World Nomads journals & writers

2009 Travel Photography Scholarship: Anna Zhu Preparing for the Trip of a Lifetime.

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4911] | 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 >

Izmaylovo Russian market and fur hats

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Fri, 28 Sep 2012 | By treefrog | Views [4864]

Izmaylovo market in the East of Moscow with its huge collection of souvenirs and Russian memorabilia is a must on a weekend! I have spent many weekends walking around here and exploring every nook and cranny of the market and its surrounding ... Read more >

Tags: cathedral, izmaylovo, janaline smalman, market, moscow, russia, travel, vodka

weekends away (mi)

UGANDA | Sat, 11 Jul 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [2709] | Comments [2]

during our time at volunteering engagements, ivan and i usually get a long weekend or two to travel to visit other parts of the countries we've been in.  while at St. Paul's, we took two - one to whitewater raft, and the other to visit a national wildlife ... Read more >

Blink-and-it's-gone Viet Nam

VIETNAM | Tue, 1 Aug 2006 | By realeyes | Views [2627]

Koreans work a brutal amount of hours in a week, and a brutal amount of days in a year, and unfortunately that means that so do I. On my blink-and-it's-gone vacation time in July, I jetted off to Viet Nam with my co-worker-friend Shawna looking ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Damuagette to Dipolog and Dakak resort

PHILIPPINES | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By larrynixon | Views [2116]

After Ken and Rabbit split, I flew alone to Damuagette, a nice little university town where I checked into The Check Inn hotel. This newish hotel was great value and very centrally located in downtown, between the sea and the market. Having been here ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, diving

Machu Picchu a la Indiana Jones

PERU | Sat, 15 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [1992] | Comments [2]

The adventure started in Cuzco, the capital of the Incas. There, I met two australians, both travelling on their own. One of them had a very tight budget, so I adapted to sleep in low cost hostels, eat in cheap places, and negociate even for the toilet ... Read more >

Moses, Monuments and Mosaics: A Journey Through Jordan

JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1878]

Moses, Monuments and Mosaics – A Journey Through Jordan  The Queen Alia International Airport lies about 30km south of Amman. I picked up the rental car, which was conveniently located inside the terminal and headed south to Madaba, ... Read more >

Tags: archeological site, city visit, museums

One adventure ends...another begins!

USA | Thu, 17 Feb 2011 | By sobrea | Views [1780] | Comments [1]

Must have been 3 or 4 weeks since our last post. I think we really tried to push ourselves to the max during our transition time from South America to China…and make the most of it we did! I write to you today from our hotel room in ... Read more >

Tags: austin, carnaval, china, denver, ice climbing, juan in a million, rio de janeiro, samba school, shanghai

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1653]

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 >

The Science of Chocolate

COSTA RICA | Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [1615]

Each week I´ve been filling a teaching slot at the local elementary school, 45 minutes on Tuesday from 12.15 to 1.00pm. It´s extra curricular, in the sense that it´s time that can be spent doing anything: music, games or in my case trying to do something ... Read more >

Tags: community

Awesome Amazon

PERU | Fri, 21 Mar 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [1247] | Comments [2]

Amy:   Our flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado left early on the morning of the 15 th .   It had been cool and rainy in Cusco so we noticed the heat and humidity in Puerto Maldonado as soon as we got off the plane.    It was nice to see and feel ... Read more >

Tags: great outdoors

the end is nigh...

MALAYSIA | Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By kjones | Views [1018]

not long to go now. I now find myself alone in Kuala Lumpur and only 48 hours away from being back in Australia for the first time in over 2 years. since I last put fingers to keyboard, we spent almost a week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, wandering ... Read more >

STRANDED in Las Vegas

USA | Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By randywakefield | Views [947]

We flew to Las Vegas via Houston which means we touched down in Texas , adding one more to our long list of states and provinces – almost losing count…..   Arrived in Las Vegas and took a taxi to our (Worldmark) unit a bit south of the strip ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Welcome Back.

BOLIVIA | Thu, 9 May 2013 | By spacemanafrica | Views [920]

So after an awesome two month holiday in Australia, I headed back to South America. My trip back was perfect; everything went well. I caught my bus in Canberra on time; got to Sydney airport no problem; checked-in with plenty of time and ... Read more >

a little blurb

USA | Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By angelabuffjohn | Views [767] | Comments [4]

Many, many things have happened today and yesterday!  It is 2am and I (Angela) have had beer, Jamison, and two kinds of sake- so I will keep this short. Since Takayama, we have been to Shirakawa-go and now Osaka- but along the way we met up with Jun(Japanese ... Read more >

Transnistria, where Lenin lives!

MOLDOVA | Tue, 20 Oct 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [688]

Yesterday I took an excursion to Transnistria-a place I heard about earlier in the trip and badly wanted to see.   One reason I chose this hostel is because they mentioned they offered trips to Transnistria.  When I got to the hostel, ... Read more >

Winter in Greece

GREECE | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By adora | Views [662]

Who said the best way to see Greece is in winter anyway ? there right. If getting up close to the locals and setting into there way of life doesn't excite you then take a walk with the many goats who run free on the Island of Symi. If you're a photographer ... Read more >

Tags: beach, rocks

To watch the falling stars

GHANA | Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By mcyonordeeforreal | Views [613]

To watch the falling stars   At 4 PM I’m suddenly up with an excellent burst of vitality after the afternoon’s sumptuous feast of Kanke and spicy lobsters’ source had sent me on a three hours nap.... Read more >

Tags: a trip to ghana

To the Radisson driver!

BOLIVIA | Fri, 18 Mar 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [605]

My days as a Catholic school girl are paying off. This morning my flight was cancelled. Dunno why... I'm a silly gringo and don’t get any answers. But the world makes sense again. They put me up at The Raddison. It’s a four-star hotel everywhere else ... Read more >

Greenwhich, Where East Meets West

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [591]

WE DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WONDERFUL sunshine and head to Greenwich and the ferry is a good way to travel while combining London’s sights without the crowds of the sightseeing boats.  Big Ben tolled ten times as the ferry slid into ... Read more >

Taupo Day 2: Dirty Walking Boots

NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By obonini | Views [573]

Today was going to a long day; my alarm woke me up at 5.30am, ouch. Half asleep, I got ready just in time for our bus. The bus was taking us from our hostel over to the Tongariro Crossing, an 18km trek over the Tongariro National Park. We arrived and ... Read more >

I Could Live Here

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Aug 2008 | By laurentravels08 | Views [537]

The Sunshine Coast is beautiful, under-populated, and warm! It's the middle of winter here but I spent the day in my swimmers at the Mooloolaba Beach. It does get pretty chilly at night, but the days are absolutely gorgeous. The trees and other vegetation ... Read more >

Nach Taupo und zum Selfcontainment

NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 16 Jan 2017 | By bernardmarlenlilly | Views [431]

Wir sind nur schon einige Tage mit unserem Toyota Hiace unterwegs nach Süden. Zunächst haben auf dem Weg nach Taupo das Wairakai Thermal Valley (Tal) besucht, das leider recht überschaubar und wenig spektakulär war. Zumindest gab ... Read more >

The long and sweaty journey to Bangkok

THAILAND | Sat, 15 Nov 2014 | By morganne | Views [335] | Comments [2]

Made it safe and sound to Bangkok after 22 hours of flying and a 5 hour layover in Tokyo! At the airport we ate real Japanes sushi and a million cups of green tea yumm!!

Cosmic Flow

USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [325] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration. This inspiration has led me to the pristine wonders of varied countries. At age 17, I sailed throughout the Caribbean, earing my PADI certification and coral reef conservation credit. It was ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia