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INDIA | Sun, 16 Dec 2007 | By lillylilla | Views [1797]
As I left Paris at 12:25pm, I was supposed to arrive in Delhi on the following day at 5:00am after a stop in Aman [Jordania] for three hours. Actually the RJ 192, Aman to Delhi on the 16th December 2007 was delayed for sixteen hours or so… With no ... Read more >
Tags: airport, aman, delay, delhi, flight, india, jordania, paris
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By cvanwyk | Views [1662]
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 >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1661]
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 >
THAILAND | Wed, 4 Dec 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Views [1302]
We booked an overnight bus and boat package from Bangkok to get down to Ko Tao island, which is on the South East side of Thailand. Thankfully the last of our overnight journeys for this trip! We had checked out of our hotel at lunch time and had to ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 25 Jul 2011 | By princess2802 | Views [1234]
I have been back at ‘home’ in Australia for two weeks now,
on holiday. As an expat coming back to the motherland, I’m finding it mighty
difficult to write something productive or relevant that doesn’t include “it
hasn’t changed much” or “it holds ... Read more >
CHINA | Sun, 3 Jun 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [1212]
3 June 2012
Saturday, June 2, Hayley, Nico, and I met up to take a bus on a day trip to Xitang, Zhejiang. Only an hour bus ride about 70km from Shanghai, ancient Xitang is a well known water canal town. It is mostly known for covered walkways and ... Read more >
Tags: chicken butcher, qianshi gao, tom cruise, water town, xitang
COLOMBIA | Thu, 17 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [960]
What a difference a day makes. After sleeping the sleep of the righteous I awoke in the breeze of the airco not entirely sure where I was. Fortunately this is not a condition entirely alien to me. Halland and Hannah, being the hard working folk the are, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
INDONESIA | Wed, 17 May 2017 | By journeyjane | Views [938]
18/05/2017 Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
I'm leaving Bali today and headed to Singapore. Here are just a few additional highlight of the trip and activities I highly recommend.
10/05/2017 Tegalalang Rice Terrace
Batur Region is located in the northeast ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By aejo1991 | Views [922] | Comments [1] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I come from a family lacking adventurous spirits. My parents had never traveled outside of the U.S. -- with the exception of Caribbean islands for resort getaways. So, to my mother, my desire to do an alternative spring break in Jamaica (teaching schoolchildren) ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
NEPAL | Fri, 28 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [859]
KATHMANDU SEEMS CHAOTICALLY FAMILIAR – dusty, crowded, noisy and polluted. But there are no tuk-tuks. And few Indians. “Nepal,” read a sign at the airport, “has the world’s tallest mountain and the world’... Read more >
USA | Mon, 10 May 2010 | By davidrgaines | Views [778]
Following a massively successful bar mitzvah and party, a group of family and friends trooped down to Larkspur the following morning to walk along the stunning Tennessee Valley Trail, which ends at the Tennessee Beach. The whole experience is very Irish ... Read more >
LAOS | Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [762]
Wieder stehen wir kurz nach 5 Uhr auf und begleiten die Morgenprozession der Mönche. Diesmal schauen wir uns ein paar andere Wegstrecken an, aber die Szenen gleichen sich. Danach geht es zurück ins Hotel zum Frühstück und danach noch einmal zu einem ... Read more >
Tags: laos, mekong river
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 | By belleslady | Views [760]
March 11th, 2010 Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, Outer Harbor Lat: 17 deg- 04 min N Long: 61 deg – 53 min W The adventure begins! Our first journey is a 3 day sail from Antigua to Grenada followed by 4 weeks exploring ... Read more >
Tags: fish, knots, moon, sailing, stars, sun
PHILIPPINES | Wed, 27 Nov 2019 | By ritchiebasilio | Views [735]
An excerpt during the final stage actual tour guide challenge: May I have your attention, please. Thank You! Let me share with you my experiences that I wrote during the time when I first set put in this white beach resort. I remember standing beside ... Read more >
Tags: basilan, beaches, isbela, malamawi, resort, tour guide, white beach
MEXICO | Thu, 21 Feb 2013 | By mattso | Views [730]
The day of the fiesta! Breakfast was a casual affair at La Palmitos before everyone started on the day's tasks. I went to see if Alving needed any help on site. There's still a fair bit of work going on there - toilets being installed, ... Read more >
Tags: beach, fiesta, mexico, oaxaca, san agustinillo
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [608]
Tallinn, Estonia is truly a gem. The entire old city, which is quite large, is a UNESCO, World Heritage Site (We walked over 8 miles in the “old city”). It is steeped in history and beauty. And you can see the different cultural influences ... Read more >
SLOVAKIA | Mon, 11 May 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [596]
NOT EVEN THE COLD RAIN DETERRED CONNIE. It’s May, the village of Vlkolinec beckons and, by god, she is going to wear shorts and Tevas. This once, at least, bull-headedness trumps common sense.
It's May, after ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Thu, 20 Sep 2012 | By awara | Views [533] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I describe myself a nomad ethnographic film maker. Film making is in my blood.Since my childhood I have observed the world through images. .Film making is my passion, commitment of life and the ultimate goal. I have directed numerous short duration ... Read more >
Tags: travel film scholarship 2012
CANADA | Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By sambo_80 | Views [475]
We spent a week in Vancouver at 2 different Holiday Inn hotels. I like the way they do things here in Canada. Hotels have ice machines on most floors and then they have soda pop machines on odd number floors and snack machines on even number floors. ... Read more >
CHINA | Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [460]
After going up the Oriental Pearl Tower, we had some dinner and went on a short river cruise. Like Hong Kong, many of the buildings are lit up with colourful lights at night time, it was very pretty.
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [448]
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 | Wed, 10 Jun 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [427]
2 'n 5 in a jug.
Sangria is clearly both a fruit and a vegetable. Lets get healthy
Madrid was awesome. Europe always is in the summertime.
Made it from the airport to Plaza Sol on the metro to check-in at ... Read more >
ISRAEL | Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By neshama | Views [396]
Im getting ready to go and packing up.
Tags: The Planning Phase
THAILAND | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By kjones | Views [392]
Well I made it here and so far haven't melted. I think I have never drunk so much water in my life. Although last night the water was replaced with beer and kamikazies. Went out with some guys I knew who just happened to be on my flight- and sitting ... Read more >
USA | Fri, 23 May 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [356]
Wacky, fun, and unlike anywhere else we have been to, we both really enjoyed Vegas. Beautiful Bellagio with its glass blown flowers and fountain displays, Venice complete with gondolas on canals, Paris with the Eiffel Tower, and Treasure Island with ... Read more >