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USA | Thu, 10 Nov 2011 | By nomads-survival-kit | Views [5903] | Comments [3]
This year I travelled across America on the AMTRAK. Beautiful sleeper cabins, a dining cart with cocktails and white linen table clothes and service that would put top restaurants to shame. I thought this would be a beautiful way to see the country.... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, chicago, san fran, transport, usa
HONG KONG | Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [2408] | Comments [2]
Unable to obtain more than a single month visa for China in Vietnam, we decided to go to Hong Kong to get new China visas. Hong Kong
was reunited with China in 1997, despite this it still holds a great deal of autonomy from the ... Read more >
Tags: chungking & mirador mansions, hong kong, mid level esculators, skyline, star ferry, victoria peak tram
ITALY | Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1895]
Reservations are required, often a month or more in advance. But, being us, we arrived at the Church of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan, home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" just after eight this foggy and snowy morning with only ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sun, 2 Aug 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [1795] | Comments [3]
Don't worry the title will all become clear near the end....Read on Mon 27th Jul - Continuing on from my last posting from here....Need to get on with
some activities or the days ... Read more >
CHINA | Sun, 8 May 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [1775]
Destination – China - Tibet to Beijing – 42 hours by train – Whatever Yuan…
Before we start, we have to say that, because of the altitude, we’ve been without cigarettes and alcohol for 7 days, which will end when we reach Beijing. Not that ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Sun, 29 Jan 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1672]
I'm in Nicaragua again! Damn I've done a lot of repeat journeys. According to my passport, I've been to Costa Rica 7 times, Fiji 4 times, Nicaragua 3 times, New Zealand 3 times, Australia twice, and England twice! Today was a day of ripoffs until I ended ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tue, 16 Mar 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Views [1634] | Comments [2]
As if an all expensed paid trip to Japan to work with an experienced
travel writer on an award-winning travel guide wasn’t enough, my prize for
winning the World Nomads travel writing scholarship also included a “Flavours
of Tokyo” tour, courtesy ... Read more >
Tags: intrepid travel
CHILE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [1324]
Santiago Sloths
The original plan in Chile was to head straight up the Andes and do a weeks skiing, However the associated costs and it being fully booked had conspired against us. We did manage to find a budget option but not until the ... Read more >
KENYA | Mon, 18 Jun 2012 | By calandevp4p | Views [1169] | Video
Hopefully by the time you are reading this we will have posted our fourth video- hip hip hooray! Check it out on the LVP4P youtube channel! Chris, a former street boy, shared with us his opinions on Kisumu's street boy programs. http:... Read more >
SPAIN | Sat, 4 Jun 2016 | By noodles | Views [859] | Video
Slightly giddy but nowhere near as borrachos as Greg would have liked, we leave Angelita and stumble a few doors down to The Cock , engaging in silly banter and foolish antics on the way.
Dating back to 1921, this historic backstreet ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 20 Apr 2010 | By vantastic_nt | Views [823] | Comments [1] | Video
Roadtrip Australia: Van-Tastic Adventures Northern Territory On
their roadtrip through the Northern Territory of Australia with
Van-Tastic Adventures, Willie and Andrew struggle to find things
they're allowed to film at Uluru. Follow the adventures ... Read more >
Tags: australia, ayers rock, backpackers, campervan, nature, oz, travel, uluru, van-tastic adventures, wildlife
GERMANY | Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | By natha | Views [760]
I am in France, at Saint Girons Plage. It's monday July 23rd. Linda is on my left hand side and we try to get into the water but it seems kind of impossible that day. I'm looking on my right and see a guy. He looks like Björn. Björn Morres from work ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [564]
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 >
TANZANIA | Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By linzbroscott | Views [501] | Comments [4]
On Saturday we planted bananas in our cement hard soil….I hope they will grow. It was the first time any of us (Jonah, Sandra, Frank and I) had planted a banana, so we did our best. According to the locals you dig a big hole and give it lots of ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 15 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [488]
Today Linda and I took a driving tour around some of the inland areas around Port Lincoln including Green Patch and Coomunga where the recent bush fires have been, Mikkira Station and homestead which is now used for camping and home to a koala colony, ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sat, 3 Sep 2011 | By nncysf | Views [479] | Comments [2]
arrived yesterday via train from Helsinki in beautiful St. Petersburg - even after seeing lots of photos etc. it's impossible to imagine the gorgeousness of the palaces churches forts etc. of this amazing city - i am STILL having major problems with ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 May 2012 | By anniebee | Views [477] | Comments [4]
Ten years ago, I spent 2.5 exciting, eye-opening, insightful, and exhausting months traveling through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras via chicken buses with my backpack, and friends I made from around the world along the way. Never ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Sat, 15 Jan 2011 | By colemanw | Views [440] | Comments [1]
Hello all, I have just finished my first week of work here at Kwantu wildlife reserve, and it has been a very rewarding experience, I've held tiger cubs, and even riden elephants! The land here is beautiful, sprawling hills crawling with antelope and ... Read more >
JORDAN | Sat, 23 May 2015 | By ephemeral | Views [438]
If you ever felt like not belonging, this is for you:
She was faster than anyone she ever knew. She was multiplying herself to be in as many parallel universes at the same time as possible. She was breathing such a huge bites of air that she was nearly ... Read more >
Tags: confessions of fire, dybzynska, katrina dybzynska, not belongin, poetic, poetry, travel writing
USA | Mon, 5 Nov 2012 | By usadiary | Views [435]
Hey all!
We woke up this morning, at aout 8.30 to already the heat from outside. The Californian sun was out in force today with a top of 33 Degrees... and it is Winter next month! We had today prebooked to visit Universal Studios, on the other side ... Read more >
UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Sun, 24 Dec 2017 | By mekikepilala | Views [407]
Still dark at 0800 . Grab our breakfast and head off to the Russian Orthodox Church for morning Liturgy at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church dedicated to Saint Herman who lies instate ...traditional Russian Onion dome church ...been on this ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 24 Jun 2018 | By europe2013 | Views [368]
And started our holiday a little earlier than we planned. Due to fog issues in Albury we decided to head off and stay in Sydney the night before. Got a great deal and are harbourside in an upmarket place that we got last minute for a song ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wed, 8 May 2013 | By cloide | Views [280]
Welcome to Garabullos the place where the talking animals live and whom you can talk to (if you know how to listen), a place in which the trees hide stories that you’ll uncover (if you’re curious enough).
This is a world that spins at ... Read more >
Tags: garabullos; galicia;
ITALY | Tue, 25 Jun 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [268]
We started the day with a Segway tour of Florence. What a hoot. Ian wants to buy one. Rolled around checking out all the main sights and getting details on the history of the place. Great way to start. Then spent some time in the Uffuzi museum ... Read more >
KAZAKHSTAN | Thu, 30 Jul 2015 | By karaganda | Views [220] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My name's Kavi. My first film I made of pictures in movie maker (it's standart program in Windows XP) when I was 15 years old. I also made a documentary film about the nature around my house, but unfortunately the film was accidentally deleted. By 18, ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia