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BOLIVIA | Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [6353]
As the ultimate mountain bike widow there was no chance of sneaking out of La Paz without at least some experience of the death road, one of the most famous downhill mountain bike rides in the world. My options were to catch a bus down and wait for ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, cliff, coroica, cycle, death road, la paz, latin america., mountain, mountain bike, south america
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4898] | 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 >
COLOMBIA | Thu, 16 Sep 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3599] | Comments [1]
Ecuador sent us out with a huge party in our honour, well actually they were celebrating something completely different, keeping us awake with music blaring until 3.30 in
the morning in the towns main square. Unable to sleep we set off early for ... Read more >
Tags: cali, coffee, las lajas, popayan, salento, san agustin, tejo, valle de cocora
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 12 Jan 2013 | By sianmercel | Views [2214]
Recently, over the festive season, my Mother and I went road tripping around the Pilbara. The Pilbara is located in Western Australia in the top-west section (AKA the Great Sandy Desert). As you can imagine, there is a LOT of red dirt EVERYWHERE! We ... Read more >
Tags: karijini national park, pilbara, trekking, western australia
JORDAN | Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By annekebroadbent | Views [1962]
We left Dahab by bus for a trip up to the ferry-port. Somehow our driver got lost on the way and we stopped to ask directions from a passing local on a camel (seriously). After untold delays our ship set sail for Jordan. Because its such an @rse ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
NEPAL | Sat, 10 Apr 2010 | By libererladiva | Views [1733] | Comments [6]
Wow! So loving Nepal! Especially after my "woe is me" story back in Delhi, Nepal has been a completely different experience. We arrived at Delhi airport with plenty of time to spare. We then boarded our plane for Nepal... we started to ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1648]
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 >
LAOS | Tue, 20 Apr 2010 | By slav | Views [1423]
So we started at 5am in Lao Cai. Me and Chris turned up to the bus statino to find Grant talking to a random woman. she kept saying "Dien Bien Phu". Perfect thats where we're heading we thought. We got on the bus/ Parcel force delivery Van, ... Read more >
ITALY | Thu, 4 Dec 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [990]
IT SNOWED OUR LAST NIGHT IN GERMANY which just reenforced our decision to head to Venice. So we dropped off the car in Frankfurt and took the train to Venice. The usually always-on-time Deutsch-Bahn wasn’t so punctual and it took us ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [918]
We were up early and heading to a different airport to fly to the Galapagos. It was a 30 minute flight to Guayaquil (city located on the coast) where we picked up passengers and then a 90 minute flight to Baltra on Santa Cruz Island. The Galapagos ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [888] | 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
USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [775]
The older I get the more I realize that stories that start with the phrase “I remember when...” usually have a point to make. My story is about Tybee Island, one of the barrier islands off the coast of Georgia, USA. A place where “nature ... Read more >
ITALY | Tue, 20 Oct 2015 | By rafellarayne | Views [760]
We finished out our stint in Rome tired but not really too worse for wear. We'd been pressed by crowds pretty hard, probably the biggest crowds we've been a part of so far while traveling. We enjoyed our stay in any case, and were excited to trade the ... Read more >
LAOS | Sat, 7 Mar 2020 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [699]
For the large part it was on foot today. My bizarre list of travel experiences only got even more bizarre today. When I went downstairs for breakfast the manager accused me of taking a piss in my room. Originally I paid for two nights but they told me ... Read more >
JAPAN | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [681]
it`s all about the deer here. they roam about nara koen (the park), mugging tourists for specially-prepared deer biscuits, and scare small children. the hundreds of turtles in sarusaawa pond on the other hand, are content to stack themselves vertically ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CROATIA | Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By kjones | Views [665]
ahhhhhhhhhhhh. beautiful croatia. I was a bit tired when i wrote the last blog, so i left a bit of the details out, but now we are in beautiful sunny croatia and absolutley LOVING it! we arrived in split at 7am after the overnight train from Budapest ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 19 Jul 2017 | By 1911sven | Views [622]
Tuesday, July 4
We woke up and drove N on 89 to 64 toward the Grand Canyon. We stopped in Tusayan and biked a MTB trail. Svea stayed back to sleep. Sven’s back break broke- ekk!! We entered the park and saw the beautiful canyon. Wow, it ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thu, 12 Sep 2013 | By candice | Views [589] | Comments [1]
Well I made it! Said goodbye to Mr Sears (a v sad day but looking forward to being reunited on the French Alps in 3 months), then jetted to Dubai (37 degrees) for 9 hours, then on to Lyon - arrived late last night. Before I go on I have to boast that ... Read more >
CANADA | Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By iiavet | Views [580]
Today was another good day. In the morning we went down to the lake, swam for a bit, and returned back to the house for lunch. The afternoon was even lazier, we played in the yard, said 'Hi' to a couple of local horses, went shopping, enjoyed a delicious ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
USA | Sun, 22 Dec 2013 | By sneaver | Views [571]
Figuring that sweet momma 650 might dig some fresh oil, a clean filter and a new set of rear brake pads, I started bird-dogging for place that was north of the border and after 4 failed attempts in Phoenix, I found a little jewel of a shop ... Read more >
ITALY | Sun, 23 Jun 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [441]
Today we took a bus tour to Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius ! Amazing on all counts. Could have spent days exploring Pompeii. Their standard of living before the eruption was quite advanced with some people even having running water to their homes. The ... Read more >
USA | Sun, 1 Mar 2015 | By smithtravel | Views [388]
The safari trip was so incredible we can't even start to tell all. We arrived Sunday afternoon to be picked up by Doctor (his name) and driven to Kapama Southern Camp. It was a very luxurious resort surrounded by acres of a private preserve.... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Wed, 3 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [380]
We arrived in Amsterdam and easily made our way to the house where we are staying. We had to wait, however, for the woman who was bringing us the key. She was late, apologized and immediately began to help us unload the car. Ed was parked about three ... Read more >
GREECE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By colandscott | Views [355]
Scott woke quite early this morning to the roughest part of the trip so far. The seas were only 2 1/2 metres, but compared to the slight seas we had been experiencing, the ship was rocking. It felt weird being rocked in bed! Col slept through ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Tue, 2 Feb 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [338] | Comments [3]
Beach run, siesta and sunset walk out to the point. Tried out some silhouette photos like this one of Mike. Tacos for dinner and chatted with chilled local: "I'm the best surfer. Like Snoop Dog".