World Nomads journals & writers

To Hell and back

TURKMENISTAN | Sat, 25 Apr 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [6674]

March 27-28: Darvaza Gas Crater Conveniently enough, a relative of the friend-of-friend was a taxi driver and agreed to take me to the Darvaza Gas Crater that night, one of the most random and isolated destinations on my itinerary and a definite ... Read more >

Fast Five Profile: Planeterra

WORLDWIDE | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 | By responsible-travel | Views [5122] | Comments [1]

In the WorldNomads.com Responsible Travel blog, we've gone out to some of the biggest and smallest names in the Travel Industry to get a snapshot of who's who and find out what they're actively doing in voluntourism, green travel and socially responsible ... Read more >

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4898] | 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 >

Penang to Kelantan province and back again!

MALAYSIA | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By jeffbrad | Views [4497]

Well today we are moving on from Penang to the Pehrentian islands in the eastern state of Kedak. The islands have been rated as one of the top destinations in Malaysia and possibly South East Asia. We will see when we get there. They consist of two ... Read more >

Surfing the Dunes on a Sand-Board

PERU | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [4251] | Comments [1]

The Lost Girls are in love with Huacachina, a desert oasis town on Peru’s southern coast. What makes it so special? Besides being a backpacker’s haven (we live to mingle), it’s also the sand-boarding capital of the world. We first heard of the ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Salvador

BRAZIL | Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [3614]

Bonjourno everyone from Salvador, Sorry it has been a while. We haven´t been doing much! Since we arrived in Salvador last Tuesday we have fallen into a very comfortable, if predictable, pattern of spending the day on the beach, the late afternoon ... Read more >

An Amazing Race

CAMBODIA | Sun, 4 May 2008 | By matt_and_alson | Views [2923] | Comments [3]

Sure, the highlight today should have been the magnificent visit to Angkor Wat, but I'll be the first to admit I was a little obsessed with the filming of a certain, unnamed reality show that airs on Tuesday nights on CBS, that features pairs of people ... Read more >

Instructions for Eating, Sleeping And Pooping

MALAYSIA | Fri, 17 Nov 2006 | By arfox | Views [2384] | Comments [3]

(in a Malay Muslim Homestay) Bathing gather clean clothes in a dry bag bring soap and toiletries in separate dry bag enter bathing area fully clothed disrobe fill plastic wash basin 3/4 full with water (cold) apply small amount of soap to skin rub ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

A Cold Welcome to Astana

KAZAKHSTAN | Sun, 1 Mar 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1797]

AS I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW ON THE PLANE’S final approach, I could almost see a pack of wolves chasing Zhivago and Lara’s sleigh across the snowy landscape.  Guess I was hallucinating — 30 sleepless hours can do that.  The ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1650]

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 >

not for golfing in Bintan Island - Sumatra: 2008

INDONESIA | Fri, 11 Dec 2009 | By selizabeth | Views [1631]

Less than two weeks after my arrival back in Jakarta, my friends asked me to join them going to Batam, Bintan and Singapore. It was on Wednesday night and then I already got on the flight on Thursday night with them. As the airplane was going to land, ... Read more >

Time travel, but without a fancy car and no speeding

DENMARK | Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By spongey | Views [1452] | Comments [1]

Sunday the day of rest, as i demonstrated by sleeping in until almost midday! though i hadn't intended too and didn't realise it until i woke up. Quick brunch and then we were off on a car trip, we went to the Lejre research center, which is a place ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Zwangswärme

CHINA | Wed, 13 Apr 2011 | By ollo | Views [1136]

Die Zwangswärme ist mir erstmals auf einer Heizkostenabrechnung für meine Wohnung in Basel begegnet. Und auch wenn ich Heizkostenabrechnungen nie vollständig verstehen werde, so viel immerhin war auch mir klar: Mit dieser gottlob nur einen ... Read more >

On the road again

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 16 Oct 2009 | By chiclet | Views [1045]

Nu är vi "hemma" igen, efter vår lilla roadtrip genom SA och VIC. Vi flög till Adelaide i South Australia, där vi stannade två dagar. Efter att ha vant sig vid kaoset i Sydney kändes Adelaide som ett litet, tyst och prydligt ställe. Staden ... Read more >

Tags: adelaide, great ocean road, melbourne

Avila and Segovia

SPAIN | Sun, 2 Jun 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [969]

"You can't judge a book by its cover."  That applies to the alcazar at Segovia and the walled city of Avila.       Fairytale castle at Segovia Segovia's Disney-esque castle perches on a cliff, but it is a 19th Century ... Read more >

Hong Kong

HONG KONG | Fri, 29 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [864]

TIBET, AS THE COMMUNIST PARTY CLAIMS, MAY ALWAYS HAVE been a part of China.  Despite the Brits abdication, Hong Kong most definitely isn’t.  It wasn’t a part of China when Connie visited in nearly 30 years ago and it isn’... Read more >

just hanging around

CHILE | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [765]

We´re just hanging around, waiting for the call to go South. And waiting for my luggage to turn up. It apparently came to Punta Arenas airport 7 hours ago but has yet to make it into town. Seabird man has been joined by another bird man who also comes ... Read more >

Tags: waiting

Pre-travel Reading

INDONESIA | Thu, 8 Jul 2010 | By adventurers | Views [665] | Comments [2]

Indonesia is the world's 4th most populous nation, with over 235 million dudes! And one of the Batak's edible delicacies in the region we are visiting is the partly-digested cud of water buffalo!  Doesn't sound too appetising but i'd rather try that ... Read more >

Day 7 - One week down....

THAILAND | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 | By claire_jefferies | Views [527]

....25 to go! Yesterday I flew down to Phuket - really straightforward, found myself a minibus heading down to Karon, which would drop me off at my hotel which saved me the taxi. I actually spoke to someone (but obviously she had to start the conversation) ... Read more >

Australia

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 13 Mar 2014 | By petkat | Views [419]

Norfolk Island-a wonderful place to relax,stunning scenery,a brutal history

Local Legend - Keith Fitzgerald

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 17 Oct 2013 | By vernskags | Views [407] | Video | Scholarship Entry

What Inspired my subject matter? Keith Fitzgerald represents an entire community's current struggle to protect their iconic suburb from a state government with very questionable motives. My experience to date: I'm a Masters of Journalism student at the ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013

The first Hazara in Mexico

AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [346] | 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

Cosmic Flow

USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [318] | 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

Impressions!

NETHERLANDS | Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [314]

The city is really crowded! It is August so there are the usual vacationers and Amsterdam is also host to the “2016 Euro-Pride” gathering”. The Netherlands is quite proud that they were the first country in the world to allow gay marriages ... Read more >

Hitch-hiking Colombia 101

USA | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [256] | Comments [2]

Turns out hitchhiking in Colombia is really easy - just stand on the side of a lonely stretch of highway and wave frantically at passing trucks. The third one stopped, after as many minutes. Nice. So at this point you are probably wondering why I ... Read more >