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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By scholarships | Views [11596]
Remember Anna Zhu ?
Our 2009 Travel Photography Scholarship winner who went on assignment to Antarctica with National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards?
Her stunning photographs have captured the attentions of many including ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4910] | 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 >
ARGENTINA | Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By netsy19 | Views [4247] | Comments [1]
Reaching the La Quiaca bus station I found it necessary to actually acquire Argentinean pesos (so as to be able to buy a bus ticket) Unfortunately, after asking quite a few people on the street where I could exchange bolivianos, I was actually laughed ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By rob_hoeks | Views [3684]
After fraser island we went, with the night bus to airley beach. a fun thing about a night bus is, although you sleep in it, you don't rest at all! the day after we arrived we sailed out on a ship called the hammer. this is an ex-racing yacht, which ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
WORLDWIDE | Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By thedigitalnomad | Views [2533]
Years ago travelling before the age of the internet, people would actually talk to each other in cafés and meeting places. Sadly, today all I seem to see are travellers hunched in internet cafés, desperate to stay connected to family and friends ... Read more >
Tags: digital nomad, ipad, travel
SPAIN | Tue, 21 Nov 2006 | By rhiannon | Views [2250] | Comments [2]
My parents and I headed down to Barcelona where we met up with my brother James. He’s been overseas since November last year and has only just made it home. For anyone travelling to Barcelona, which is a lovely city, the one thing you have to see is ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1653]
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 >
INDONESIA | Wed, 19 Dec 2012 | By nugrohokuthit | Views [1620]
Pantai Ngrenehan merupakan pantai di desa Kanigoro, Saptosari, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Pantai kecil dengan pasir putih serta dikelilingi perbukitan dan ombak yang kecil menambah eksostisme pantai tersebut, namun belum banyak pengunjungnya. Banyak terdapat ... Read more >
Tags: beach, fish, fishermen, indonesia, yogyakarta
INDIA | Sat, 10 May 2008 | By lillylilla | Views [1337]
Arrivee ce matin vers 10:00am a Udaipur apres un voyage en bus with no AC (air conditionner) de 18h00. They say it would be hot, they say it would be a very difficult journey. You know what? I just love it! Nous aurions du partir depuis la station ... Read more >
Tags: bombay, bus, india, udaipur
BRAZIL | Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Views [1172]
On the special leap day of this year 2012, we
flew to Salvador which has a population of 3 million people (half that of Rio
de Janeiro). It is the African soul of the country; this is where the descendants
of the salves preserved their ... Read more >
ZIMBABWE | Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By shantysan | Views [1007] | Video
HERE IN ZIMBABWE : Howard’s End
By Sandy Powlik
I CAME to Zimbabwe to volunteer at Howard. My first day in Zim, we bought gas in Harare out of the back of someone’s truck as well as several litres of blood from ... Read more >
Tags: arv, blood bank, canadian, corruption, currency, hiv, hospital, inflation, mugabe, zimbabwe
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 1 Mar 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [986]
Today we made a momentous decision. Let's hope it doesn't turn into one we live to regret: we decided to remove our Porta Potti from the truck. It was taking up loads of precious room (and the the only place it could sit was in the warmest area ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By cam2yogi | Views [952]
The Road’s Consistency
H ome and settled, now travel bound—it is a constant push and pull between the nature of yin and yang. A traveler is a traveler for life, and to be home is equally a journey as it is while on the road, but there’s a ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [857]
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 >
COSTA RICA | Sun, 2 Jun 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [799] | Comments [2]
Saturday morning started early as I walked down to the bus stop from the farm at 5am as the sun was coming up. Donald had said the bus would arrive at 5:30 but I should be down at the corner at 5:15. I got the the corner and waited. I ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, kda
MALAYSIA | Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By andreagee | Views [753] | Comments [2]
We left the house in the charge of the Alley Cat and set off for Gold Coast Airport. Easy check in and wait. It was well worth the extra money for the extra leg room as Sam had endless room and so did we! Meals were good and we took our own snacks so ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 19 Jun 2013 | By pauline | Views [743]
Mid morning Jenny and I set off for the 40km return trip along the sandy track to The Exmouth Gulf where the owner Tim was building a shelter near the mangrove beach for future camping.
Returned about 2pm looking forward to ... Read more >
Tags: bullara station, gascoyne, western australia
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [712]
THE BRITISH MUSEUM HAS ONE OF THE FINEST collections in the world, between six and eight million artifacts courtesy of the Empire’s rapacious explorers and collectors of the 19 th Century. We returned today In search of the remaining 35 ... Read more >
PERU | Sun, 2 Aug 2015 | By fernandrob | Views [680]
The Inca Trail...up, up, up, down, down, down,down
The time had finally come it was the night before the trail. Trying to work out what to take and what to leave was challenging. We needed to take money for buying water, tips etc but Peruvians ... Read more >
GREECE | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By adora | Views [661]
Who said the best way to see Greece is in winter anyway ? there right. If getting up close to the locals and setting into there way of life doesn't excite you then take a walk with the many goats who run free on the Island of Symi. If you're a photographer ... Read more >
Tags: beach, rocks
USA | Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [661]
Jim and Cathy have been friends and partners in crime for 20 years. We have shard campfires and condos, skied countless thousands of vertical feet together and belayed each other on rock walls throughout the Rockies. Their family has adopted ... Read more >
INDIA | Mon, 12 Dec 2005 | By doherty1957 | Views [615] | Comments [1]
I know, I've written about Mumbai before but it was a bit flippant. On arrival at Mumbai station I think that I should have been shocked at the building and the people in there at 6am in the morning. I wasn't too shocked, I think anyone who has worked ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
MALAYSIA | Thu, 9 Sep 2010 | By escapismus | Views [583]
so, nun sind wir also in semporna, und das auch schon seit 6 tagen und es gefaellt uns hier ganz ausgezeichnet. Wobei semporna wirklich nicht schoen ist, eher so eine schmudelige stinkige hafenstadt, aber wir sind eig die meiste zeit irgendwo draussen ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Sat, 12 Mar 2016 | By dangerruss | Views [534]
Bus to Seville March 10.
My last morning in Portugal. Caught the sunrise over the cliffs. What a great moment. Portugal has completely won my heart. From north to south I have had a great time and can't wait to come back and explore more. After breaky ... Read more >
ITALY | Wed, 30 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [430]
Venice
Monday
29 th September
Venice
gets six million visitors per year. We think that five and a half
million were in St Marks Square when we arrived at 9:00am this
morning. ... Read more >