World Nomads journals & writers

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4930] | 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 >

Light the Way to Change on Earth Hour

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By nomads-news | Views [3420] | Comments [1] | Video

On March 27, 2010 the world will join together to show support for a sustainable future and make a stand against climate change with the internationally recognized Earth Hour , in turning off their lights for one hour. It’s one thing to turn our ... Read more >

Tags: corporate social responsibility, csr, earth hour, himalaya, solar lights, solar power, sustainable development

Nomads on the Road - Lisa in Mongolia

MONGOLIA | Mon, 12 Dec 2011 | By nomads-news | Views [2909]

Lisa Cape works in the Customer Service Centre at World Nomads and recently returned from adventures on the road.  Where did you go?  In July of this year myself and 6 like minded seasoned  travellers left our phones and a good part of the 21st ... Read more >

Tags: food, mongolia, nomads, travel

Karijini and its wonders

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 12 Jan 2013 | By sianmercel | Views [2251]

Recently, over the festive season, my Mother and I went road tripping around the Pilbara. The Pilbara is located in Western Australia in the top-west section (AKA the Great Sandy Desert). As you can imagine, there is a LOT of red dirt EVERYWHERE! We ... Read more >

Tags: karijini national park, pilbara, trekking, western australia

Nisha

SINGAPORE | Mon, 25 Jun 2012 | By hanna | Views [2242]

I met Nisha on my last night in Singapore. She is 7 years old and her father tells me her favourite thing to do is talk. I realised this when I sat down and she asked me if I would like to borrow her umbrella, where I was from and what I would like ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1663]

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 >

Terelj National Park, Mongolia

MONGOLIA | Tue, 20 Mar 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1645] | Comments [2]

Can't believe the comments.  tsk  tsk   The title photo on this article(when I find an internt connection that I can download photos from) is of the ger (rhymes with bear) that we stayed in in the Terelj National Park. There was about 12 of us travellers ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Cherai Beach, Kerala to Margao, Southern Goa.

INDIA | Sat, 16 Aug 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [1582] | Comments [1]

11/08/2008 - 16/08/2008 Cherai Beach, Kerala to Margao, Southern Goa. The auto drivers were offering to take me to Cherai beach for Rs.500, but of course that's not my way..  And, I knew from my conversations with locals that there was an easy and ... Read more >

¿Hablas español?

GUATEMALA | Sun, 3 May 2009 | By shelleytravels | Views [1316] | Comments [1]

So we arrived in San Pedro de la Laguna and enrolled in the Spanish course. My first teacher was pretty shit although I did learn a lot about her recent break-up with her boyfriend. Brilliant. That´s what I´m paying for? Anyway I ditched her and ended ... Read more >

Kaspar

PANAMA | Wed, 13 Feb 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1264]

We spent three nights at Kaspars, a pretty run down place, right by the Pacific at Las Lajas But the price was right and Kaspar,  as it turns out, is  not only from Germany, but from Berlin right out of "my neck of the woods" where I  ... Read more >

E 2013 chegou!

INDIA | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By fernandoamarante | Views [1108] | Comments [1]

Feliz ano novo meus amigos! Espero que todos tenham entrado com o pé direito e que esse ano seja cheio de novidades para todos.    Eu sigo por aqui na India. Estou escrevendo esse post dentro do carro (escrevi o post no dia 03.... Read more >

20/12/2012 Port Lincoln

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 20 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [1095] | Comments [2]

This morning Linda and I played and sang Christmas Carols for the children at the kindergarten, and in the afternoon we performed with Ron and John at the Hilton Hotel for the Matthew Flinders Nursing Home clientele. My part was singing, playing ... Read more >

Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Fri, 9 Nov 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1072]

We have had time to walk around the city and explore a bit.  Buenos Aires, "good air," is a misnomer.  It's hot, humid and rife with exhaust fumes from too many cars, buses and motos.  And BA is not a great city for pedestrians.  ... Read more >

Brunei Dec 2011

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | Wed, 28 Dec 2011 | By shaz | Views [1066]

Not the type of place I normally visit. It’s a tiny country almost similar to most South East Asian country but with one difference. It’s the richest country in the world with the richest monarch in the world. So I had to go and see for ... Read more >

More Tales & Ramblings from Paradise

UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By smileynix | Views [893] | Comments [3]

Hi all Well I hope you are enjoying the instalments so far as well as the pictures. I was going to upload some more today but it is Songkrahn. This is a festival to celebrate Thai New Year and basically its one giant waterfight. I ventured out earlier ... Read more >

Tags: ickle ghecko

Tiny Island, Great Walks

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 17 Sep 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [884]

At last! The weather is in my favour today for a nice walk. I awoke a bit earlier than yesterday and I opted for a really nice walk, going up to Malabar Hill and Kim’s Lookout. Lord Howe Island is like that gorgeous blonde lady whom there’... Read more >

Climbing Los Riscos - Or rather, do not climb Los Riscos

SPAIN | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [866]

The stones were bouncing down along the mountainside. I pressed my body against the rugged mountain, panting. My hand grabbing the edge of my phone which moments before had been sliding down towards the steep drop before me.    ... Read more >

Tags: andalucia, cartajima, climbing, hiking, los riscos, off road, trekking

Moving in Day

CAMBODIA | Fri, 19 Mar 2010 | By slav | Views [838]

today we saw the moving in ceremony for our house. With some local help we managed to get it finished in time for our last day. The ceremony started with the village holy man blessing the house, after which a random couple moved in. Apparently it is ... Read more >

Colorado Rockies

USA | Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By annaskates | Views [817]

Well - we finished our project in Gallup and, honestly, I am glad to be out of New Mexico. It was just so dry there and dusty and I am thankful to be in a different climate and environment. (Now in Denver, CO) We went to the Grand Canyon a few ... Read more >

Trip to Kaikora

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By paul_byrom | Views [732] | Comments [1]

We've taken a couple of days out from the job/home search in Christchurch to visit a beautiful little seaside town called Kaikoura. There are loads of residential marine mammals in Kaikoura, because the sea surrounding it is so rich in food, and there's ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Sanibel Sea Shells

USA | Mon, 13 Feb 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [462]

WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL TRIPS to Sanibel Island for birding in “Ding” Darling.  But Sanibel is also known for quality and variety of shells found along the beaches and an entire subculture combs the beach at low tide, always hopeful for ... Read more >

Day 116 - Cartagena

COLOMBIA | Wed, 24 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [422]

Arrived to see the city lights and sounds of cartagena at around 2.35am. After a small celebration of our arrival on deck we all headed back to sleep through to sunrise. After breakfast we said goodbye to The Perle & were firmly back on land &... Read more >

The royal farewell dinner

USA | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [395]

Our last evening in Udaipur at the beautiful Lake Palace was topped off with the most amazing dinner party you could imagine.  We were transported by boat to our royal barge as the sun was setting over the lake.  After finding our comfiest ... Read more >

Penguins of South Africa

USA | Sat, 28 Feb 2015 | By smithtravel | Views [355] | Comments [1]

Penguins in warm weather seems almost as strange as driving on the left side of the road.  Spent this day heading south to the Cape of Good Hope, with stops for many bicycles, runners and like minded tourist exploring.  We finished our stay ... Read more >

Day9: arrive Milano

ITALY | Mon, 16 Sep 2013 | By vangonza13 | Views [320]

I had breakfast this morning with 2 of my hostel roommates, the guy from Greece and the other guy, a teacher from Sicily. The Sicilian didn't speak English and the Greek didn't speak Italian, so at times I attempted to act as the translator. Not a very ... Read more >