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5 Tips to Digging and Living in South Asasif, Egypt

EGYPT | Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [4975] | Comments [1]

Welcome to Alaska! I was greeted upon arrival in Luxor, Egypt. Working in the depths of a temple tomb excavation at the foothills of South Asasif in 114 degree heat, dense white dust soaking into my sweaty Egyptian cotton shirt, the last thing ... Read more >

Tags: digging, egypt, temples, travel tips

2009 Travel Photography Scholarship: Anna Zhu Preparing for the Trip of a Lifetime.

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4899] | 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 >

Croydon – Lonely Planet Guide Book Moment

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 9 May 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [2890] | Comments [1]

Croydon, a little town with a beating heart of gold (We entered Croydon with a recent 4000 kilometres under our belt) I’m flicking through the brochures, finding more information, and nothing comes close to explaining the reality of entering ... Read more >

Tags: allwelcome, ambassador van, t a j

Fiery Guatamala and a Carribbean Christmas!

HONDURAS | Wed, 6 Jan 2010 | By robrobjos | Views [2508] | Comments [3]

It's been a while and the year is now 2010. Happy New Year and hope everyone is well, NYE was spent literally rocking a second storey pier construction, dancing forever to the minimal techno scene which strangely dominates here on the Island of Utila, ... Read more >

Rain, Hail, Swirling Wind in Melbourne...the hailstorm of the century!

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 8 Mar 2010 | By muoy | Views [2219] | Comments [2]

Sorry for not writing in my journal for so long. The last week has been crazy with work, travelling, 2 fire alarms, hail storms, and visiting friends. In 7 days, I spent 35 hours travelling due to flight delays and missed connections...and 59 hours ... Read more >

Spitzkoppe to Okavango Delta

BOTSWANA | Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [1986]

We bounced on our rented bus (our tour truck never got fixed) to Spitzkoppe. Spitzkoppe is a series of rocky outcroppings surrounded by completely flat desert. We didn't spend a lot of time there, mostly due to delays caused by our ongoing truck saga! ... Read more >

Tags: cheetah, etosha, okavango, spitzkoppe

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1651]

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 >

Oct. 11 - Wine, Quarterfinal Madness, & Mountain Top Panic

NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [1273]

Oct. 11th - Today we were planning to spend in Okahune, a ski town at the base of Mt Ruapehu, but the weather forecast of rain and gale force winds for tomorrow caused us to unplug the van and head north. We skirted the western shore of Lake Taupo and ... Read more >

Tags: australia, france, martinborough, quarterfinals, rugby world cup, south africa, wales, wellington

Oh my god, I can`t believe it! I`ve never been this far away from home!!!

THAILAND | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By katl | Views [995] | Comments [11]

Die Reise nach Bangkok, war eine emotionale Achterbahn, gezeichnet von einigen Ups and Downs... Meine Top5 Ups: Die beinah menschenleere Wartehalle in Berlin waehrend der 4stuendigen Wartezeit zum eigenen Wohnzimmer machen und die Zeit vollkommen ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok

Road Trip Day 5 - Hut in a rice field - Pakse - Four Thousand Islands

LAOS | Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [903]

To be honest....in a hammock, in a hut, in a rice field, wasn’t the best nights sleep I’ve ever had. So in the early hours we got our stuff together and continued our route to Pakse (once the ignition was fixed on Tim’s bike) Once in Pakse, ... Read more >

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [847]

Only a little more than a week I have left in Samoa. For the past couple of days I’ve been staying with John, Lagi, and family. They have four children: George, Frank, Mona, and Fina. Lagi made her first carrot cake last night; excitedly enough, ... Read more >

We have a home

UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [824] | Comments [5]

Finally we have a place to call home for 6 months, our first time living together. We have two bedrooms, room for guests and a little back yard. Its very small compared to back home, but it is the biggest place we had looked at here. The last unit ... Read more >

