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COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7763]
To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful
air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >
Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona
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 >
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 2 Apr 2008 | By abelaine | Views [3454]
About 170kms south west is Waitomo Caves our next major stop. Here we took a 5 hour caving tour of the famous glow worm caves. "Rap Raft and Cave" is the company which was the cheapest and most value for money at $125. The others are above ... Read more >
SENEGAL | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 | By olga_christian | Views [3332] | Comments [2]
El riu Senegal, una de les poques fronteres naturals que possiblement hi ha a Africa, separa dos mons ben diferents. Els matolls del desert s’han convertit en immensos baobabs, els camells han deixat lloc als bous i vaques, els turbans negres i mocadors ... Read more >
Tags: català
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
INDIA | Sun, 21 Oct 2007 | By solbeam | Views [1859]
This is not my first cup of chai with Agam-ji. While the kinship I feel for him might well transcend centuries, Agam has already become a revered character in one of my many lifetimes within this one; I studied the art of silversmith under his mentorship, ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
SPAIN | Fri, 11 Jun 2010 | By carol | Views [1735]
Gearing to go... Like last June, I will head to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in NW Spain. I will walk about 90km from S de C to Finisterre, the End of the World. The day before leaving I noticed an ad on the back of a bus. How could I have not ... Read more >
PERU | Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [1681]
There’s so much good food in Lima, Peru. Choosing just one meal to highlight is difficult. However, I chose Al Toke Pez (Avenida Angamos 886) because everything about the place defied my expectations of what Peruvian cooking could be. Particularly ... Read more >
Tags: food, lima, peru, reviews, seafood
CHILE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [1558]
Santiago Sloths
The original plan in Chile was to head straight up the Andes and do a weeks skiing, However the associated costs and it being fully booked had conspired against us. We did manage to find a budget option but not until the ... Read more >
USA | Thu, 2 Jan 2014 | By kurenai | Views [1522]
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Today I bring you a mini day-trip to California’s Joshua Tree National Park situated in the Mojave desert near Twentynine Palms.
First off, as this is the high desert it will be a bit cooler than what ... Read more >
Tags: california, desert, hiking, joshua tree, national park
INDIA | Tue, 4 Jan 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [1235]
Destination:
India – Karnataka – Hampi – I drink to make other people interesting…
We leave Mapsa
for Hampi on the 7pm bus. The bus made us more sympathetic to inmates all over
the world. We hear you guys! It’s a bed all right but no sheets ... Read more >
MOZAMBIQUE | Thu, 22 Oct 2009 | By africa2009 | Views [1139]
Tym razem najbardziej zainteresowal nas chlopiec sprzedajacy suszone myszy na patyku. Zatrzymalismy samochod, zeby zrobic mu zdjecie. Myszy byly wprawdzie ususzone, ale w odroznieniu od solonych ptaszkow na patyku, wciaz mialy na sobie futro.... Read more >
THAILAND | Tue, 23 Mar 2010 | By margitpirsch | Views [1123]
The journey was a long one: 35 hour from door (Marin county, Forest Knolls, CA) to door (Matz’s house in Chiang Mai, Thailand), changing planes twice with a lay over of 8 hours in Taipei – well worth it!! We left March 17 th and arrived March 19 th ... Read more >
Tags: matz and his wife
ZIMBABWE | Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By shantysan | Views [1041] | 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
COLOMBIA | Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By jenc_13 | Views [1027]
It seems to be becoming a trend that I start each entry with some kind of transport misadventure, so I might as well continue with that theme.... I left for Salento in the Zona Cafetera (a whole region devoted to making coffee, yes please) on Friday ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Sat, 10 Oct 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [985]
Standing at the corner of Avenida 2 and Calle 3, there's a sign for the bus to Volcan Irazu. The other day I had teeth pulled out and I have a mouthful of stitches, so I was ready for an escape from San Jose for the day. Earlier I asked Jonathan if he ... Read more >
IRAN | Fri, 16 Nov 2012 | By piglet | Views [970]
Even in the 19thC, the rich in Kashan were building fancy temples to their wealth. There are four well-preserved 19thC traditional houses in Kashan that are worth visiting. Two of them were built by rich traders and the other two were governors’... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [932]
Our UK summer is at an end... not that they really have a 'summer' in the UK. But eleven weeks later, our work at Kings Manor is over. We'll miss the beautiful Isle of Wight, the free flowing wine, top quality meat and organic vegetables. And the gorgeous ... Read more >
INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By hegemon | Views [575]
Greetings!!
I am Shilpa and I hail from the beautiful southern Indian state of Tamilnadu. I was brought up and educated in the city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras). I am 25 yrs old and an engineering graduate, currently working as a content ... Read more >
Tags: fruits, greenland scholarship, india, travel photography scholarship 2013, worldnomads
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 | By terrihorner | Views [550] | Comments [3]
Dalat. In the morning we booked a taxi driver for the whole day. First off we went to Elephant RFalls which was amazing. When you go down the bottom and look up, it is great. Next we went ton the silk factory which was pretty boring for me. There were ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 30 Mar 2015 | By chinaho | Views [509] | Comments [1]
To use our new global phone we have had to take the plunge into the icy waters of Android out of the skin temperature iPhone world. After some initial research, we found that we had to have a phone that was unlocked (meaning not tethered to one network), ... Read more >
Tags: phones, preparation, sim cards, technology
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 17 Oct 2013 | By vernskags | Views [427] | 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
ITALY | Tue, 5 Jul 2016 | By travelingherbie | Views [416] | Comments [2]
Off we went to explore some of the other islands. First stop Murano! Well known for its hand blown glass. We came upon a shop where we watched glass being shaped. Very interesting to see something slowly take shape. Then we were off to explore the little ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [331] | 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
USA | Sun, 24 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [225]
Dim, crumbling pavement
Frogs unseen, car horns
The mundane, now fun