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SOUTH KOREA | Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By connectlocally | Views [8097] | Comments [2]
I’ve often felt that the best indication of a country’s cuisine isn’t found in well lit restaurants or even hole in the wall cafes hidden down darkened alleys. In my eyes, a true indication of a country’s spirit and personality can be found in the ... Read more >
Tags: food, south korea, street food, travel
SPAIN | Thu, 21 Jul 2011 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [6722]
The Episcopal Palace in Astorga, Spain When one envisions Spain, the images most
often conjured up include sun-drenched beaches, vibrant flamenco dancers and
valiant bullfighters. But Spain is
so much more than just colorful costumes and ... Read more >
Tags: europe, itineraries, off the beaten path, spain, travel
LAOS | Thu, 10 Jan 2008 | By hotnoodle | Views [4620] | Comments [1]
December 25th (Christmas Day!)
I'm sitting in a cafe with my laptop. I have a cinnamon bun, a bowl full of fruit, yoghurt and cereal, a coffee with some sort of caramel thing going on. I'm surrounded by people you might alternately call farang, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 | By homeless_harry | Views [3024]
Outside my tent I could hear the waves breaking so softly they sounded more like paper plates dropping, than fine China. I could see the sun shining through the clouds frequently enough to convince me Lady Luck was having a sleep in. Fearing she'd wake ... Read more >
Tags: bicycling, friends, misadventure, on the road
ARGENTINA | Sun, 28 Feb 2010 | By stefylein | Views [2385] | Comments [2]
First of all in case some of you are wondering we are no where near the earthquake in Chile, as we are already down in Patagonia... secondly apologies for the long absence but the last few days we have stayed in little places with no access to Internet.... Read more >
INDIA | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1793]
WE WERE HOODWINKED - OR MAYBE IT WAS HORSWOGGLED - by the guidebooks. Both Lonley Planet and Frommer raved about a houseboat tour of the Kerala Backwaters. LP went so far as to rate it the #2 top experience in India, ... Read more >
CANADA | Sat, 29 Dec 2012 | By meggiekay | Views [1783] | Video
As part of my travel video web series, I went to High Park in Toronto.
I always think it's important to take breaks and relax while travelling so you don't get too worn out from waiting in lines, being cramped into small busses, or sleeping on uncomfortable ... Read more >
Tags: breaks, nature, park, relaxing, toronto
GUATEMALA | Sun, 19 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1766]
"La Casa de Federico" is what I said to the driver as I got on the sardine-packed bus toward San Jose (in Guatemala, not Costa Rica). He knew precisely how to get there! Driving seemingly in a circle around Lake Peten it was pouring down ... Read more >
Tags: nature, organics, people
CANADA | Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By jamesshanks | Views [1709] | Comments [1]
Today is a significant day. Today marks 2 weeks since I haven't had a meal made by my mum. In other words, I left 2 weeks ago today!! So to all those who said I wouldn't last a week, I doubled your expectations! (wow that was hard to work out..).... Read more >
Tags: cold, gym, healthy, run, snow, truman show, visa
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1647]
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 >
GUATEMALA | Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [1268]
As requested by Mr. E. White from Milton Keynes here is a brief update on the reforestation project. Following a brief suspension over the Christmas break due to Mario going AWOL for a few days we recently commenced the project again. This involved working ... Read more >
Tags: reforestation project
COLOMBIA | Fri, 18 May 2007 | By free-felix | Views [1158]
Bogota was doing my head in...needed some clean air, So I shot off to the coffe region for a good brew. I had my pomy aliance, Nick, living in Salento shoting the breaz as the night shift worker at Plantation House, the local Hostal. He had a week ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
ROMANIA | Fri, 4 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1129]
The Danube Delta, another UNESCO World Heritage site, is the largest wetland in Europe and t hanks to Connie's careful scheduling we were able to squeeze in a little birding. It is a popular place for wintering waterfowl although today felt almost ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 30 Apr 2012 | By dianaandmalcolm | Views [1121]
A full day driving on the
Interstate 10, the straightest road in the universe through all of Los Angeles
and into the dessert and to Palm Springs although we are sure someone will tell
us differently.
Great hotel, dreadful
food;... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [1052]
Calling something legendary tends to overlook the fact that 36 hours of spine bashing discomfort on an unpaved road through the middle of nowhere is very few people´s idea of fun. We should have known when the bus we were travelling on dissapeared for ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bus, bus journey, coach, condors, on the road, route 40, ruta 40, travel
VIETNAM | Sat, 7 Aug 2010 | By rich | Views [1012]
Arriving in HCMC after a few days on the beach is like jumping into a cold pool on a hot summer day. It's certainly a shock to the system. Busy, noisy and chaotic are the first few adjectives that spring to mind and in no time we're dodging motorbikes ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By jvgarcia | Views [887]
A Trabzon llegué
muy temprano, luego de descansar en la noche en el bus.
Francamente esperaba no poder dormir un carajo, pero la verdad es que
después de luchar un poco por encontrar la posición ideal, pues
logré dormirme relativamente ... Read more >
Tags: asia, erzurum, invitación, trabzon, turquía
FRANCE | Thu, 27 Mar 2008 | By chloe | Views [863]
after several dumps we now have a fresh lot of 1.5m of snow with a top up of 10-20cm everyday!
Yesterday was day off so after much discussion, blue prints and digging drew and justin set us up for party in the park. a couple of kickers, a half pipe ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [816]
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 >
USA | Sun, 7 Feb 2010 | By kath_atkins | Views [787] | Comments [1]
Enjoyed the end of the week with the chest reading rads, again observing them interpreting CTs and XRs, doing lung biopsies, and attending conferences with free lunches (yay!). I love sitting in on meetings between radiology and different departments.... Read more >
ALBANIA | Mon, 15 Aug 2016 | By pauluiza | Views [658]
Albania - Saranda, Butrint, Ksamil, Gjirokaster & Tirana - Beer, Beaches & Bunkers
After 2 weeks, we say goodbye to Marathias, Corfu. Our friend Prokopios drives us to Corfu Town where we take a ferry to Saranda, Albania. The ferry ride ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [625]
Yesterday was ALT day at Umeda JHS. Galen is the ALT there, he is the drummer from the band I saw the other week. His plan for the day was to do a music theme, so he came up with Hip Hop day. We were asked to dress as Hip Hop or Rap musicians and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 16 Oct 2016 | By vincek | Views [372]
So training has been going pretty well.Considering i live in Brisbane and a tropical climate it makes aclimitisation a little difficult,where the average temperature in Brisbane is about 26˚ with a drastic difference at the summit with an average of ... Read more >
USA | Sun, 24 Dec 2017 | By tor148 | Views [324]
My trip has official started!!!!
The day started with the phone ringing as usuall. A sub needing information to do there job, all good, thats why I am here!
Got up, did the morning routen and finished packing. What a pain that has become.... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By chisinau | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
Our visit to this former soviet country started off with an inquiry at the frontier: “Under what circumstances are this Italian and Estonian trying to enter the country?” Fortunately, “a tourism visit to Chisinau” seemed fair enough to the officer, ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012