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VIETNAM | Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By positive_footprints | Views [9588] | Comments [1] | Video
Positive Footprints - Vietnam Village Trek - tells the story of how a
group of committed healthcare professionals gave their time and
expertise to bring medical care to remote villages in the Mai Chau
Highlands, Northern Vietnam. Supported by local ... Read more >
Tags: documentary, footprints, health, medical trek, positive footprints, trekking, vietnam, volunteering, voluntourism, world nomads
COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7738]
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
KENYA | Tue, 23 May 2017 | By brooksie | Views [2091] | Comments [2]
I wasn't sure about writing a blog as it my true raw emotion about this next experience. I have to lose nothing and hopefully I'll inspire one other person to come do this too. I can't express my thanks enough for everyone who has donated towards ... Read more >
CUBA | Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2054]
Getting back to Havana from Trinidad would be a long arduous journey but was half the fun! Juana woke me at 8:00 AM because I asked her to last night. Immediately I washed up and went to the kitchen por mi desayuno de bananos, guayaba de jugo, pan y ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, cities, food, hitchhiking, mojitos, old cars, people, socialism
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1881]
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
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 16 May 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1667] | Comments [3]
We’re sitting
under the protective shelter at the Serpent Hostel.
It’s a rainy day and Albert has deserted us for the pleasures of the
reef ( see his post at a later date ). Jett is content with his school work
(singing quietly ... Read more >
Tags: allwelcome, ambassador van, beaches, t a j
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1654]
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 >
LAOS | Mon, 25 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [1635]
My first truly bad breakfast! We thought we'd try somewhere different and went to a little restaurant overlooking the river. Well we must have been paying for the view because the food was bad! A lazy afternoon after checkout just mooching about and ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Wed, 9 Jun 2010 | By annanderson | Views [1223] | Video
For the past four years, my daughter, Kelsey has lived and taught English in South Korea. She says she has eaten some of the best food (has become her favorites) & also some not so good. Enjoy her video! I have to agree - some of the best meals ... Read more >
Tags: food, korean culture, south korea
MEXICO | Mon, 2 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1168] | Comments [2]
As I write this, the
moon is rising over the end of day fifty-two. Fifty-two days I’ve been doing
this? It doesn’t seem like that long, when I think about it. But then I look at
the map, and that long red line leading from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wed, 5 Sep 2012 | By jvgarcia | Views [879]
La ville rose
me recibió luego de otro tren de unas siete horas (los TGV estaban
muy caros). Esta fue otra ciudad que en realidad no estaba en mi
plan, pero que fue posible gracias a una generosa oferta de Laure,
una amiga francesa ... Read more >
Tags: europa, francia, gastronomía, laure, toulouse
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [834]
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 >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Views [760]
I’d decided to take a 5-day bus tour as it seemed the cheapest and easiest way of getting a look at a large area of Scotland in a short period of time. Although my pet hate about organized tours is being in large groups and being rushed through tourist ... Read more >
Tags: culloden, loch ness, scotland, the hermitage
CANADA | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By unknowndriver | Views [674]
To Live in the city with the largest skating rink in the world is amazin, its something people should experience although it may be physically challenging for some (imagine 91 olympic skating rinks attached to each other). It is definately ... Read more >
Tags: ice skating, winter
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Views [631]
Staying near Parkside in Cambridge is great. It's so close to the city centre and there's always a game of football or cricket on. Gloria and her boyfriend Luca live near Parkside in a cluttered little apartment. Luca, being Italian, grows capsicum and ... Read more >
Tags: al casbah, cambridge, clares college, crepes, kings parade
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 23 Aug 2012 | By beachbumlinz | Views [577] | Video | Scholarship Entry
To show you how MUCH we want to win this scholarship, we created a music video travel blog from our most recent trip to Argentina and Peru using Brazil's most popular song; Ai Se Eu Te Pego by Michel Telo. As you can see from the video, we both do ... Read more >
Tags: travel film scholarship 2012
VIETNAM | Tue, 6 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [528]
As a perfect way to wrap up my Mekong adventure, I chose the river route to Vietnam. This involved taking a “tour“ through Chau Doc, but it was only two days and one night. We took a minibus about an hour and a half southwest out of Phnom Penh where ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thu, 31 Mar 2011 | By walterperis | Views [525]
Periodo: dall'1 al 13 Agosto 2010. Visitato: Algarve (sosta a Faro come base), Lisbona, il nord, alloggiando nei Solares, e, infine, Porto. Auto a noleggio AutoEurope, tramite Budget. Alloggi: IBIS Faro, IBIS Lisboa, Quinta da Comenda (S. Pedro do ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 6 Aug 2012 | By eyesopen | Views [512] | Comments [1] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I always been inpired in peoples work, I studed film maker production I´ve 8 years of experience. I´m making everything with my hands with my family support I always want study to be a professional but i don´t have how. I never been ... Read more >
Tags: travel film scholarship 2012
ISRAEL | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 | By julie_bien | Views [488]
Last night was my last evening in Kibbutz Gevim, Sderot. We spent the night listening to music, watching True Blood (yes, it's popular here), all the while listening to (and feeling) the air-strikes on Gaza. Luckily, we didn't have a Tseva Adom last ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [469]
Ok so landed in Seattle home of the Pikes Place Market and CreativeLive (fellow togs will know what this is) . Checked into the motel and have to say that this is the first time that bookings.com failed me. It was an overpriced dump. However overall ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 3 Jan 2013 | By cjfkhj | Views [437] | Comments [1]
It is the morning of our 4th day here, but we have already been through a lot! We first arrived with none of our bags and the bus dropped us off at the wrong location, so since we then had to walk about 12 blocks to our house it was nice to only ... Read more >
SRI LANKA | Sat, 16 Feb 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [381]
We got up at 4.45 am to go on safari. They said it was a. better time to see the animals, but I think it is so they can get two safaris a day. We are in the Yalla N.P. which has lropards and elephants both of which we saw. Unfortunately we were unable ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 16 May 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [296]
and bake we did, in the dodgy dirty kitchen in walkabout leeds staff accommodation. it was actually pretty clean though, when we started :) michelle made a delicious banana cake and cheese cakes and i made hedgehog slice and cupcakes. yum yum yum. pity ... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 7 Jan 2015 | By mlodius | Views [288]
Tonight is a full moon (in Cancer). It is a little before 9pm and it (the moon) is rising over the buildings of the old city across the lake. I am wearing the lovely warm shawl my mother brought me from her Mediterranean cruise several years ago so I ... Read more >