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ARGENTINA | Sat, 10 Apr 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [5442] | Comments [5]
After a quick bus ride over the border from Chile we were back in Argentina. El Calafate in the south west of Patagonia is a one horse town. There is only one reason why people venture to this remote part of Argentina and that ... Read more >
Tags: bariloche, chocolate, el bolson, el calafate, el chalten, fitz roy range, glaciar perito moreno, mount tronador, parque nacional los glaciares, ruta 40
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 | By postcards | Views [3394]
Another month rolls by as we head towards the end of 2006. The Nomads office has been busy with website upgrades and that's kept any of us from travelling for now. However, it's clear from this stack of postcards that some World Nomads are getting ... Read more >
Tags: free t-shirt, friends, postcards
SWEDEN | Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By louise | Views [3057] | Comments [3]
I can't add any photos right now but just thought I would pop in to say hållo and that I'm still alive! Summer school has been okay so far but it's kind of a bummer to have to research and do work when you just want to explore the outside world :) Tomorrow ... Read more >
Tags: Work
JAPAN | Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [2653] | Comments [1]
Megumi and I took a trip to the Southern Botanical Gardens here on Okinawa last Wednesday. Neither of us had been there before and we were lured there by promised of the lotus flowers in bloom. This lovely surfing cow greeted us on the way in.... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sun, 11 Mar 2007 | By hutch07 | Views [2566] | Comments [3]
Greetings from Cambodia all you good, good people. This place rocks like a big rocky rock, rocking up at a rock concert whilst eating a stick of rock. It has surprised us and charmed us in equal measure, and it's a place we'd love to return to as there ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
COLOMBIA | Sat, 14 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [2147]
O.K. It's time for a little bit of a detox. The beer and Veg and two meat diet is starting to take it's toll. There has been a certain shift in attitudes among those around me, my new nicknames of "El Gordo" and "Sancho Panza", which ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
INDIA | Fri, 7 Feb 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1940]
Salzburg has The Sound of Music , Udaipur has Octopussy ; shows nightly at restaurants throughout town. Udaipur has been called the Venice of the East and the most romantic city in Rajasthan. But a poor monsoon can leave Lake Pichola looking ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Mon, 25 Nov 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Views [1864]
We got the bus from Phnom Pehn to Siem Reap. A distance that back home would only take 3-4 hours, took 9. The traffic was horrendous and we stopped constantly to pick people up. The bus was so full that people sat on little plastic stools in the ... Read more >
HONDURAS | Thu, 9 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1707]
The first great Mayan site I'd visit on my "journey of rediscovery" would be Copan: Honduras' most famous. This morning I awoke early so I can make my way toward Copan, as it's about a 2-hour drive from La Entrada to Copan Ruinas despite ... Read more >
Tags: maya
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1661]
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 >
SINGAPORE | Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [1334]
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. It has everything and more, the safest city in the world supposedly...though i must be quite unlucky to witness an attemped theft!!!! I arrived in Singapore on a wave of emotions, in fact i cried my way ... Read more >
INDIA | Thu, 26 Mar 2009 | By jess_lee | Views [945]
Today is the opening day of the Kalyani Para music centre and the atmosphere around me is electric. Sweaty cameramen from Malayalam TV jostle for good vantage points while assembled villagers excitedly take their seats. Dedicated to the memory of ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Mon, 18 Jun 2007 | By jiff | Views [901]
From Cusco I caught a bus to Puno on the Peru side of Lake Titicaca. This is a giant inland lake at 3820m altitude. The highest navigatable lake in the world it was claimed. Puno was pretty non descript place, but I joined a tour and caught a boat ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
FRANCE | Wed, 23 May 2007 | By mascha_z | Views [881] | Comments [2]
I am sitting in my gorgeous apartment in the Antibes Old Town – very happy to be here because this is my 4 th home in a week, and I am sick of living out of a suitcase! We have this place for 2 weeks, so hopefully will be able to get a job organised ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
CHINA | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [851] | Comments [3]
for breaking up. I ran into Kevin in the subway today. I'll unabashedly admit that he is my favorite student. I started excitedly chatting, "Hi! How are you?" He mumbled and bumbled his way through a conversation. Weirdly answering ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thetravelicious | Views [809]
If people ask me what is the right sentence to describe Purwokerto, I would shout clearly that it is the most charismatic city ever. Several people may say it is just a city, underdeveloped and nothing special, but readers, you should believe me it is ... Read more >
Tags: joved, purwokerto, unsoed
CHINA | Mon, 27 Apr 2015 | By langkawi21 | Views [779] | Comments [1]
Everything in China comes in BIG scales, the " Giant " Panda, " Super Loud " Tourists, " Great " Wall of China, " Huge " infrastructure network and " Superb " public transport systems.
Public transport, food and accommodation are fairly cheap, however, ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 26 Jan 2018 | By domi_info | Views [764]
Hallo Freunde!
In diesem „Etappenbericht“ geht es um die Etappe „Das zweite Mal Auckland“. Insgesamt besuchte ich drei Hostels und ich lernte, wie die Hostel mit den jeweiligen Managern glänzen oder auch an glanz verlieren ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 19 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [651] | Comments [1]
1:45 a.m. PST Seattle. Last night when I was checking in for my flight I was changing seats and deciding between window or aisle. For < 3.5 hour flights I always pick the window seat because I avoid the bathroom like the plague. Since this was ... Read more >
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
SAINT LUCIA | Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By shaz | Views [569]
St Lucia is hot and that’s what I’ve been waiting for since the summer. I spent the first day getting burnt in the sea. I got trashed about in the huge waves of Sandy Bay Beach and nearly lost my shorts. This was a welcoming rest after a ... Read more >
ITALY | Sat, 11 Sep 2010 | By marcellorothery | Views [518] | Video
Filmagem que eu fiz da Capela Sistina, há 2 dias.
Tags: capela sistina
AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [359] | Video | Scholarship Entry
1- I am Hazara from Afghanistan, one of the different ethnics from central of Afghanistan and if you chose me I would be the first Hazara who see Mexico I guess. 2-You will make true my dream to visit Mexico and make a short video. 3- I am smart and have ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 22 Jul 2015 | By rodj | Views [349] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Please give me that chance to make that i'm really doing for : Meeting people and be the witness of their way of life. Landscapes, city lights and a kid smiling can litteraly make me cry. I'm just another picture and video lover, that's for sure, and ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
NICARAGUA | Wed, 24 Feb 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [256]
After yoga we went for breakfast and decided to go to Hermosa beach with Johnny and One Love. We both had a really great surf, Mike gave me a little push onto a wave and saw me sail through for a really long ride. We met Daniel and Matt, 2 ... Read more >