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Photography assignment in Nepal

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 | By mahadevrojastorres | Views [4901]

Since I received the first email from World Nomads saying that my scholarship entry was on final rounds of judging, my happiness only has increased to an unknown level for me, and even though I was exchanging emails and phone calls with Alicia, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015, 2016, ahf, intrepid, kathmandu, nepal, photography, scholarship, travel, world nomads

Angel Falls

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By bagen | Views [1940]

After leaving lovely Colombia we were pretty much slapped in the face Venezuelan style right from the check point. A dodgy hole in the wall check point for our passport stamp amid a dusty, potholed road and having to pay 10 Bolivars each to avoid having ... Read more >

Legends of Light

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By edsonlg | Views [1675] | Scholarship Entry

Over 40,000 bolts ripped across the night sky. I sat up in the hammock, hugged my knees, and awed at the relentless lightning cracking like a whip from cloud to cloud. No rain followed. The indigenous people here call it “rib-a-ba,” or “river fire in ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Last few days could have been better, but all part of the experience

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [1146]

Sunday, June 1 - Monday,June 2, 2008 So after spending a week in Taganga, and Melina meeting me there for the weekend to hang out one last time before I continued north to Cabo De La Vela and she returned to Barranquilla, my decision to go to Cabo ... Read more >

Brazil: Four Days In The Amazon

Tue, 26 May 2009 | By lockers | Views [1060]

March 27th – April 1st Jungle Trip (Iguana Tours), Day One I stupidly forgot to change the time on my camera, which was also serving as my alarm clock, when we arrived in Manaus from Belem so it sounded at 5.30am, frustratingly early for ... Read more >

Greetings from South America!

Sun, 17 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [925] | Comments [1]

I arrived in Caracas bright and early at 4:30am on Thursday morning!  As we descended to the airport I saw the lights of the coastal towns and realized, yep, I´m going to Venezuela.  Much to my dismay, my debit card didn´t work in any of the 6 ATMs ... Read more >

Trujillo

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [862] | Comments [2]

Sunday morning Alfredo and I went down to the bus station in Merida to check out the bus situation to Trujillo and it turned out that buses only go there three times a day and take 6 hours. Sooo I took a taxi with a few others instead. It worked ... Read more >

Magical realism at its highest point

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [558] | Scholarship Entry

After envisioning an attack of people from different worlds, the old shaman of the Caribe tribe sent his young son to the south in order to find the highest mountain to sight a place for shelter. The journey ahead was a long one. The shaman gave his son ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

The beginning . . . CARACAS

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By tobyontour | Views [529]

Hi everyone ;) This was a smooth start, flights were on time, the backpack also made the journey to Venezuela and the most important thing: Henry, mi hermamno venezuelano, picked me up at the airport and served my pretty exhausted body beer (6%) and ... Read more >

La Pica

Wed, 20 May 2015 | By | Views [526] | Scholarship Entry

If you are content to get nowhere, bounded only by Earth, the ocean and sky, plus occasional irksome mosquitos. Let me take you to La Pica, Venezuela. Rooted deeply in Apure, it is traced by plains with extensive fields of sand dunes. And while absent ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - My Big Adventure

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 | By jelizako | Views [498] | Scholarship Entry

In 1998, I made an unplanned trip to Venezuela. I was meant to go to Antigua, but my cheap tickets fell through last-minute, which launched a full 36 hours in the Newark airport bickering with various agencies. Desperation and disgust lead to a ticket ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011

Naar Isla Margarita, Venezuela

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 | By kellywouter | Views [393]

Voor beiden een eerste transatlantische en ook verre vlucht. Zo ver van huis waren we nog niet eerder, spannend. We hadden een leuk all-inclusive hotelletje geboekt aan Playa el Agua. De vlucht ging zonder problemen en het hotelletje was leuk. Het strand ... Read more >

Gallery: Venezuela

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 | By john-leianne | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Angel Falls

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By bagen | Photo Gallery


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The trip

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 | By | Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

i come from a place where beauty and nature is all around but most of the people live in a tiny corner in babylon, i was lucky to one day, with 16 years, go on an exchange program to germany thanks to a scolarship. after my return home from bremen, i ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship


 

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