Presently located in a small place just out of Huadu, which is also known as Guangzhou North. I will be here until July 2010, teaching English as a Foreign language. My aim is to get around and see as much as I can ... Read more >

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Wow! Traditional wedding

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 | By happytraveller | Views [431] | Comments [2]

Well we are not spending much time at our hotel, which is probably a good thing....the mattress is like concrete and I'm pretty sure I have become food for bedbugs, they seem to find me tasty, but not Hayley so much. The wedding preparations are in full ... Read more >

Week Ending 24/03/2013 Albany

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By pauline | Views [409]

A pretty non eventful week, including working on the weekend to make up for my time in Perth. However, on the Saturday night I joined Marg and Don for a BBQ at the shelter in the caravan park and took my ukulele for a singalong. After a chance meeting ... Read more >

Australia- Central Coast

Sun, 6 Jan 2013 | By magdalena | Views [353]

The Central coast is a place we ended up going by accident. It turns out I have some family in Tarrigal, which is roughly 90 minutes north of Sydney. It is basically a much smaller, quieter, more tranquil version of Sydney. It has beautiful beaches and ... Read more >

The most beautiful place on Earth

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 | By | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry

I was looking forward to the travel to Tasmania, it didnt disappoint me at all, just that i didnt realise it was so beautiful and far beyond my imagination. Weather was good throughout my trip. Temperature is great. After the reach of a high mout. I was ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

To see in the Dark

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry

Blinking up into the wan darkness, I realised with mild distaste that this was the first time I had really seen the stars. Lying in the dense form of my swag in the anonymity of the outback, I hadn’t appreciated the encroachment of light on our ability ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Getting lost provides new adventures

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry

It was a warm and quiet day in Spring when I was catching a bus home from school. Daydreaming, I hadn't even noticed that I had taken the wrong bus. Realising that I had been on the bus for some time, I looked out the window and saw a place that was not ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Lake Mountain

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry

It was my first and only time ever visiting the snow and it was the worst experience of my life. We had travelled 3 hours plus to this location and by this time the main mountain were closed and there was only one open. Heaps of kids and family were on ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship