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ETHIOPIA | Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [5300]

It's coming down to my last few days in Ethiopia. This journey has been as frustrating as it's been rewarding, and I want to end it on a good note. These past couple of days I've been in Wondo Genet staying with a CSer named Dawit. He's so tall you'd ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 24 Sep 2011 | By wilski | Views [3560] | Comments [2]

"I've got a fox on a motorcycle with a littler fox and, uh... what looks to be an o-possum in the sidecar riding north on farm lane 7. Does that sound like anything to anybody?" ~ From 'Fantastic Mr Fox' Well, it finally happened. Inevitable.... Read more >
INDONESIA | Wed, 7 Jul 2010 | By selizabeth | Views [2850] | Comments [1]

After spending two nights in Makassar and Palopo, I joined my friends
Tira and Riky in Tana Toraja. The two hour journey from Palopo to Tana
Toraja itself was a great and a bit adventurous one. It was great due to
the mountainous terrain with ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tue, 8 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [2836] | Comments [4]

Well, I just got back from a weekend in Saraguro, an indigeous culture group 3 hours south of Cuenca. It was definitely a weekend packed full of experience. We arrived there in the late morning and were quickly shuffled off in a chiva (an open air ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CAMBODIA | Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [2664]

Tuesday 25th March We got up slightly earlier than the day before, and got to the beach about 10.00. It was nice to look forward to a full day of lounging, swimming and a spot of reading (I had started a book on the history of Cambodia, and the ... Read more >
USA | Thu, 17 Feb 2011 | By sobrea | Views [1798] | 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
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By leanne | Views [1680]

Reaching Gokyo Ri for me was one of the highlights of the entire trek. During these days I was feeling very strong and healthy and was skipping up the tracks to the beat of some crazy ipod tunes sharon had put on my ipod. Tip for anyone trekking - ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1660]

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 >
THAILAND | Mon, 7 May 2012 | By kendrac_1 | Views [1377]

In just over a month I will be heading home, after a much longer trip than originally anticipated. This time I will be coming home. Although I'm still enjoying my time on the island, it is not a place I can see staying much longer. If you are not ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Mon, 13 Feb 2017 | By swathi | Views [1332] | Comments [1]

The Hague (30 th Dec 2016 – 2 nd Jan 2017)
Okay, so in my previous article I wasn't really bei ng accurate when I said our next stop was Amsterdam . True, our afternoon F lixbus (the European version ... Read more >
Tags: coffee shop, new years eve, red light, the hague
THAILAND | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1253] | Comments [4]

Got up at 7:30 after a good sleep and grabbed a very light breakfast of some small croissants and a coffee. Steve had boiled eggs, so he now has salmonella to go with his HIV, bird flu, sun burn and dodgy teeth! ;) We caught our ride to the speedboat, ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, snorkeling
CANADA | Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By germimendez | Views [1223] | Comments [11]

Semanas y semanas esperando “la fecha”: 15 de julio de 2010. Mañana a las 7.10am comenzará esta aventura de un mes en bicicleta por tierras canadienses. Nos moveremos por las provincias de Ontario y Quebec, y aunque aún no tenemos un itinerario fijo ... Read more >
Tags: bici, bicicleta, canada, cicloturismo, preparativos
NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [955] | Video

Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 The weather did its worst overnight and even though the clouds lingered, the day remained dry. Today we headed over to Turangi to visit the Tongariro National Trout Centre. Situated beside the famous Tongariro River , ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 16 Jul 2010 | By princess2802 | Views [920] | Comments [5]

16 July, 11pm I never sleep particularly well when I know I have to be up early for something important. This morning was that same situation with the last three hours of sleep spent checking on the cat in his latest spot above my head and dreams of ... Read more >
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [916] | Comments [3]

Right before one of the afternoon training sessions, I saw Master Xu playing with a pair of sticks. Back home I am a fighter for a medieval recreation group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, in which I primarily fight with two swords. We don't ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
ECUADOR | Sat, 5 Apr 2008 | By mueller-san | Views [894]

For something
that had been a plan for 10 months, the fact that I was actually leaving for Ecuador
was a surprise, something that sort of snuck up on me. So the night before my flight to Quito, I found myself
confused ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [846]

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 >
CANADA | Mon, 4 Oct 2010 | By elis82 | Views [823] | Comments [1]

So we left Fiji feeling pretty damn relaxed. We had caught up on some sleep, gotten some tan and had some Awesome Fun Times, and met some cool people along the ways. Approximately 23 hours of flights and transfers had us landing in Vancouver roughly ... Read more >
Tags: glaciers, mountains, sport
MOLDOVA | Tue, 20 Oct 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [699]

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 >
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By thedavid | Views [591] | Scholarship Entry

There I was: An American in the coach-class, upper-deck nose of a 747 bound for Johannesburg from JFK in August 2001, ignoring the turbulence of recent headlines: “South Africa: The Per Capita Murder, Assault, Rape and Carjacking Capitol of the World”, ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, 9/11, overland safari, south africa, travel writing scholarship 2011
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 22 Mar 2010 | By terrihorner | Views [477] | Comments [1]

We arrived, after a 12 hour trip, to Hoi An at 6:30am. After walking around for 3 hours we found a room at a central hotel. We walked around the markets and across a bridge to a quieter peninsular. Having lunch and dinner on the river was nice and so was ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 4 Mar 2016 | By dangerruss | Views [456]

LONDON (March 1-3)
Took the red eye to London. I think I was a little cranky. I found myself getting really annoyed while at the airport (I know it's not hard to get annoyed at the airport, but I try to laugh off as much as I can generally- ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [448]

we should have perhaps gone to the Majorelle Gardens and/or had a horse carriage ride at sunset - but i for one had NO sleep (probably still obsessing about lost luggage) and wound up going downstairs to the courtyard in the middle of the night and trying ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 19 Jun 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [421] | Comments [1]

Chicago : With two days to go, I figure I best start getting organized. After stuffing my blanket and pillow into the backpack, I have come to the realization that I might have a minor problem. There isn’t any room left for underwear, ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 31 Dec 2014 | By shoshtravels | Views [323]

Tomorrow i leave for my adventure around the world! I'm bringing my backpacking backpack (24.7lbs!) and a side bag and somehow i was able to make everything fit with room to spare. I will do my best to keep this updated every week or so and ... Read more >
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