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INDIA | Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [11089] | Comments [1]
Upward of 5 million foreign tourists flock to India every year. 5 million . That’s like if the entire population of Finland boarded airplanes and all flew to another, already over-populated, country. With such a figure in mind it can be difficult ... Read more >
Tags: india, off the beaten path, transport, travel
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 4 May 2011 | By mishulee | Views [8155] | Comments [1]
終於近距離一睹 ULURU 呢日 5 點幾起身 , 都唔係好早者 , 都多得 TAS 6-DAY TOUR 既訓練後 , 已經習慣早起 ?! 首先先到 LOOKOUT 睇 ULURU 日出 , 之後會去 ULURU 既 BASE WALK! 前一日已經聽過 BRON 講 , 當地既 ABORIGINAL 唔希望旅客去爬 ULURU, ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4928] | 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 >
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1894]
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, 5 Jul 2013 | By cvanwyk | Views [1665]
Dinosaurs fascinated me a kid. I can remember when I was a kid, shortly after moving to Australia from New Zealand, my aunty, always happy to oblige my curiosity of the natural world, brought me to the QLD museum. Looking at the gigantic reconstructions ... Read more >
CANADA | Mon, 23 Apr 2007 | By nat_and_chris | Views [1658] | Comments [2] | Video
Ottawa was our first chance to have a relaxing "holiday." That meant no sight seeing, no walking 10km per day and no need to get out of bed at Sparrow's Fart every second day pack our bags and lug them to the next train or bus. Staying ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
SINGAPORE | Mon, 19 May 2014 | By yauming | Views [1528] | Video
I swam with a school of hammerhead sharks at 30m depth. Surrounded by over 40 to 60 of these magnificent predators I felt no fear. Just a wonderful feeling of awe and respect and humility that these powerful creatures of the deep were allowing me into ... Read more >
Tags: diving, gopro, hammerhead, natgeo, scuba, sharks
PANAMA | Wed, 22 Apr 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1445]
We left San Jose on the 9am bus to Changuinola, Panama. We traveled up into the cloud forest, where it was lush, green and wet, then down towards the border at Sixaola. About an hour before the border, a horrible bang followed by clunking sounds emanated ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By homeless_harry | Views [1397]
We all know that certain things are contagious. Yawn and you'll see everyone in the room do likewise before long. Sneeze with the flu in an elevator and you'll halve your office's workforce for the week. SDbjijberf saajsdbkj......Sorry, that was a battle ... Read more >
Tags: friends, missed flights, on the road, wineries
BRAZIL | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1388] | Comments [1]
Can we have a drum roll to begin this entry please? Thank you... Yes, it´s what you´ve all been waiting for for these past three months - a second round of Sarah and Phil´s trip stats! Stay with us readers*, this one has pie charts and everything..... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 6 Nov 2006 | By anage | Views [1205]
went into whitianga, nice beachside town, basically just strolled around and saw what there was to do the next day went to karaoke bar in evening....saw some locals performing country and western "classics" Arrived in whitianga to a cool camp ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SOUTH AFRICA | Sat, 6 Dec 2014 | By anijensen | Views [983]
This morning’s drive was a bit of a bust. We drove around and saw lots of animals, but heard that there had been a sighting of two cheetahs. We headed for the area, cast back and forth, all eyes peeled, but nothing seen. ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 19 May 2007 | By bjw_uk | Views [960] | Comments [2]
A hazy week! MASSIVE thanks to everyone for my Birthday emails and messages. It really means a lot to have had emails from so many people who I haven’t seen for a long time. Definitely put a big smile on my face. The week kicked off with a house party ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
ITALY | Tue, 7 Jun 2016 | By luca | Views [933] | Video
Un video veramente ben fatto; un insieme di foto dei luoghi più tipici e di vita quotidiana di questa meravigliosa città.
Merita la pena guardarlo!
Tags: firenze, foto, video, vita quotidiana
SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [871]
Only a little more than a week I have left in Samoa. For the past couple of days I’ve been staying with John, Lagi, and family. They have four children: George, Frank, Mona, and Fina. Lagi made her first carrot cake last night; excitedly enough, ... Read more >
MEXICO | Wed, 21 Nov 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [788] | Comments [1]
It seems that once you meet another camper you can’t help but run into them again…and again! When we returned from Guanojuato today Art and Gillian who we had met in Zacatecas were camped nearby. Tony and Susan, our new friends, had met them last ... Read more >
Tags: friends
TANZANIA | Fri, 8 May 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [753]
One of my colleagues, Matthew read my last blog and asked the question “The blog was useful talking about being prepared and being on the front foot, but what about when things go wrong and you are not prepared?”.
That blog was written ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 17 Jul 2019 | By vagabonds3 | Views [668]
A WHILE AFTER WE LEFT SITKA ON MONDAY EVENING, Connie and I watched as the harbor pilot Cirque du Soleil-ed from the Maasdam’s rope ladder onto the launch that would return him to port. His isn’t a job to envy in heavy seas. ... Read more >
CANADA | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 | By firegrl | Views [647] | Video
So it is the day before the day before Christmas which is like Christmas eve here. Yesterday was amazing but I was exhausted. Slept all night in into this morning. Got up a little later than usual and headed down for breakfast. Was sort of a lazy morning ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sat, 2 Jul 2011 | By braynroni | Views [543] | Comments [1]
Bray ate an insect! I know those of you who know him well may doubt this strongly but we have photo evidence of him going back for seconds of grasshopper and trying a frog too.... Today we walked over 30,000 steps (according to the pedometer on ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sun, 23 Sep 2012 | By travelbug77 | Views [530]
Life in Spain has begun with my two month stay underway.
With my Spanish extremely limited I have been thrown in head
first, struggling to keep up with conversations and as yet only able to say
basic sentences at best.... Read more >
ITALY | Thu, 8 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [503]
I have the feet of a traveller, a pilgrim. Covered as they are in blisters, sores and dirty. A permanent ‘X’ embellishing them even when they are bare, a mark of the time spent in my sandals on dusty roads. Each weary step takes me forwards, ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, italy, pilgrim, umbria, walking
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [449]
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 >
SPAIN | Sun, 25 Jul 2010 | By lauren-farr | Views [443]
25th July 2010 The beach itself is beautiful! It has sand, which is always a plus when in europe. There were big fat rocks in the water but once out deep enough it was amazing! The water was sooo warm that we stayed in for a good hour enjoying every ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 11 Feb 2015 | By excellentadventure | Views [350]
Very touristy of us today, we hit Lincoln Memorial, White House, Washington Needle and Pentagon. Took advantage of the bike share thing, seeing as though it was $7 for the day in half hour blocks. We crossed over into Virginia in Pentagon city with the ... Read more >