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COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7757]
To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful
air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >
Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona
ZIMBABWE | Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2495]
What happened? Tell us your tale. Towards the end of our 6-week adventure
through East Africa we decided to do a walking Rhino safari in the beautiful
Matobo Hills National Park, Zimbabwe.
The scenery is absolutely beautiful and we had already ... Read more >
Tags: africa, nature, rhinos, risk, safari, travel, true travel tales, walking, wildlife, zimbabwe
CHINA | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By tim_and_sam | Views [2393]
Today is our final day in Tibet so we thought we'd finish off with a recap of the past couple of weeks. When we last wrote, we were about to set off on a trek between two of the major monasteries in the vicinity of Lhasa. The trek started off well ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors, tibet
INDIA | Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2389]
VARANASI AND THE HOLY GANGES are on every visitor’s short list. At its best, Varanasi is a photographer’s dream; there is something (or someone) colorful and interesting around every corner. At its worst, the city is loud, dirty ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 22 Jun 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2035]
Jace was unable to pick me up after flying into Denver, so this provided me with an opportune time to add more distance to my "hitchhiking CV." First I was picked up by a young man from Saudi Arabia who stocked me up with snacks for my journey, and then ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 | By coggos | Views [1912]
Guatemala
After our family time in Mexico, we head south into our next country, Guatemala. The border crossing is a hassle. Local men wanting to change money at dodgy exchange rates, confusion with the exit fees out of Mexico. Do we pay ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, copan de ruinas, flores, guatemala, rio dulce, san pedro, semuc champey, xela
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1888]
Moses, Monuments and Mosaics – A Journey Through Jordan
The Queen Alia International Airport lies about 30km south of Amman. I picked up the rental car, which was conveniently located inside the terminal and headed south to Madaba, ... Read more >
Tags: archeological site, city visit, museums
FRANCE | Sat, 16 Sep 2006 | By solbeam | Views [1749]
And although my French is shy, awkward and stuttering, Paris is as
smooth, soft and sexy as the voice of a French lover. The problem,
really, with my French, is that I know just enough to start any
conversation, but can’t comprehend enough to respond ... Read more >
Tags: airports
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 17 Mar 2012 | By zapatosrojos | Views [1694]
The excitement is electric; I have heard ‘Delilah’ at least 10 times on the radio this morning and it is only 10.a.m. as I write! Every time the word Wales is said, it is drawn out with two syllables on the A and a slight crescendo. The dragon drapes ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1658]
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 >
TANZANIA | Mon, 12 Nov 2012 | By magdalena | Views [1479]
Monday was a busy day! It started in the chapel at 7:45am as Bob had mentioned. The chapel was on the ground floor of the hospital and was fairly big. It reminded me of a shorter Catholic mass with some singing, scripture reading, and the priest ... Read more >
INDIA | Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [1444] | Comments [1]
DELHI BELLY STRIKES! (Prematurely I may add since we haven't arrived there yet) but yeah, errr through the eye of a needle for 3 days ... I'll say no more. Other than that little problem Gokarna was lovely athough a bit on the quiet side. As per ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cows
ARGENTINA | Sat, 4 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [1320] | Comments [3]
Time for a little update before we head back up into the mountains for some more playtime! We left you last time in Esquel, having hung up the tent for a night and 'splashed out' on a real hostel room; hot showers, kitchen, bed!! Luxury some might say! ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By silverlady | Views [1290]
It’s been three months of full time work on the boat by a
great shipwright but silver lady is back together and ready to go. The decks are brand new, hull re
sprayed, new antifouling and the propeller re pitched to let her go faster
under ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 20 Jun 2017 | By bombardo-family | Views [1279] | Comments [2]
Deciding the best way to show our route at our up coming going away party we created a map. We used:
$13 dollar piece of plywood Lowes cut to size
2 packs of 12X12 corkboard
1 rand mcnally word map
2 cans of spray glue ... Read more >
Tags: around world, family, map, plane, travel
TAIWAN | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1152] | Video
Taroko Gorge is world famous for the marble walled canyon/gorge that you can almost reach across in places. It is really nice, steep, clean, interesting........and busy!
We were here in December, which is the off season for tourists (apparently) and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By whippin_picadilly | Views [1013]
And so it is. The time to take the Scotland flag
off of the back of the ambassador shack has come. It’s an emotional moment. I’m tempted to try and runaway with the van
and make tracks towards Alice Springs but it’s
not exactly the kind ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
CHILE | Thu, 7 Nov 2013 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [709]
Chile: La Parte Dos
Day 3 in Chile, CTS has organised a city tour of the capital. Yesterday I had complained about the Valparaiso tour bus being late and having to wait round twiddling my thumbs for the best part of an hour, so overnight I receive ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 17 Sep 2011 | By wilski | Views [681]
Gonna eat me a lotta peaches. Or so the song goes. No peaches here, no ninjas either. Mini apples. Maybe because they're not ripe yet. I et 'em anyways, they were delicious, everything tastes better when it's pinched from an orchard at one in the morning.... Read more >
GREECE | Mon, 18 May 2015 | By nicolemesa | Views [530]
Day 1
The Library of Hadrian: The last of the major ancient Archeoligical sites to visit! Be sure to get there with time to visit the museum inside the site, it closes at 3 pm.
After climbing the ... Read more >
Tags: athens, beaches, history, sites
LATVIA | Thu, 18 Jul 2013 | By musicaladventures | Views [389] | Comments [1]
Tues 16 - Yesterday we had more of a look around the old town of Riga. In one of main squares there is beautiful ornate building with a restored façade, called the House of Blackheads. It was originally built in 1334 for the city’s guilds.... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [329] | 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
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 22 Jul 2014 | By susiequaid | Views [320]
Here I am at Horn Island in the Torres Straits, having a quiet day and waiting for tomorrow to head to the outer Island of Masig Island and then Moa Island. It's the Magistrates Court circuit, hence the reason I am travelling. Horn Island also known ... Read more >
BULGARIA | Fri, 29 Aug 2014 | By dmitry | Views [299] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I never thought of this opportunity since the film making industry here is quite poor. But inspired with great videos from movies and the interned always wanted to try myself in this type of creative work. I work as a motion designer and want to escalate ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By travelatude | Views [275] | Scholarship Entry
In a remote mountain village, people still live the hard life of shepherds according to centuries old local tradition. I stumbled on Lukomir while researching a trip to Bosnia. Seeing pictures of stone homes, outhouses and wizened people in regional ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012