World Nomads journals & writers

Learn Swahili with the WorldNomads Swahili Language Guide

KENYA | Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By language-guides | Views [32546] | Comments [4]

Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going? The World Nomads Swahili PLUS Language ... Read more >

Malaysian Grand Prix!

MALAYSIA | Sun, 23 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [3617]

On Saturday morning I could hardly contain myself I was so excited about the F1! I awoke ten minutes before my alarm after a stupendously good sleep in a proper bed, which was so nice after the weeks of uber-budget accommodation I'd gotten used to! I ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline, motorsport

Morocco bound...

MOROCCO | Sat, 24 Jun 2006 | By colleen_finn | Views [3551]

After a 3-hr ferry ride across the Strait of Gibraltar and a 6-hr drive through Moroccan countryside, we've arrived in the city of Fez, Morocco's oldest Imperial city. The ferry ride was an experience in itself, not least because of a 2-hr delay for goodness-... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles, sightseeing

Tokmok, Örnök, Issyk Kul Region

KYRGYZSTAN | Wed, 4 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [2022]

  Issyk Kul     From Bishkek to Cholpon-Ata   The day started with a visit to the Burana Tower and Bulbans near Tokmok. The Tower is really the remains of a minaret that was attached to a mosque used by the Karakhanids, ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1648]

After two days sitting comfortably in Newcastle the weather was looking a lot better.  I made a decision to give up rough weather unless i get caught out there unexpectedly. with my new philosophy on cruising being that i dont have plans, i dont ... Read more >

Wash, Rinse, Don't Repeat

USA | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1243]

Long story short- I was camping in Los Angeles, California while on a cross country trip of the USA.  I had the opportunity to do laundry at the campsite for the first time in quite a while, so I washed everything I had, including my cell phone that ... Read more >

Tags: camping, cell phone, insurance claim, laundry, mobile phone, travel insurance, true claim stories, world nomads

Grenada

GRENADA | Mon, 15 Mar 2010 | By belleslady | Views [1146]

March 14th, 2010 Arrived Grenada around 4:30pm and made a grand or should I say ground entrance due to a confusing buoy system and conflicting guide book advice. We eventually tied up in Port Louis Marina a new venture being built by Peter De Savvry ... Read more >

Tags: fauna, flora, marina, museum, people, restaurant

The Danube Delta

ROMANIA | Fri, 4 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1132]

The Danube Delta,  another UNESCO World Heritage site,  is the largest wetland in Europe and t hanks to Connie's careful scheduling we were able to squeeze in a little birding.   It is a popular place for wintering waterfowl although today felt almost ... Read more >

Kartong Community Forest

GAMBIA | Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By kenton | Views [1002] | Comments [1]

After what seems like an age of planning, writing, phone calls and e-mails, today I finally set off for The Gambia. I've travelled there before, in 2005, overland from the UK in a beat up truck across Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal. Im ... Read more >

Tags: forest trees kartong, gambia, international tree foundation

Rafting

COLOMBIA | Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [933]

Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro (21-22 of February) Yes, it was fun and wild rafting the river. Really not difficult but very entertaining. When the guide is having a good time - all are having a ball. We stopped at ropes to jump/swing into the clear, ... Read more >

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [817]

When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did.  I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury.  First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >

Goodbye to Thailand

THAILAND | Sun, 15 Jun 2008 | By catherine_haf | Views [809] | Comments [1]

Fuck fuck fuck wrote a nice, fairly sentimental story about leaving Thailand and the bloody internet went down. Bloody Bangkok. Anyway, it's my last day in Thailand Boo! Was utterly depressed yesterday - the thought of leaving Chiang Mai was too terrible!!! ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Friday - An awakening

THAILAND | Fri, 7 Nov 2014 | By drewsweet | Views [728] | Comments [1]

I came to Thailand for a reason. Packing up and leaving all I know for a foreign land after a quarter life crisis may seem somewhat impulsive, but my decision was no doubt purposeful. So, why have I come here? Spiritual enlightenment seems too grandiose ... Read more >

