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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 5 Oct 2010 | By scholarships | Views [10245]
Amy Palfreyman, winner of our 2010 Travel Writing Scholarship has just received her first travel writing commission - writing for the Australia Guide for Rough Guides no less!
She will be updating the South Australia chapter in its entirety.... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4921] | Comments [4]
Anna Zhu, winner of our Photography Scholarship is getting ready for Antarctica. She has received her Antarctica weather gear from Columbia which she had fun trying on in Sydney's mini heat wave. She has also chosen some new equipment from ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wed, 25 Apr 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [3772]
I departed the Germanically infused Ao Nang (even the menus are in German) on a much more serious scooter than on Koh Lanta. With flames licking my bum hairs I roared off in the direction of Krabi hospital some 10 kilometers away. (Born to be wild ringing ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By nomads-news | Views [3420] | Comments [1] | Video
On March 27, 2010 the world will join together to show support for a sustainable future and make a stand against climate change with the internationally recognized Earth Hour , in turning off their lights for one hour. It’s one thing to turn our ... Read more >
Tags: corporate social responsibility, csr, earth hour, himalaya, solar lights, solar power, sustainable development
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 3 Jun 2008 | By leanne | Views [1344]
For a while on this trek, it did not look like we might make it. I had recovered and was fairly fit, but Stef was not so good. Its pretty amazing we got there in the end! After Gokyo Ri, we were supposed to attempt the Chola Pass - which is apparently ... Read more >
JORDAN | Wed, 29 Apr 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [1340]
WE HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO REVISIT OUR FAVORITE places but we returned to Jordan to see if Petra and Jerash were as good as we remembered. Petra, like love, was every bit as wonderful the second time around. And we are happy to report, so ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tue, 2 Oct 2012 | By travelbug77 | Views [1270]
Spanish life is going well for me, the Spanish diet is not
going so well or should I say it’s going down a little too easy. Paella, churros,
crepes, baguettes, jamón (delicious ham), chorizo and salami are the staples of
my diet; perhaps ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 30 Oct 2010 | By anijensen | Views [1166] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Auckland, after a total of 18 hours in flight and an 8 hour layover in Honolulu. The airport and surrounding area is so new, nothing seems old so it is very different from most of the other countries we’ve been to. Auckland is very ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tue, 17 Nov 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [1160]
It was sad to say good-bye, sad to see the tears in my wife’s face, from sheer sleep exhaustion and realising that one part of team Mattravers was going away for 13 nights. I had to stay strong, we had discussed moving the date but this was attempting ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, panic, summit, trekking
USA | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By guillermoafonso | Views [1153] | Comments [1]
A traves del desierto (y de la selva de asfalto) Deje San Francisco y puse rumbo a Tejas. Cortesia de Craigslist conoci al increible personaje de Bill. Este orgulloso tejano y yo cruzamos la mitad de Estados Unidos a bordo de su fabulosa camioneta Chevrolet.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 30 Jun 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1089]
I can tell our time in Australia is coming to an end; Connie has out the maps of Scandinavia. We always start thinking about the next place, where to go and what to see, before we have finished up where we are. We have come full circle in Australia.... Read more >
CHINA | Sun, 30 Oct 2011 | By ollo | Views [1024] | Comments [1]
Manchmal braucht es Mut in China und je nachdem nicht nur
ein Quäntchen, sondern eine tüchtige Portion. So wie vor Monaten, als ich in
Shihezi ein Lokal betrat, in dem ganz offensichtlich nur Gruppen versammelt
waren, um Tische, mit denen etwas ... Read more >
NORWAY | Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By whereiskai | Views [925]
"Go to that place, it's wonderful! It is my uncle's place", she said. Her uncle spoke "You can come and guide the people, and sell fish - not too much! Earn good money, and enjoy your time." We were so excited. We took ... Read more >
GERMANY | Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | By natha | Views [905]
I am in France, at Saint Girons Plage. It's monday July 23rd. Linda is on my left hand side and we try to get into the water but it seems kind of impossible that day. I'm looking on my right and see a guy. He looks like Björn. Björn Morres from work ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
NETHERLANDS | Wed, 17 Jul 2013 | By fiddlegirl8 | Views [766] | Comments [1]
Words to describe the past two weeks? Wonderful, crazy, fun, intense, inspiring, convicting, mind blowing, exciting, challenging, and exhausting to name a few.
After arriving at the volunteer’s house in Jordan, Amsterdam Tuesday ... Read more >
Tags: amsterdam, christian hostel, hostel
SOUTH AFRICA | Sat, 9 Jul 2011 | By guycowie | Views [687]
Fly fishing trip - East SA Stayed at a very nice lodge near a place called Lydenburg ((now renamed to Mashishing - the ANC govt. are renaming many places in SA to piss off the Boers in an effort to shed their colonial past) The capital Pretoria was ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 6 Jul 2009 | By coconuts | Views [686]
280 km walk from Northcliffe to Denmark in the Southwest of WA. Fantastic weather for the entire 2wks. Myself, Derek, and Robin Moon. Now officially "The coconuts"
USA | Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [681]
Its Monday, its early and we are on HWY 10 heading to Sin City – Las Vegas! We soon realised how far 300 miles really is but before we knew it we were cruising through the great Navada Desert.... The views were brilliant ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Wed, 29 Oct 2008 | By liliavisser | Views [618]
Here a picture taken by Simone in February, when she, Klaartje and Femke went there.
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 13 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [570]
Left Tumby Bay at 6.15am as the forecast was for a hot day with winds getting up around 1pm.
The temperature was actually quite cool and the winds manageable until I reached the Louth bay turnoff 20km from Port Lincoln then the wind really started ... Read more >
USA | Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [442]
We
are now the proud owners of a Dodge Charger (only for two weeks but
it is ours!).. The plan.... Simple.... Take Hwy 1 south along the
coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles.... It was great ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 7 Aug 2013 | By lhartjen | Views [441]
A few things that I learned from the lovely Camille about wine tasting:
*Most tasting should be done early in the day, preferably before lunch because your sense of taste is more active then (and it’s a great excuse ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Sun, 6 Sep 2015 | By saintbernard | Views [413] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am Bernard Borja. I'm an Information Technology graduate. I had interest in making videos and did it for fun and service for others 1 or 2 years ago. It was just last December 2014 when I started to get fully into filmmaking by enrolling in a 2-day ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
USA | Tue, 28 May 2013 | By bigcountry | Views [372] | Comments [1]
Only a few days now and Jake and I will be heading to the Blue Grass State. We are excited to kick around the Kentucky hills and get away from the rat race of Baton Rouge. We are planning a trip Green Turtle Bay Resort , and some hiking trails, and ... Read more >
PALESTINE | Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By shaz | Views [346]
It was raining when I landed in Tel Aviv. Passport control was easy but getting cash wasn't. None of my credit or debit cards worked in any of the atms I tried in the airport. I knew the only cash I had was 5 euros so I was wondering how I was ... Read more >