World Nomads journals & writers

Monks, Momo's, and a Million Tears for Tibet

USA | Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By libana | Views [7122] | Comments [1]

We are back in Delhi, where we are spending our last day in India repacking and shopping for that one more beautiful scarf or piece of sari silk....Our suitcases are already bursting at the seams. Retail therapy has been abundant, enjoyable and always ... Read more >

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4925] | 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 >

Peru: Empowering Women Through Tourism

PERU | Fri, 8 Oct 2010 | By responsible-travel | Views [3586] | Comments [1]

Women and the Impact of Tourism Women in developing countries have it pretty tough.   Sometimes very tough.   Often viewed as 2nd-class citizens, commonly marginalized to very limited activities and privileges, some women struggle to earn ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1660]

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 >

Nuevas aventuras de nortina

PERU | Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By nortina | Views [1466] | Comments [7] | Video

Llevo, exactamente, 8 días en Lima. Para variar, se me quedó (no tengo idea dónde) mi vestido y zapatos favoritos, y a mi papá el cargador de su “sedular”. Cómo lamento lo de mis zapatos y vestido. Sin embargo, ... Read more >

Tags: lima, miraflores, perú

Rabat and El Jadida

MOROCCO | Mon, 8 Jul 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1373]

Train travel in Morocco is a giant step up from taking the bus.  Of course you pay more (especially for Premiere Classe) but the coaches are more comfortable and air-conditioned.  Schedules can be a bit of a mystery to non-French speakers but ... Read more >

Egypt - Part One

EGYPT | Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1098] | Comments [2]

Before reading all: Get a cup of coffee/tea and make yourself comfortable. EGYPT - WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE! We arrived for our tour first night and met this guy from Townsville Tim and had a chat with him...ended up being a really good mate by the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

TNC Honduras

HONDURAS | Tue, 5 Feb 2008 | By connieandjohn | Views [1016]

It isn't easy to like Nicaragua.  The border crossing isn't bad but the roads can be terrible.  The local people are friendly and accomodating but the police hassled us again.  No fire extinguisher.  Rather than even try to negotiate in Spanish I repeated ... Read more >

Tags: People

Shoe Polish Booth in LIMA, PERU (EN-VIETNAMESE)

PERU | Wed, 7 May 2014 | By uyenangel | Views [1014]

(Please scroll down for Vietnamese version) The image of a man who is dimly shining shoes for customers in the booth is a popular image on the extremely crowded streets in Lima, Peru. The customers will always wear a nice suit and silently ... Read more >

Tags: booth, lifestyle, lima, peru, polish, shoe, travel, trip, worldtravel, worldtrip

Soaring High in Surfers

CANADA | Sat, 24 Jan 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [965] | Comments [1]

We apolgize for leaving you all in suspense for our next advenuture.  Its been a busy week!  We left off last time as we were headed to the Lounge Cineams in Byron Bay.  We did up going and we say the new James Bond movie.  The rumours were true, the ... Read more >

Jenny and Joan in Ireland

IRELAND | Wed, 20 May 2015 | By goannasnake | Views [889]

Ireland Thursday 17 May (Dublin to Moira): After way too many hours in planes and airports, we arrived in Dublin and picked up our hire car. A stroke of luck there, with a free upgrade to a 4WD. We had one place to visit today and then intended ... Read more >

Tags: ireland, road trip

Nice tribes finish last - Part II

CHILE | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [876] | Comments [2]

So anyways, in Pucòn, there is a ton of stuff to do.  Despite how great it would have been to climb the smoking volcano, we opted to go for a horse trek.  The Steve McQueen in me is obsessed with horses and Meli is pretty much down with any animal big ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Barcelona - we love it!

