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COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7712]
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
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 11 Jul 2008 | By blue_skies | Views [4597] | Comments [1]
A long blare of a not-too-distant horn
echoed throughout Broken Hill around 6:30pm, while we were preparing dinner.
Shortly thereafter, a short blare of the horn followed.
Being of a volume and pitch similar to what
we heard in Hawaii ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, australia, broken hill, outback, world nomads
BRAZIL | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By rayen | Views [3523]
Nach ein paar Tagen im Süden Paraguays habe ich das Land verlassen, obwohl ich die Menschen so freundlich empfand, wie sonst selten bisher. Und die Tatsache, dass ich nur genau einen anderen Touristen getroffen habe (einen Italiener aus Ulm), war auch ... Read more >
JAPAN | Mon, 7 Mar 2011 | By abcarlson | Views [2638]
We've had a lovely 2+ years on WorldNomads. It's been a time of getting married in Jamaica, moving to a foreign country, exploring Japanese culture, cuisine, and customs; as well as lots of traveling around Okinawa, mainland Japan, Sapporo, and Italy.... Read more >
INDIA | Sun, 9 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2146]
TIGERS, EXCEPT FOR MOTHERS WITH CUBS, are solitary animals. They are an endangered and protected species with most living in national parks like Kanha and Bandhavgarh in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Seeing one of the big cats is anything but guaranteed.... Read more >
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | Mon, 5 May 2014 | By andreamxavier | Views [2008] | Comments [6]
Esses foram os países por onde estivemos depois da Austrália. E alguém fez um comentário interessante, para não dizer engraçado, sobre nossa viagem. Disse algo assim: “Mas eles foram para lá para ... Read more >
MEXICO | Mon, 21 Sep 2009 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [1910]
After the long drives around rural Chiapas, we were glad to get back to San Cristobal and spend a week or so just bumming around. There are worse places to bum, and it seemed that quite a few fellow europeans had chosen the same place to hang out ... Read more >
Tags: canon sumidero, chamula, san cristobal, zincantan
THAILAND | Thu, 7 Jan 2010 | By jbolt | Views [1691] | Comments [1]
We took the overnight train up from Bangkok (where Hualamphong, the main railway station, has been spruced up since our last visit many years ago), to Kumphawapee , a town just south of Udon Thani itself. The trains have not changed much. Clickety ... Read more >
Tags: gecko villa, laos, thailand, udon thani, van vieng
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 >
BOLIVIA | Mon, 27 Feb 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [1623]
After
catching the train from Oruro to Uyuni, I arrived with my new friends Bethune
and Hannah and we looked for a hostel.
Bethune had caught the nasty flu that was going around and was not
terribly coherent. I found us a place to
sleep near ... Read more >
Tags: bad roads, bolivia, la paz, la torre, salar de uyuni, tour, tupiza, uyuni
ROMANIA | Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Views [800]
Our Transylvanian Castles Tour took us a couple of hours out of Bucharest in a 12-seater coaster. We had the company of a group of elderly Belgians, a couple of Italian blokes and an American (or Canadian?) couple, and were guided by one of the natives ... Read more >
Tags: castles, sightseeing
ARGENTINA | Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By katrinamckeever | Views [762]
Love this place, don't know why but I just do. It is a bit dirty, a bit smelly, full of cars and battered old busses, down at heel, noisey and busy. There are 12 lanes of traffic running through the city centre which take four separate pedestrian crossings ... Read more >
Tags: airport, argentina, buenos aires, casada rosada, eva peron, metro, people, recoleta, red wine., steak
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 20 Jul 2015 | By adventurers | Views [718]
Sturt National Park is one of the largest national parks in NSW . There is a look out there which is a jump-up (an escarpment). It is similar to a mini grand canyon. Simply lovely. We felt like the only people in the world.
... Read more >
Tags: cameron corner, dingo fence, dog, golf, outback, rfds, royal flying doctor service, sturt national park
SOUTH AFRICA | Sat, 21 Feb 2015 | By steve_and_emma | Views [695]
Getting from Uganda to South Africa proved to be the easy, quick part of the trip. However, once I landed in Johannesburg things started to get frustrating. I had plenty of time to collect my bag, get through immigration and make my way ... Read more >
CANADA | Tue, 5 Jan 2010 | By brian | Views [695] | Comments [2]
My first night in Puebla, I arrived after dark, and wasn't really interested in doing much exploring after 36 hours of travel. So a beer in the rooftop bar at the NH was in order. After a nap, a little dinner in the restaurant, which was outstanding.... Read more >
FRANCE | Sat, 7 Oct 2017 | By stephenmarshal | Views [615]
Being a Nomad is fun if you plan for everything and make it a point to take good care of yourself and everything that is related to you. With this, nomads need to realize that everything that is related to them will not be around them. For example, if ... Read more >
SWAZILAND | Mon, 21 Apr 2014 | By berniedee | Views [594]
The man at the Virgin check in counter was shaking his head as my traveling companion turned to me imploringly. Oh God! Apparently there was a problem with her ticket. How did I end up here?
This was not a good start to my long held dream of going ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By flavie_sunny | Views [575]
We were a little bit sad leaving Morogoro and the lush Ulunguru mountains on the 25th. We travelled to Dar es Salaam where our second training course was to take place betwwen 29/03 and 2/01. We had forgotten how hot and humid Dar was and re-adjusting ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By addictedtoadventure | Views [502]
Hey all, Had a fantastic day recently when I went up the nearest mountian to me (right behind the hotel actually) called Ben Venue. Woke up unsure about what the weather was going to do and saw nothing but thick fog out the window but was so keen to ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
MOROCCO | Thu, 10 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [491]
after a lovely breakfast (these were always included in the riad and usually were nice breads with jam butter and Nutella, plus fresh fruit, plus eggs if desired, and a kind of Moroccan small crepe that was sometimes a little sweet and sometimes not ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By mattnpete | Views [472]
Seeing as time was pressing on we decided to head down to Christchurch. The vibrant city is a funky cosmopolitan place and big compared to many of NZ's city's. However it was just a city and seeing as we had a time restriction on our stay we thought ... Read more >
Tags: funky
USA | Thu, 26 Oct 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [442]
OF THE FIVE CHANNEL ISLANDS, ONLY SANTA CRUZ was on the menu for today. And since the Island Packers ferry sails at 9AM, we spent last night in Ventura rather than make the two-hour drive this morning. We really lucked out — not only ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Sat, 9 May 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [419]
A while ago I talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, most recently on the Kilimanjaro TrekPrep weekend, I realised the importance of surrounding yourself with people with the same goals.
It also helped me understand ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, fundraising, hard work, hiking, killimanjaro, mid life crise, panic, summit
INDIA | Wed, 30 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [377]
Last night I christened two furter items that I have so far lugged around North India to no end. These being my 'lightweight' sleeping bag and silk cocoon inner sheet. I'm glad to say that I consequently had a snug night, only waking at 5.30 am to the ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sun, 25 Oct 2015 | By shaz | Views [268]
This trip wasn't well thought out. I used my air miles and ended up in the wrong part of Moscow for my cheap flight to Volgograd. So after landing in Domodedovo it took nearly 4 hours to get across Moscow to Sheremetyevo. Luckily I had booked hotels ... Read more >