World Nomads journals & writers

Mendoza 8/01 – 21/01

ARGENTINA | Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By lionel14 | Views [2496] | Comments [2]

ENGLISH Hi guys, that s it, I am on the road again and it feels good!!! After a good new year and wraping up in Córdoba ... At the moment i am in the province of Mendoza. A good bus ride west from Córdoba. I started with San Rafael (South of Mendoza ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Feliz Navidad Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By katrinamckeever | Views [2188]

Christmas in Buenos Aires is a white knuckle ride of a celebration requiring stamina, determination, commitment and nerves of steel. This is cheifly because the parties start late and end with everyone throwing cheap chinese fireworks around the ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, bars, buenos aires, champagne, christmas, latin america, puerto madero, restaurants, san telmo, south america

Moses, Monuments and Mosaics: A Journey Through Jordan

JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1893]

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

Newcastle to Port Stephens

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 >

Turkey (Part II) – Istanbul & Didim – beauty, elegance, ruins and lovely friends

TURKEY | Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By pauluiza | Views [1551]

Turkey (Part II) – Istanbul & Didim – beauty, elegance, ruins and lovely friends After 18 months in Asia, we leave Bangkok on the last day of the Thai New Year, a great time for new beginnings, so we take a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala ... Read more >

Kung Fu in China Weeks Forty-One to Forty-Three

CHINA | Mon, 16 Jun 2014 | By korric | Views [1191] | Comments [1]

I've now been in Henan for three weeks. It's very touristy here at the temple, and normally one must pay a fee to enter the temple area, but we are given student cards which allow us free ingress, and we were shown a side entrance to the temple itself ... Read more >

Tags: china, martial arts

Veliko Tarnovo

BULGARIA | Fri, 21 Oct 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1188]

Our first impression of Bulgaria was of disappointing Sofia.   Our last will be the wonderful town of Veliko Tarnovo.   We followed signs for the Comfort Hotel, 200 meters at a time, into the narrow, twisting, cobbled streets of the old town, ... Read more >

Alegria

EL SALVADOR | Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1150]

We headed to the bus station on a crazy minivan and found the bus to Alegria. It didn´t leave for about an hour so we were treated to the usual parade of vendors of everything coming thru the bus. We bought a couple of coconuts (shell off but still ... Read more >

Cua Lo Beach Trip

VIETNAM | Mon, 28 Oct 2013 | By globalgabi | Views [1081]

Finally, today I went to the beach. My friend Lam Giang picked my up on the motorbike and we went along the river to Cua Lo Beach. Very deserted at this time of year, no tourists, most restaurants are closed. But, what the hell, it was warm, we even ... Read more >

Tags: cua lo beach, seafood, swimming

Stairway to the land of the old Gods- Banaue Rice Terraces and Sagada

PHILIPPINES | Wed, 25 Apr 2012 | By kalipulako | Views [1069]

In the Philippines, where culture in the lowlands had hit an all time low, especially in the cities, and the urban areas, culture is an extremely rare find. Many may find it hard to understand, but in the past few decades, the country had been forgetting ... Read more >

Tags: on the road, travel, trekking

Solu-Khumbu

NEPAL | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 | By brian-camille | Views [1030]

The Solu-Khumbu is a region of Northeastern Nepal that encompasses many of the highest mountains in the world... Everest, Lhotse, Cho Oyo, etc.  A very majestic mountain range!!!  and it's home to the Sherpa people who practice Tibetan Buddhism and more ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Day and Night activities in the sky

HONG KONG | Tue, 29 Mar 2011 | By terrihorner | Views [816]

Because the cable car to Ngong Ping didn't open 'til 10am or so, we decided on an early start to avoid tourist crowds After enjoying breakfast, 7:30am, at Pacific Coffee Company (our ever-reliable source of western food and coffee)we boarded a local bus ... Read more >

E a vida continua...

