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MARSHALL ISLANDS | Sun, 9 Feb 2025 | By shaz | Views [6232]
My flight was the island hopper so I have 2 stops, Kosrae where I'm allowed to get off and Kwajalein where I'm not allowed to do anything even move as it's a military base airport. Hah when has that stopped me especially the photos of the amazing sunset ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By blue_skies | Views [6139]
Upon first blush in Lightning Ridge, you may find an opal-mining town with very little to keep you here for more than a day or so. It reeks of an environment trying a touch too hard to be attractive to tourists. The one and only road to leading into ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, australia, lightning ridge, opal mining, outback, world nomads
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4913] | 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 >
ARGENTINA | Tue, 10 Apr 2012 | By kamzam | Views [3479]
I was rescued from the threat of staying in Rosario for far too long by a generous offer of a lift to Buenos Aires .
I have to say that it was kind of exciting to find myself in a car after 3 months of bus travel.
Of course ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, buenos aires, patagonia, penguins, puerto madryn, san telmo
INDIA | Sat, 22 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2623]
MUSA JUNGLE RETREAT IS ONLY A 5-MINUTE WALK from Bansbari Lodge but it is really a world away. We noticed this new lodge after yesterday’s elephant travail and were interested. When I returned to check it out, John and Sarah from the ... Read more >
USA | Fri, 25 Feb 2011 | By matt_whitmell | Views [2345]
From the moment I landed New York was one big cliché. But
while everything I saw and did felt like déjà-vu I still loved the place and I
was excited about getting to the big apple. I checked the weather whilst still
in Rome and noticed the daytime ... Read more >
Tags: new york
PANAMA | Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2111] | Comments [1]
Pitch-black, raining, and at 11:00 PM or so, I was finally in Boquete. It's the first stop of my Panamanian journey (other than getting my entry stamp). Ellen advised me not to try to get to her place because there were absolutely no lights out there.... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Fri, 12 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1758]
*Did you just get goosebumps? Because I did!* So my mother would
like to clarify for the "blog-record" that she is NOT "fine" (as I had
previously assumed and posted) with my going to Colombia, but, in her
own words... "... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
CANADA | Wed, 28 Dec 2011 | By tk_inks | Views [1753]
After a brief overnight stop in New York City we took an
early morning train to Montreal. The ride took 11 hours so we were grateful for
a clean & comfortable, albeit full, train. We passed our day watching the
scenery pass us by. It’s actually ... Read more >
CAYMAN ISLANDS | Tue, 22 Feb 2011 | By melissa_wynn | Views [1570]
Hey friends, family and anyone else reading this blog.
Have just spent the day lazing around at home, watching some tv
shows and doing some housecleaning and
laundry and all that kinda stuff after a big weekend.
I am sitting in ... Read more >
CHILE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [1549]
Santiago Sloths
The original plan in Chile was to head straight up the Andes and do a weeks skiing, However the associated costs and it being fully booked had conspired against us. We did manage to find a budget option but not until the ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Sun, 24 Aug 2008 | By laurentravels08 | Views [1316]
Below is the The Straits Times article covering the Tan family reunion in Singapore. My mother and her sisters are mentioned: Tan Tock Seng's kin here for reunion
July 25, 2008 150 members of the clan are meeting to mark 210th birth anniversary ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Sun, 25 May 2014 | By ciel | Views [1178]
South Taiwan! Passionate, energetic, and fun! Beach, coast, and resorts! South Taiwan is a great place for vacation and a fun place to go to with friends. I went to the south of Taiwan with my classmates because in Taiwan, we get to go on graduation ... Read more >
Tags: #southtaiwan #graduationtrip #rocairforce
TURKEY | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [1028]
Yeah, if I've ever felt like a goat, it's been here. Up and down rocks all day long. We got here at 8am and most of the places were full. We found a good enough hotel, Dora Motel, and set up camp. Ok, again, August is hot and busy but you can always ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
PHILIPPINES | Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By jazz81 | Views [1011]
After Cebu (having finally found the hostel, which was fantastic, they threw us a party that night because it was the owners b`day) I hopped on an early 5am flight back to Manila. Getting back from the airport in Manila I ended walking through one of ... Read more >
GEORGIA | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By haveblood | Views [929]
and i raise my weary head......I got an old coat for a pillow, and the earth was last night's bed........I don't know where i'm going, only God knows where i've been.......I'm a devil on the run, a six-gun lover, a candle in the wind..............Well, ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
JAPAN | Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By yoshi | Views [843] | Comments [5]
Dogs in pajamas in strollers, piped music on public streets, the smell of takoyaki hanging in the balmy air, the incessant chatter of cicadas, the random old men who stop their bikes just to tell me it's "atsui!" (hot), people on loudspeakers ... Read more >
Tags: back in osaka
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 17 Dec 2011 | By libbylullaby | Views [782]
Well, it's been nearly a year since arriving in the windy capital of New Zealand, Wellington, and it's been a fantastic year at that. There's always something diverse on offer - from cafes, plays, gigs, scenery, events. It's alive with action, vibrancy ... Read more >
Tags: jadore, new zealand, summer, wellington
CHINA | Mon, 27 Apr 2015 | By langkawi21 | Views [769] | Comments [1]
Everything in China comes in BIG scales, the " Giant " Panda, " Super Loud " Tourists, " Great " Wall of China, " Huge " infrastructure network and " Superb " public transport systems.
Public transport, food and accommodation are fairly cheap, however, ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Fri, 11 Oct 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [535]
I WISH I COULD SAY THAT YUAN FANG Homestay was a marvelous place and the highlight of our stay in Taiwan, that it gave us true insight into life in Taiwan. The truth is that even if we could have found it on our own, there were no signs in English ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By miss_b | Views [517]
So it only took 24 hours to get from Chch to Vietnam! Delayed 5 hours in Auckland due to thunder storms, and missed my connecting flight in Singapore. But I made it. Ho Chi Minh/Saigon is absolutely crazy. There are motorbikes EVERYWHERE. Had 2 days ... Read more >
SWITZERLAND | Sun, 19 Sep 2010 | By marcellorothery | Views [474] | Video
Marcello e seu brinquedo novo, tentando se entender um com o outro. Aqui, ensaiando a introdução da música White Mountain, do Genesis, banda que o fez se interessar pelo instrumento.
USA | Fri, 11 Dec 2009 | By royandania | Views [440]
Already on the plane I was
exited to have a food experience different from the standard food
experience I use to have in Argentina. The breakfast wrap I got had
flavour in itself and it was served with a spicy salsa – spiciness
does not ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 23 Apr 2015 | By marciekiwi | Views [425]
So I may have been a bit over confident when I said jet lag schmet lag - although my sleeping has been pretty good, I managed to get a rather icky cold which had me pretty much stuck in bed for a couple of days but it didn't stop me from heading into ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 16 Jan 2017 | By supergg | Views [414]
Our Harry Potter day was just so special it deserves a journal entry to itself.
We seem to find train catching days a bit of a challenge...unfamiliar places, unfamiliar processes (public transport), and big crowds of people going places. But we ... Read more >