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GUATEMALA | Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By anita | Views [6495]
The current exchange rate is about 1 US Dollar = 7.79740 Guatemalan Quetzales, putting my 12Q chicken bus ride to from Guatemala City to Comalapa at just over $1.50. It is in these cheap, two hour time-frames that I remember so well why I love Guatemala.... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4905] | 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 >
NIGERIA | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 | By omenuko | Views [3264] | Comments [2]
In search of Lekki’s Mr. Lecqi
Lagos area in Nigeria, West Africa was a major centre of trade during ... Read more >
Tags: a journey to lekki
COLOMBIA | Fri, 13 Mar 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [2645]
Ok so i left quito about 2 weeks ago and went on another epic bus trip. If there was ever a part of this trip to skip, it would have been this leg. I priced out a flight and it was around 250usd, but only 3 hours long. Compare that to 80usd and 36 ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [1982] | Comments [6]
En Río dejé la historia y en Río la retomo. Nueve días pasé en Río, todo el tiempo en un albergue en el que había un excelente ambiente y donde conocí multitud de gente. La verdad es que el clima no acompanhó en todo ese tiempo, pero ni la ausencia ... Read more >
INDIA | Sun, 16 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1923]
CHANTING FILLED THE AIR AS PURPLE ROBED PILGRIMS surrounded the massive Mahabodhi Temple which was festooned with garlands, fruit-laden altars, prayer flags and flowers. Bodh Gaya is Buddha-land. Twenty-six centuries ago under a bodhi tree ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tue, 10 Feb 2015 | By homeless_harry | Views [1671] | Comments [2]
In seven trips overseas, I have not been able to venture further afield than Asia. I'll let the reader decide whether or not they think the reasons behind that were financial, or geographical in motivation. Whatever they were, it is a new world that ... Read more >
Tags: cold, flights, istanbul, lost, sweets, travel, turkey
SUDAN | Sat, 9 Jul 2011 | By annanderson | Views [1459]
This Saturday, July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan declares its independence and a new nation is born. Women for Women International welcomes the creation of this new republic as a victory for the women of South Sudan. Why? Because for the ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Sat, 10 May 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [1370]
What better place could there be to relax and recover from our walk than San Pedro La Laguna on Lake Atitlan ? This hippy hangout is right on the waterfront and as we arrived by boat there was a distinct smell of marijuana drifting across the ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [1237] | Comments [1]
Sunday, October 5 - Saturday, October 18 On my way to Copacabana, Bolivia we had to cross a portion of Lake Titicaca, so they put our bus on top of this ferry that only had enough room for the bus and nothing more. This little ferry deal was built ... Read more >
PERU | Fri, 21 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1164]
It rained
hard all night long but Moises thought we should still be able to see some
birds this morning. We towed two
small fiberglass canoes upstream to a beautiful lake and he was right. It was cool and cloudy and the birds
were very ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By mascha_z | Views [896]
Well last week was definitely my week – suddenly I had so many calls from agents, captains and had 2 job offers to chose from, both that I was pretty keen on – one was a deckhand / cook job on a sailing yacht and the other a stewardess job on a motor ... Read more >
Tags: Work
THAILAND | Thu, 25 Nov 2010 | By matt_whitmell | Views [881] | Comments [3]
I wake at 5.45am and eat a large breakfast; ceral, fruit, yoghurt and baked beans on toast before I hit the road by 6.45am. I run down via the beach and up through Nai Harn to the camp which is about 6 km's. This gets me to the gym at around 7.15am ... Read more >
Tags: muay thai, training
COLOMBIA | Thu, 19 Apr 2012 | By anbla | Views [831] | Scholarship Entry
At my
return from Brazil, my friends expected me to talk about samba and soccer but
what I talked about the most was food. I was still feeling Brazil’s cultural
taste in my mouth and wanted nothing more than ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
CANADA | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By rory2034 | Views [771]
One day to go before I set off on my second long trip - this time to Canada. I fly into Toronto and will spend 2 months exploring the eastern side of the country, some on my own and some with the Moose bus. I chose the Moose bus because I had had such ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Sun, 23 Nov 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [743]
BRUSSELS IS THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM, heart of the EU and the headquarters of NATO. It is famous for (incredibly) chocolate, hand-made hats, waist-expanding waffles and to-die-for moules — Brussels mussels. It’s favorite son is ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By fkasinsky | Views [651]
Byron bay is one of the paradise for surfers in Australia, however, if you do not surf there isn't much to do but enjoy the beach and relax. The city is very small, reminds me of the north coast of Sao Paulo, something like Maresias, without Sirena.... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
USA | Wed, 2 May 2007 | By moley | Views [564] | Comments [3]
Well, here I am in New York city. Had a very sad farewell with my family at the airport but some gtreat texts from a lot of people to say hi and good travels thanks to all of you that sent a text or e-mail. New York appears to me very much like London ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
USA | Wed, 5 Jul 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [540]
DESPITE THE “FAMOUS POTATOES” SLOGAN on the license plates, Idaho is known as the Gem State. There are plenty of potatoes, to be sure, plus wheat, alfalfa, soybeans and more. But you don’t have to be one of Van Gogh’... Read more >
MOROCCO | Tue, 8 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [539]
Sunday
6 th September
Essaouira
At
breakfast this morning we were chatting with two Australian
travellers, a brother and sister (Steve and Jen) who are touring
Europe and Morocco ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Mon, 28 Feb 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [495]
Seems like I'm on a bit of a writing streak. Which is a nice change from being hungover. Before I left I did all my research about South America, travelling alone, the dangers and annoyances etc. Now I've been doing it for a few weeks I think I'm getting ... Read more >
ISRAEL | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 | By julie_bien | Views [487]
Last night was my last evening in Kibbutz Gevim, Sderot. We spent the night listening to music, watching True Blood (yes, it's popular here), all the while listening to (and feeling) the air-strikes on Gaza. Luckily, we didn't have a Tseva Adom last ... Read more >
USA | Thu, 7 Jul 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [454]
HERE WE ARE, BACK IN COLORADO, We arrived jet-lagged, dehydrated and not accustomed to the altitude, then found out we both had Covid. Don’t know whether we picked it up on the flight home from Iceland—we were masked all the way for 10-hours—... Read more >
INDIA | Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By bhanub | Views [385] | Video | Scholarship Entry
In 2014 I was given the unique opportunity to turn an idea I had into a documentary film for Al Jazeera's award-winning Correspondent series. I filmed in the UK, US and India, exploring how yoga was being commercialised and appropriated around the world ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
THAILAND | Thu, 13 Aug 2015 | By tess311 | Views [348]
Well I guess you would consider my first day a success, although very uneventful. I woke up in this strange little coop of a bunk bed with a curtain for privacy, for a moment not remembering where I was. It was about 7:30 and I knew I wanted to ... Read more >