CHILE | Tue, 9 Mar 2010 | By mandybr | Views [793]

...e o abandono daqui também! Rs Estou terminando de subir os comentários e fotos da semana do terremoto - mesmo por que não tirei muitas fotos depois disso. O terremoto aboliu minhas pequenas road trips, neste domingo minha última companheira de aventuras ... Read more >

Tags: danos, doações, teletón chile, terremoto

Meeting up with Jen

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 14 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Views [769]

back in the early stages of this trip, i thought that I'd actually hang out with Jen and Mark (fairfax friends tho jen is from Wales). But as it neared, we realized that we'd be lucky to ring each other while on the same continent (or island). So, as ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Calangate.

INDIA | Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [613]

19/082008 - 25/08/2008 Calangate and the North. It was my first night out of the dodgy joint in Colva, and feeling comfortable in my backstreet lodge, i pulled out my laptop to do a bit of writing. I was pretty happy with the little baby since the ... Read more >

The ¨Horse and Cart¨ Recycling System

ARGENTINA | Tue, 9 Sep 2008 | By doreen-b | Views [612]

There is an interesting recycling system here.  There are families (and I say that because I always see children doing this) who use a horse and cart to pick up the cardboard from in front of the homes, where the garbage bags are placed (and I might ... Read more >

Beijing on the Run

CHINA | Mon, 14 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [608] | Comments [1]

And they said it couldn't be done!  They said The Great Wall took one day, and we said "NO".  We have only one day and must see this and this and this.  They said "NO".  Guess who won???  We were up and running very early.  We were ... Read more >

Tags: beijing, china

Spanish Summer 2018 - Múrcia

SPAIN | Sun, 1 Jul 2018 | By pauluiza | Views [589]

Spain, Múrcia  - Blanca, Cieza, Abaran, Torre de La Horadada, La Manga y Mar Menor, Cartagena & Caravaca de la Cruz - Yeah, now we totally get the concept of siesta time -   It's time to hit the road again. This time we'll ... Read more >

What Wat?

THAILAND | Thu, 7 Jul 2011 | By braynroni | Views [550]

Today was epic. Started wandering through Phra Ram Park really early...no one around but us and a MASSIVE water lizard out for a swim! Much excitement and some unco-ordinated video taping by Roni :-P We then set about seeing a fair few Wat...Wat ... Read more >

Australia Entry 3 of Journal 03/08/13

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 8 Mar 2013 | By jewraider | Views [530]

Dear Journal, (and to all my readers)    Still under the influence of gastro, so i'm taking hydra-lite dehydration drink. Hopefully this bug will run its coarse soon, and rid me of all this pain. On the bright side i was ... Read more >

Tags: food, possum

Berlin - Friday 10th July 2009

GERMANY | Fri, 10 Jul 2009 | By ange_turls | Views [480]

I can't believe that we are sitting on a train again, the days seem to be flying past, but at the same time it feels like we have been away for ages. Today marks the halfway point of our trip...still plenty to come. We both really enjoyed Berlin. The ... Read more >

Celebrating SongKran in Thailand

THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By christinedrage | Views [477]

Somehow, when this specific time of the year comes, the whole of Thailand transforms into a giant water fight between, kids, teens and grownups. No point in holding back your inner child when SongKran comes around! We all bought water guns, preparing ... Read more >

Tags: phuket, songkran, thailand, waterfight

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [448]

we should have perhaps gone to the Majorelle Gardens and/or had a horse carriage ride at sunset - but i for one had NO sleep (probably still obsessing about lost luggage) and wound up going downstairs to the courtyard in the middle of the night and trying ... Read more >

Istanbul!

TURKEY | Tue, 8 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [411]

we flew from the very small airport at LEX/Lexington to O'Hare and then to Istanbul in Business Class on Turkish Airlines - 3 words to describe our flight FAB-U-LOUS!  contrary to reports in many online reviews, our crew could not have been sweeter ... Read more >

Tues 9 July - more St Petersburg adventures

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wed, 10 Jul 2013 | By musicaladventures | Views [184]

  Today was a slower start because we needed to do some washing. Also, we were not feeling the best, trying to shake off colds we think we caught on the plane to St Petersburg. We haven't let the colds stop us seeing what we wanted to see, thankfully.... Read more >