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THAILAND | Wed, 12 Dec 2012 | By coggos | Views [8720]
Thailand take two.
Ten days back in Australia is a whirl of family and social commitments, housekeeping and tidying up loose ends. So wonderful to be greeted at the airport by youngest son and Mum, so emotional to leave again this time for ... Read more >
Tags: thailand
NEPAL | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [3446]
The Garden of Dreams is a walled-off garden in Tridevi Marg at the entrance to the Thamel area in Kathmandu. It costs 160NRs for foreigners to get in ($A3), but it is well worth it if you take a book or the newspaper and spend an afternoon relaxing. The ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
ECUADOR | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3155]
Having passed up the opportunity for various reasons to go the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, in Ecuador we finally decided to venture into one of the defining
features of the South American Continent. The Amazon Basin comprises ... Read more >
Tags: amazon basin, caiman, cuyabeno reserve, frogs, puyo, samona lodge, snakes, tarantulas, tena
WORLDWIDE | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 | By duende | Views [2230] | Comments [1]
When I hit the road for Brazil to unearth the various musical styles of this music-rich land I was already acquainted with a few musical styles such as Samba, Bossa Nova, Lambada, Capoeira and Xote. However, I knew the music of Brazil is as diverse and ... Read more >
Tags: brazilian music, forró, gonzaga
UZBEKISTAN | Wed, 4 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [2219] | Comments [1]
Uzbekistan Impressions:
When we first arrived in Khiva, the restaurant had an MTV channel playing. This seems to be a constant throughout Uzbekistan, one can’t eat without MTV. The episode/song that was ... Read more >
SERBIA | Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1970]
Connie already had a plan for our first day in Belgrade, the capitol of the former Republic of Yugoslavia, but she kept it a secret. After we checked into an overpriced hostel less than a block from the Moskova Hotel, a really overpriced one, she ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 22 Jun 2010 | By kurenai | Views [1657]
Berlin Bar is a rather fun German-themed bar; the best part would be deciding if you wanted to be in opulent West Berlin or barbed-wire East Berlin. West Berlin has plush sofas, gilded mirrors, and a feeling of splendor. East Berlin, however, is full ... Read more >
Tags: bar, drinks, melbourne, night life
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1646]
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 >
CANADA | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By michy | Views [1451]
Work ended up giving me an extra day off which meant we could leave on Sunday instead of Tuesday so we cruised off on our adventure on Sunday the 1st August. Headed toward Lake Louise and stopped in a rest area for the night. Woke up to heaps of mozzies ... Read more >
Tags: cruising in blue, fun in the sun, surprises all round and the most amazing par-tay
INDIA | Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By lillylilla | Views [1303]
I didn’t know anything about what would happen during this trip. I had never been to India before or to Asia… There was only one thing I did wanted to do: going to Varanasi [Benares], the Holy City… Its name attracted me like some few others in the ... Read more >
Tags: delhi, india, varanasi
THAILAND | Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By ericolofson | Views [1198]
Last night was the first really good night of sleep that we've had all trip. We slept until about 7 and woke up feeling refreshed for the day, which is good, because today was long. Rather than exploring the sights on our own, which is what we've ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
JAPAN | Sat, 19 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1198]
We took a trip down to Shurijo Castle Park in Naha at the beginning of the week. According to the pamphlet, "Shurijo Castle functioned as the central structure of Ryukyu Kingdom over a period of approximately 500 years, and was restored in 1992.... Read more >
ROMANIA | Fri, 4 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1129]
The Danube Delta, another UNESCO World Heritage site, is the largest wetland in Europe and t hanks to Connie's careful scheduling we were able to squeeze in a little birding. It is a popular place for wintering waterfowl although today felt almost ... Read more >
SPAIN | Fri, 17 May 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [873]
Historians pretty much agreed that the palms in the Palmeral of Elche, just west of Alicante, were planted by the Moors during their long occupation of Iberia. Recent archeological evidence, however, coupled with DNA from the palms indicate that the ... Read more >
KENYA | Thu, 13 Jan 2011 | By tweber | Views [844]
I arrived safely in Nairobi
last Sunday; and the next three days I went on an amazing safari. The first day
we drove about seven hours to get to the Masai Mara Reserve. We settled into
camp; which were tents you could stand in with real beds.... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [834]
We´re not physically lost, it just feels that way. We are in Cordoba, the second largest city in Argentina, within spitting distance of Plaza San Martin and the WHS Jesuit Block. But our trusty MacBook died on New Years Day. It´... Read more >
FRANCE | Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By milko_rosie | Views [719] | Comments [1]
So there you have it, 3 months and 29 days on the road in Sven. We drove 17323km, through 21 countries. We are very grateful to have had such an amazing experience. There have been a huge number of highlights. We have both attempted to make ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [689]
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 >
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 17 Dec 2006 | By anage | Views [664]
We listen to the cricket as England lurch from hope to despair and we feel sorry for the people that have based their whole holidays on seeing mebounre and Sydney tests. We arrive in Melbourne 4 hours later and arrive to meet jeff and Sharon ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, sightseeing
PAKISTAN | Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By freetravel | Views [621] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am a fresh film graduate and the three words that define me are, Travel, Nature, and Music. I am passionate about travelling and have an unquenching thirst when it comes to the diversity that the planet has to offer. I have recently applied for seminars ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By rutha90 | Views [549]
Less than two weeks to go now!!
Flights, insurance, jags, course completed and passed, visa received, have left work, leaving drinks and have packed my room and moved back to mums! The last few weeks have been crazy busy but now it's time to relax ... Read more >
Tags: emotional, goodbyes, preparation, visa
PHILIPPINES | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By fbillano | Views [496] | Scholarship Entry
I arrive in Siena for the first time, at the wrong time. It's October and the Palio horse races are over. Gone are the Renaissance contrade costumes, the earthen racetrack and cheering crowds the travel brochures promised. Instead, the bowl-like ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
JORDAN | Sat, 23 May 2015 | By ephemeral | Views [495]
If you ever felt like not belonging, this is for you:
She was faster than anyone she ever knew. She was multiplying herself to be in as many parallel universes at the same time as possible. She was breathing such a huge bites of air that she was nearly ... Read more >
Tags: confessions of fire, dybzynska, katrina dybzynska, not belongin, poetic, poetry, travel writing
INDIA | Wed, 18 Nov 2009 | By brad | Views [365]
At home in California, Fall is coming on and my garden's flowers are fading into Autumn hues. With the approach of Winter they'll soon be brown and I'll soon be in India.
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By rambler | Views [234] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Whether it is the biblical legend of David and Goliath or the eternal conflict of good and evil, contrasts always hold us in awe. It is this lure of apparent contradictions in life that led us on a journey to Hauz Khas - a cauldron of contrasts. In this ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarship 2012