Tags: Work

The Bubble Busker

I first heard of the Rio de Janeiro Film Scholarship in September whilst visiting my family in Basque Country after 4 months working in Peru. I immeadiately thought of Nuno, my brother from another mother. I first met Nuno five years ago as we both made ... Read more >

Tags: bubble, bubbles, eastern europe, operation groundswell, peru, street performer, travelling, united kingdom

Missin The Hostel

UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [763]

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 >

Weekend at Marrakesh

MOROCCO | Fri, 15 Oct 2010 | By anakuka | Views [717]

My husband decided to take me on a romantic weekend to Marrakech. I had been dreaming about it for years. As expected, as soon as we arrived to the riad, in a warm November morning, all the imagery that I had in my imagination about life in this part ... Read more >

Tags: exotic, noisy, people, souk, warm

The Hut

THAILAND | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [681]

We leave Cave Lodge, sadly and sorely, and head back to Pai. Pai is partway between Chiang Mai and Pang Mapha, and we thought staying there for a night would be a nice way to break up our return trip from PMP to Bangkok. The road from PMP to Pai is almost ... Read more >

Tags: pai, thailand

Tarifa

SPAIN | Fri, 18 Mar 2016 | By dangerruss | Views [611]

Granada to Ronda to Tarifa March 15; My intention starting the trip to Morocco by way of Europe was I didn't want to fly straight to morocco and deal with jet lag and any of the other normal travel issues in a completely foreign land. I started by ... Read more >

From Sea to Sky to Mountain

CANADA | Fri, 25 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [601]

Woke up super early this morning and took the Sea to Sky train to arrive in Whistler. It was a scenic train ride, with average speeds of 25 mph. I met this Australian woman and her family taking their annual month-long vacation around the world (darn ... Read more >

The tightwad's guide to travel in the Yunnan

CHINA | Sat, 1 May 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [592]

I can see the famous three pagodas from the top of my guesthouse while I am doing T’ai Chi in the morning. I have taken photos of it from this distance and they are less than impressive. So this morning I decided to skip my exercises and head towards ... Read more >

Los Galvancitos

USA | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By eden | Views [558]

This past Sunday, on the 28th of September, there was a soccer tournament in one of the many Santo Tomas Futbal Tournaments that are held monthly. This was a special tournament in that it was the week of the village celebrating their 72 nd Anniversary.... Read more >

Motorbike Delight

COSTA RICA | Sun, 13 Feb 2011 | By kooju | Views [430]

"Hop on" he said, looking at me with cheeky eyes and flashing me that gorgeous grin. I smiled back and climbed warily on the back of the motorbike, well aware of a lack of helmets. "Ok, but no fast stuff yeah?" I ... Read more >

Day 132 - Medellin

COLOMBIA | Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [407]

After another very early morning bedtime we dragged ourselves up an hour or two after getting into bed to make it on time to the free walking tour we had signed up for in Medellin. Feeling less than average we made our way through the four hour tour ... Read more >

Istanbul!

TURKEY | Tue, 8 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [382]

we flew from the very small airport at LEX/Lexington to O'Hare and then to Istanbul in Business Class on Turkish Airlines - 3 words to describe our flight FAB-U-LOUS! contrary to reports in many online reviews, our crew could not have been sweeter ... Read more >

Europa moon

ITALY | Sat, 29 Jun 2013 | By simonecametti | Views [379]

I am an artist who lives and works in Rome. I studied photography in high school, and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. I'm not a professional photographer, but at the same time I am passionate about travel, esperiense of life, to know and experience ... Read more >

Tags: audio recordings, ice, lake

Day 40 - Monte Alban

MEXICO | Sun, 6 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [373]

We set out early for another run & then headed to Monte Alban to see the ruins of the largest pre-Hispanic city in Oaxaca. It was incredible walking around the ruins which were only as recently as 1987 declared a World Heritage site. Monte ... Read more >