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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4914] | 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 >
CAMBODIA | Thu, 14 Nov 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Views [3168]
(http://www.newfuturesorganisation.com/) We jumped on a bus in Kampot heading to Phnom Pehn and got off halfway, an hour and a half later, in a small town called Angtasom. NFO is generally the only thing foreigners would go to Takeo for, so ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 11 Feb 2010 | By homeless_harry | Views [3010]
Who wants money? Anyone? I'm throwing
it away. Out it goes with my mobile phone and all my phone numbers.
And a fair portion of my dignity too. Yep, that's what Bucks parties
are all about apparently. Being the first I had ... Read more >
Tags: friends, party
SRI LANKA | Sun, 25 Jul 2010 | By elise_beacom | Views [1737] | Comments [3]
Waves are recurring motion. Ever tumbling, ever crashing,
forming great peaks before hollowing out in a shower of foam. Their existence
evokes a sundry of organic human responses. The human can dominate the wave, or
suffer its wrath like a forgotten ... Read more >
Tags: arugam bay, beaches, sri lanka, surfing, waves
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1654]
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 >
GAMBIA | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By kenton | Views [1397]
After our return from the river trip at MakaSutu, we heard the news that the head of the Juwara Family in Kartong had died. There are seven main families in Kartong and the Juwara are one of them. He would be buried the following day, which is when we ... Read more >
Tags: community forest, international tree foundation, trees
INDIA | Fri, 27 Jul 2012 | By bonnie | Views [1354]
As previously mentioned, this is a tale of a missing notebook and a dodgy Indian photo processing shop, from here on in memory has to take over. But where to begin in a world of small children, wound stitching, overwhelming hospitality, solar maintenance ... Read more >
Tags: death, india, khati, solar home lighting, uttarakhand
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 1 Jan 2008 | By ciaranandruth | Views [1172]
First day of the year and recovery is the order of the day. Luckily, the magnificent Hyde Park is no more than a few blocks away from us, and provides everything you'd need to do nothing. Grassy lawns. Bright sun. Utter quiet. Perfect. Captain Cook ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
TANZANIA | Tue, 15 Sep 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [1057] | Comments [2]
Awoke to hear that a friend who I met on the Kilimanjaro prep weekend was not allowed to attempt the Kilimanjaro summit because his oxygen saturation was 52% (which is dangerous), he also had fluid built up on his lungs, caused by the high altitude, ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, panic, summit, trekking
INDONESIA | Thu, 9 Oct 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1041]
33 is the magic number! Let’s put it this way: I’m thankful to be out of Singapore. The only place in this world I can say I hate is Las Vegas but one place I’m not terribly fond of is Singapore. Except for a wide variety of food it’... Read more >
BRAZIL | Fri, 1 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [974]
What kind of a person would come to Brazil and fail to visit Rio? Especially during Carnival?
Well, that would be us! This is the high tourist season when even Brazilians take their holidays. As Carnival approaches hotel rates ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [937]
Wednesday 16th April After a good sleep, I got up and had some breakfast in the hostel before venturing out onto the streets of Tokyo, feeling refreshed and excited about the day ahead. I wasn't sure what I wanted to see or do, so picked one of ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wed, 13 Jun 2012 | By kamzam | Views [909]
And so it's already been nearly a month of a quiet life at Kilombo. The time just seems to fly here even though on the surface not much seems to happen.
As soon as I arrived I really felt like part of the community here. It was ... Read more >
Tags: bahia, brazil, capoeria, kilombo, salvador, valenca
FRANCE | Sat, 15 Jul 2017 | By kimswim | Views [822] | Comments [1]
Vannes has a long and rich history dating back to Roman conquest and in the oldest part of town, part of the wall that the Romans constructed is in remarkably good condition. After Rome fell, Vannes changed hands many times. Even being controlled ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [773]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [717]
THE BRITISH MUSEUM HAS ONE OF THE FINEST collections in the world, between six and eight million artifacts courtesy of the Empire’s rapacious explorers and collectors of the 19 th Century. We returned today In search of the remaining 35 ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By andikabakti | Views [678]
I am a communication science student at University of Sumatera Utara, one of the biggest university in Sumatera . I am a photographer editor at SUARA USU Student Press that publish tabloid monthly, magazine, and news online. Even I must study hard ... Read more >
Tags: graphic design, photography, reading, travelling, writing
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Mon, 17 Nov 2014 | By hadizaher | Views [638]
Papua New Guinea is a culturally rich, ethnically diverse, remote and often forgotten corner of the world.
While on a work trip to work in far north PNG, I had the opportunity to explore a few corners the capital Port Moresby, and a few villages on ... Read more >
Tags: boy, forgotten, guinea, island, manus, new, papua, pier, png, world
VIETNAM | Tue, 9 Dec 2008 | By sierrayla-1 | Views [611] | Comments [1]
Greetings, I write this from Rach Gia, Vietnam where I am waiting to catch a ferry to Phu Quoc island where we'll spend a few days diving and frolicking on the beach and in the water. In Sihanoukville, we attempted to take a tour of the local brewery, ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [444] | Comments [2]
Sorry for the lack of up dates on our time in NY but the level of activity has been quite frenetic and we have tried to use every available moment to do things. New York allows that because there is something to do whatever the time of day or night. ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [387]
Our last evening in Udaipur at the beautiful Lake Palace was topped off with the most amazing dinner party you could imagine. We were transported by boat to our royal barge as the sun was setting over the lake. After finding our comfiest ... Read more >
CANADA | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By sweetcactus | Views [376]
First step into a change, a transition, green to yellow. Summer is over, fall is leaving and winter is closed. From the top of the tree, everything seems different. Second step, be under the tree. No more food from the tree. The leave ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [326] | 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
SINGAPORE | Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By fhudz | Views [272] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Our trip to Malaysia-Singapore was our first ever international travel and I wanted to capture our excitement, our experience and our inexperience as well. As first time-travellers, there were a lot of things on that trip that we weren't able to prepare ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013
USA | Wed, 11 Nov 2015 | By vixscalapanza | Views [206]
So I decided to go around the world in less than 90 days to loose weight and take a break after 11 years of hard hard work.
Preparing is exciting. I bought light quality stuff, which is not easy.
Finding shoes took 8 days. At the end I found the ... Read more >