Tags: body, learning, mind, spirit, teaching, thailand

Romanian Roots - visiting "Tanti Joana"

GERMANY | Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By bettinath | Views [688]

House 326, Nucetu, Romania. Nucetu is a small village on the Romanian countryside. The majority of its young and able to work inhabitants left their village in search for a better future. Left behind are the old people who didn’t want to leave ... Read more >

Tags: happiness, mobile phone, old woman, romania

Crossing the border

VIETNAM | Tue, 2 May 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [656]

After bus mix-ups and the dreaded 10 hour sleeper bus from Kunming, we are now settled in at a hotel with a view in Sapa, a hillside resort town 35 km from the Chinese/Vietnamese border. For $5 a night we have a gorgeous view of a valley of rice paddies ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Mon, 3 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [645]

Ok!  Let's get caught up. Halloween found us bound for Chiang Mai on the overnight train.  Train #13, as it turned out, which we thought was pretty cool for the holiday. I wore a string of light-up pumpkin beads for my costume. We got to the ... Read more >

Tags: chiang mai, music, night train, shopping

Memories

SPAIN | Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By devinashley | Views [643] | Comments [9]

Our trip has started!  Since we left the plane yesterday, I have had many memories come to mind from my first trip to Spain.  Small memories from the airport, El Palacio Real, back streets here and there, El Plaza Mayor, even the women and their facial ... Read more >

Dunedin - Night on the town

NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 24 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [563]

Suffering badly from the night before I didn't do much today except relax at Dave and Rachel's.  It was nice to chill out for a day. Later went to a BBQ at a friend of Dave's.  Later hit the town with a small Scottish contingency.....needless to ... Read more >

August 22

SOUTH AFRICA | Thu, 22 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [557] | Comments [3]

  I wasn't able to get to a place with wifi yesterday so these will be posts from Wednesday and today, Thursday.    Yesterday:   So today I helped with the "soup kitchen" we do here every Wednesday to feed the people ... Read more >

Adventures at Arthur's Pass

NEW ZEALAND | Sun, 9 Feb 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [502]

Arthur's Pass is the highest of the three passes which cross the Southern Alps. It is also one of the best places to see Keas, which are a kind if rare parrot which, like monkeys in a safari park, has a nasty hobby of  car-wrecking. Whilst monkeys ... Read more >

Tags: arthurs pass

Berlin Germany- June 30-July 1st

SPAIN | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | By skipper1949 | Views [472]

We arrived in Berlin last evening about 7 pm after a long day. Flew through Zurich ( $5 Coke Zero yikes!!!) and tthe Koln and finally to Berlin. Staying @ the Citadines Apartment Hotel for the week ( part of our time share ) .. nice room with a kitchen.... Read more >

Good morning Vietnam

VIETNAM | Tue, 3 Feb 2015 | By storiesoutthesuitcase | Views [461]

Last night we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. Neon lights, scooters everywhere,... Man, what a rat race! Checking in, meeting up with our friend and a quick shower to freshen up after a long long day of flying. Then it was time for a beer and the first ... Read more >

The royal farewell dinner

USA | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [376]

Our last evening in Udaipur at the beautiful Lake Palace was topped off with the most amazing dinner party you could imagine.  We were transported by boat to our royal barge as the sun was setting over the lake.  After finding our comfiest ... Read more >

The first Hazara in Mexico

AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [346] | Video | Scholarship Entry

1- I am Hazara from Afghanistan, one of the different ethnics from central of Afghanistan and if you chose me I would be the first Hazara who see Mexico I guess. 2-You will make true my dream to visit Mexico and make a short video. 3- I am smart and have ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Postcards From The Valley

INDIA | Fri, 14 Aug 2015 | By shutterchicken | Views [255] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I'm a filmmaker, writer and photographer based in New Delhi, India. For as long as I can remember, I've loved a story well told, be it my grandmother's fables or those Grimm Brothers fairytales I read when I was a kid. It wasn't long before I realised, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia