Destination: USA

2 week notice

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 | By aamato20 | Views [717]

Since roughly day 35, I've been keeping a countdown of days until the big trip. Today, I hit a big number and then straight up panicked while at work. 14 days. That's two weeks. That's 336 hours until I'll be on a plane heading towards the west coast ... Read more >

Tags: australia, new zealand, solo travel

Photos: My Scholarship entry - Alaska, The last frontier.

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 | By tripic | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship

I Like To Go Places And See Things

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 | By theworldisraw | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Day 6 - a day in the pink city

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [339] | Comments [1]

Today we started with breakfast on the lawn by the polo field. Entertainment was provided by the sitar player in the tower.  Birds of all colors darted overhead from the trees and the palace rooftops.  Peacocks roam around all over the property.... Read more >

Day 5 - travel to Jaipur

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [313]

After a leisurely breakfast in the courtyard, Cheri and I hit the courts again for one last match.  We have become quite accustomed to having a ballboy to assist us with those pesky stray balls and questionable line calls.  We made a quick ... Read more >

Photos: My Scholarship entry - Some photod from the Oregon Zoo

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 | By nicospad | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship

Photos: Me

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 | By tsabary | Photo Gallery

Optimism

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By adamathiker | Views [285]

Always dare to be more than you were, better than you are, and happier than you can imagine. Have a dream, and never give up on it! Nature speaks for itself, learn the language with humility :)

USA Families and Kids

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By laina | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

People make the memories: "No man is an island"

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By soniam | Views [305]

I have fair-weather Spanish- I can ask the questions that I want to ask and understand the answer I expect, but if something goes awry, it all goes downhill from there.  This is what I came to realise after arriving in Bogota, Colombia. Arriving ... Read more >

Tags: bogota, columbia

The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [324] | Comments [2]

Hard to believe it, but we have seen the seventh wonder of the world today.  The Taj Mahal is as beautiful and amazing as we expected it would be.  Combined with a visit to the nearby Agra Fort, we have learned so much about the story of this ... Read more >

The Energy of the Incas

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By soniam | Views [346]

Hiking is very levelling for the ego, especially at high altitude.  You can think you’re strong enough, tough enough, fit enough, experienced enough and knowledgeable enough to handle anything, but sometime your body or the environment presents ... Read more >

Tags: inca trail, macchu picchu, peru, trekking

Day 4 - train to Agra

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [315]

We left Delhi early before sunrise to catch the 6am train to Agra for our day trip to see the Taj Mahal.  Arriving at Delhi railway station we stepped out into a sea of people, street food vendors, cars, rickshaws, tuk-tuk's and motorcycles and ... Read more >

Photos: Profile photo

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By adamathiker | Photo Gallery

Photos: Profile Picture

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By eobrien | Photo Gallery