SPAIN | Sun, 23 Aug 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [815] | Comments [2]

Part 2 Europe Friday 21 st August Barcelona, Spain It's 9:00pm and we have both had our first taste of the Northern Hemisphere twilight. We ... Read more >

90. fairy floss at prater park, austria

AUSTRIA | Mon, 22 Aug 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [802]

fairy floss, the yummy, delectale, delicious, sweet sticky goodness that can only be fairy floss. pink of course! saw the famous big wheel, the largest ferris wheel for the most part of last century. and michelle won a smurf which just makes the place ... Read more >

Camels and the Heavenly Ascent

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By centuryfox20 | Views [650] | Scholarship Entry

The midnight air is clean with a vague scent of concessions and camels as I unload from the microbus with the other travelers. I find myself in a horseshoe shaped, miniature ‘sûq’ filled with vendors selling everything from soda to prayer flags. I ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011

Kiev

UKRAINE | Tue, 22 Oct 2013 | By james_tesol_teacher | Views [545]

Kyiv (Ukrainian) or Kiev has a beauty and historical sites that rival those in many other European cities. It is the city where both the Ukrainian and Russian cultures were born. Its history dates back more than 1,000 years, and some buildings ... Read more >

First Impressions

PERU | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [544] | Comments [1]

We have been in Lima a couple of days now and have spent the first two nights in The Point Hostel, Barranco. This place has a really good write up in the Lonely Planet and it is ok. But if you're after a bit of comfort and cleanliness, this is probably ... Read more >

Tags: lima

Velvet Crush

USA | Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By lhartjen | Views [538]

Los Angeles is a city of broken charm. Like a pair of Angels wings wrapped in crushed velvet this wood promises a touch of stardom at every turn for tourists like me seeking a brush with fame only to be turned away by the finality of each ubiquitous ... Read more >

Boy It's a Long Way to the Desert!

MOROCCO | Mon, 14 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [478]

we had another longish drive from Ourzazate (1 issue there was that i was running out of Moroccan money, and had a feeling that ATMs were going to be tough to find amongst the sand dunes - so i went looking for a bank machine - Mohamed at Dar Kamar made ... Read more >

Here Comes the Sun — There Goes the Sun

USA | Tue, 5 Sep 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [468]

BACK IN THE 60s WHEN IT WAS PC TO LAUGH at Bill Cosby, the comedian joked it rains so much in Seattle that people don’t tan, they rust.  When the sun does come out, they think they have somehow offended the gods.  Well, this year the ... Read more >

Samoa 2019

SAMOA | Sun, 4 Aug 2019 | By shaz | Views [449]

I arrived at Faleola airport at night and was picked up by Olivia ' s hostel. I took cash out of the atm and was shocked by the extortionate banks fees. It took an hour to get to my hostel as the driver ... Read more >

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry

WORLDWIDE | Tue, 14 Jun 2011 | By rehmani | Views [430] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I want to join, i have a ability to make a different, i am open minded, just give me chance to participate. here is my profile (( Letter of introduction From the desk of Chief Editor))))) Ashfaq Rehmani is prolific writer, investigation reporter, Columnist ... Read more >

Tags: #2011Video, Travel Documentary Scholarship 2011

Snow, Skiing and Scenery

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 20 Aug 2015 | By lilen | Views [292] | Video | Scholarship Entry

If there are two things I love, it's travel and creating video content. I strive to do both whenever I can - in my professional and social life - and want to inject this newly found passion into my career journey. As an Argentinian, I long to learn more ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

Ze Mermaid and Colour

DENMARK | Mon, 27 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [283]

What do a large breed of dog and Hans Christian Andersen have in common? They’re both Great Danes. Last night I arrived in Denmark on a ferry that was basically a floating duty-free shop. Whilst in Germany I used the Deutschland Ticket, in Denmark ... Read more >

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 16 Jun 2011 | By mehrnaz | Views [238] | Video | Scholarship Entry

The most attractive part of this scholarship for me is the adventures it requires, traveling, going to a camp, getting to know the locals and making it result in a short documentary. Actually if I want to make long story of life short, for me it's going ... Read more >

Tags: #2011Video, Travel Documentary Scholarship 2011