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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4926] | 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 >

Is Parting Such Sweet Sorrow?

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 22 Nov 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [3993]

Saying Goodbye I used to complain a lot about the frustrations of meeting people while traveling and then having to say goodbye. It used to kill me inside - the act of putting in the effort to get to know someone only to have them leave as quickly ... Read more >

Tags: friendship, inspiration, off the beaten path, relationships, travel

Patagonia

ARGENTINA | Tue, 9 Dec 2008 | By k-lero | Views [3827] | Comments [10]

Como dicen los Rememorama, Patagonia!! :P No es tierra de ciudades, ni del ser humano ni de construcciones, es tierra de vasta Naturaleza; llena de tesoros en los que el hombre es tan sólo espectador, simplemente puede venir aquí y observar, dejando ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, chaltén, chile, patagonia, perito moreno, torres del paine

Far too cool to fly on time.

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 20 Mar 2010 | By homeless_harry | Views [3418] | Comments [1]

This seasons fashion is idiocy, best expressed through missed flights and further unnecessary expenditure. While the finger of blame could stray slightly towards others, I must accept full responsibility for uncovering more and more unusual ... Read more >

Tags: flying, friends, misadventures, party

Tasty, tasty Beni-imo!

JAPAN | Sat, 19 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [3016]

Today's word of the day is "beni-imo."  Beni-imo is the Okinawa Purple Sweet Potato.  It is often times made into a paste and used for filling delicious tarts.  The boys are also big fans of beni-imo ice cream.   We had driven by a large beni-... Read more >

Whistler gets awesome.

CANADA | Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2711]

So after a couple of quiet weeks, with not as much snow as we’d become accustomed to, we were starting to wonder if that was it for the season. The snow base dropped about 20cm, from around 245cm to 225cm, non-pisted runs were getting mogelled to the ... Read more >

Tags: music, snow, whistler

The Mütter Museum: abnormally strange and yet strangely intriguing

USA | Wed, 7 Sep 2011 | By kurenai | Views [2212]

The Mütter Museum is a part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, founded in 1787, which (according to their website) is the oldest professional medical organization in the country.   Donated by Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter in ... Read more >

Tags: curiosities, museum, mutter museum, oddities, pennsylvania, philadelphia, wunderkammer

Thai Kickboxing

THAILAND | Tue, 27 May 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [1823]

27th MAY 2007 Bangkok, like many cities including London, is diverse. If you were picked up and unknowingly dropped in turn at Downtown Bangkok, the Financial Centre of Bangkok, and then Old Bangkok, you would be startled to subsequently learn ... Read more >

Tags: bailey, boxing, kickboxing, stephen

Mumbai motions

INDIA | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [1361]

The final city stop on the grand journey around the world was Mumbai, India formerly known as Bombay. We happen to time this visit with the most powerful monsoon rains the city had seen in a long time. In fact, the high tide that registered the day after ... Read more >

Tags: commuter train, india, monsoon, mumbai

Kerry and Skellig Rings and a New Word

IRELAND | Sun, 14 Aug 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [1352]

OK so the title says the Ring of Kerry but really it is more about the Skellig Ring as that, apart from driving along with the caterpillars (this is Tara and Paul speak for tour buses), we pretty much stayed on the Ring of Skellig.   This was mainly ... Read more >

Stop. Look. Listen.

VIETNAM | Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By dondealban | Views [1342]

...and especially before crossing the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). These motorbikes are ubiquitous in Saigon, their traffic--oftentimes en masse--make it quite challenging to get across the street. This particular photo was ... Read more >

Tags: ho chi minh, street life, vietnam

Urban versus Rural life

CAMBODIA | Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By gem_sky | Views [1265]

There was such a jump between the big cities and rural areas, much more than in Europe, I think because the development has been so much quicker and more recent. It makes things really uneven, and as soon as you start traveling you realise ... Read more >

Tags: bicycles, kampot, rural, shower gel, urban

Sarajevo

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1078]

So it's not what i expect - it really is a little big town.  We take a tram ride pass the bridge where Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand was shot (ring a bell?) and find a room in a locals house - a local who we call Auntie from then on (she keeps lending ... Read more >

Kyoto: Just Right

JAPAN | Tue, 7 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [867]

ARRIVING IN KYOTO, STEEPED AS IT IS IN HISTORY and tradition, from Mongolia, where life goes on much as it has for centuries, was a huge transition.  Visiting Mongolia is a look back at the land of Chingis Khan while being in Japan is peeking into ... Read more >

Divrigi

TURKEY | Sat, 3 Oct 2009 | By gumerg | Views [859]

Pues parece que hace algo de frio y ha estado lloviendo un poco. El pueblo es un tipico pueblecito con pocas visitas de turistas. Todo bastante autentico tranquilo y barato... el chai  mas barato de todo el recorrido. Lo importante que nos ha traido ... Read more >

Day Three: Street Samba and Cachaça

USA | Mon, 3 Jan 2011 | By electric_scribe | Views [829] | Video

The people in Brazil are instantly endearing. At first Rio´s few English speaking locals may turn off travelers looking for an easy time. It´s really ironic because one of my main reasons for not being the biggest fan of the city when I first arrived ... Read more >

Tags: cachaça, centro, churrasco, cordão do bola preta, farafo, gauchos, lapa, samba, zungo

Normal service is now resumed

INDONESIA | Fri, 2 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [669] | Video

With NYE out of the way, and the sun shining once again I was able to do some more diving. In the evening a few of us walked up to the North of the island to watch the sunset whilst having tapas on the beach.....perfect....nearly. As it was Geoff's ... Read more >

Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Mon, 3 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [669]

Ok!  Let's get caught up. Halloween found us bound for Chiang Mai on the overnight train.  Train #13, as it turned out, which we thought was pretty cool for the holiday. I wore a string of light-up pumpkin beads for my costume. We got to the ... Read more >

Tags: chiang mai, music, night train, shopping

Haoles in Hawaii

USA | Tue, 15 Oct 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [632]

MORE THAN 9 MILLION HAOLES  LIKE US visit Oahu each year.  They come for the sun and the surf.  For Pearl Harbor and Diamond Head.  And for many, a week in Waikiki is the beginning of a life together.  For others it's the ... Read more >

Ready to Go

USA | Wed, 2 Dec 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [539]

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT SNOW since we’ve been in the RV and the temperature still hasn’t gotten above freezing.  We have gone through two tanks of propane but managed to keep nice and toasty.  Jellystone Park (no kidding, ... Read more >

Exit Canada!

CANADA | Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By magdalena | Views [405]

I should be cleaning/eating/packing/sleeping or something more useful but I wanted to sit down for 5 mins and write! I leave this afternoon, first to to Toronto and then from there straight to Warsaw (night flight). I bought the tickets separately because ... Read more >

Your Backyard - tawa chicken

PAKISTAN | Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By meerank | Views [397] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I’m a student at the National College of Arts in Lahore and my team member Atzaz is a student at the School of Creative Arts which is also in Lahore. We both are doing our 4 year graduation course in Film making. Students from our country are waiting ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013

The first Hazara in Mexico

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

Resting Pigeons

INDIA | Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By eye-click | Views [331] | Comments [1]

On a fine morning I saw a flock of pigeons are resting on a branch of a tree. It seems like they dont bother about morning, takeing an hour of extra nap. The photograph feels like I am on the roof of the building, but actually I am on a road. The house ... Read more >

Cosmic Flow

USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [330] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration. This inspiration has led me to the pristine wonders of varied countries. At age 17, I sailed throughout the Caribbean, earing my PADI certification and coral reef conservation credit. It was ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

 

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