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From Burning Man to Baja California

MEXICO | Fri, 18 Sep 2009 | By thebagelbarn | Views [39574] | Comments [1]

Burning Man Where were we... This year at burning man I joined the recycle camp with Melvin and Alize (my brother and sister). We collected and crushed aluminum cans (which are later sold per weight and the money donated to local school).... Read more >

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4916] | 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 >

Sailing to Pittwater

AUSTRALIA | Sun, 22 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [3748] | Comments [2]

Too long away from the boat! I had been counting down the days and watching the forecasts in readiness to continue up the coast. Kerry Murphy and i drove from Mount Eliza and collected Jim and Sam directly to the airport. With the ... Read more >

On The Right Track

CHINA | Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [3450] | Comments [3]

At last we do a long overnight train journey in China...Hong Kong to Shanghai in 19 hours. We decided on the hard sleeper option rather than soft sleeper, the difference being there are 6 beds per cabin rather than 4, a ... Read more >

Tags: beijing, forbidden city, great wall, nanjing, olympics, shanghai, summer palace, tiananmen square

Bife de Lomo & Malbec

ARGENTINA | Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By steph | Views [2817]

Again the planning phase was pretty much useless. Well, that is not entirely true, since it's always a lot of fun for me. Nevertheless, after a short week in Chile, Antoinette and I are already headed to another country, when we were supposed to travel ... Read more >

Tags: food & eating

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1656]

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 >

A Night with Guy Fawkes

Despite the fact that we’re not shooting video for living, both of us find enough inspiration and time to shoot some movies. We even made our own travel show ‘Tips On Trips’ while studying at the University of Sussex in Brighton (UK). As members of UniTV ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Palau - Mr Paul & the American Lady

PALAU | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1581]

Palau is meant to looked spectacular from the air, sadly for us we were arriving at 10pm so no aerial view for us. Once through customs we were pleased to be met by someone from the hotel (West Plaza, Malakal), 15 minutes later we were all checked in.... Read more >

Flores - it drives me round the bend! Part 2. Hu'u Beach to Bajawa.

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 7 Mar 2015 | By merantau | Views [1432] | Comments [1]

Mt. Tambora - it had defeated me this time. As I rode towards Hu'u Beach memories of my climb there in 2008 returned. It was a special place made more so because few outsiders ever got to visit it. On April 15, 1815 the world shook. Tambora ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, flores, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Fete de la Musique, wine and cassoulet ...

FRANCE | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1328]

* My quest to make cassoulet here in Paris has to be deemed a failure. While expat Australian author John Baxter, who has lived here for 20 years, might have been a bit of a purist for insisting that cassoulet had to be cooked in a wood-fired oven he ... Read more >

Tags: bastille, bongo drums, cassoulet, fete de la musique, hotel de ville, lozere, marais, market, paris, wine

18/12/2012 Wangary to Port Lincoln via Big Swamp

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 18 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [1243]

After a short drive we launched the boat (made from the same heavy plastic material as water tanks) at a 'secret fishing spot' and soon had our lines in for a great morning catching King George Whiting, Tommys, Trevally and Garfish. The scenery ... Read more >

Tavla

TURKEY | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By nadiamar | Views [1214]

The Backgammon (tavla) is the most popular table game in Turkey. There are special places usually attended only by men, where they play and chat accompanied by Turkish traditional tea for couple of hours. This picture was taken in a small village called ... Read more >

Tags: backgammon, eastern anatolia, tavla, travel photography scholarship 2012, turkey

Canadian Rockies

CANADA | Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By ivanci | Views [1066]

Apart from a severe jetlag our first days in Canada start on Tuesday 15 July 2008 with sunshine and pleasant daily temperatures in mid 20. We catch several buses from the Vancouver airport to downtown not only to keep budget in healthy state but also ... Read more >

Ibarra

ECUADOR | Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By sarah | Views [1061] | Comments [2]

Ibarra is where I'm living.There are about 100,000 inhabitants, but no cinema yet, so the debate continues over whether it is a small city or a big village. It's about 2-3 hours north of Quito, and surrounded by huge mountains every direction. Cloud ... Read more >

Tags: Ibarra

Samarkand

UZBEKISTAN | Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By elba_and_alfonso | Views [896]

Si hay alguna ciudad en el mundo que haya despertado la mente inquieta de viajeros de todas las épocas, esa es Samarcanda . Desde Alejandro Magno, que quedó maravillado al verla, al escritor y embajador español de principios del siglo XV, Ruy González ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

An elephant never forgets

THAILAND | Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By houdyman | Views [823]

arrived in Chiang Mai on Tuesday morning after a pretty uneventful overnight trainride. At the train station I headed straight for the bathroom as to avoid the pescy tuk-tuk and taxi drivers so I could get my bearings. I came out and haggled with one ... Read more >

A journey to the calm city, Purwokerto - Indonesia

INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thetravelicious | Views [788]

If people ask me what is the right sentence to describe Purwokerto, I would shout clearly that it is the most charismatic city ever. Several people may say it is just a city, underdeveloped and nothing special, but readers, you should believe me it is ... Read more >

Tags: joved, purwokerto, unsoed

Alms for the monks

LAOS | Fri, 1 Jan 2016 | By sweetcheeks03 | Views [632]

5 am comes very early when you are determined to stay up till 12. Still on California time I stayed up even later, adrenaline and lack of sleepiness keeping me wide awake, but I was not about to miss the next day's events. We awoke before the morning ... Read more >

Tags: alms, laos, mekong river, monks, morning market, silk worms, sunrise

My Scholarship Entry - Old World Madras!

INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By hegemon | Views [568]

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

My Scholarship entry-Portrait Me and Places

PAKISTAN | Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By mubashirtaqi | Views [479]

I'm Pakistani and 20 year old.I live in Multan city heart of culture and civilization,One of the oldest city in Country and worl.I started photography when I was 17,three years back back and recently started on professional level.I just stated my ... Read more >

Tags: places, portrait

We Made It!

CANADA | Tue, 4 May 2010 | By darrylandsarah | Views [471]

Tuesday 13th April 2010 (NZ Time) – AUCKLAND / SYDNEY / VANCOUVER / EDMONTON (Darryl) From the plane: We stayed the night at Maria’s house, although Sarah & I only had 1.5hrs sleep before the shuttle arrived at 2am to pick us up – as we ... Read more >

Jan 3rd 2013

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 3 Jan 2013 | By cjfkhj | Views [439] | Comments [1]

It is the morning of our 4th day here, but we have already been through a lot! We first arrived with none of our bags and the bus dropped us off at the wrong location, so since we then had to walk about 12 blocks to our house it was nice to only ... Read more >

The desicion to move Down Under

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 24 Jan 2014 | By naomiandchris | Views [436]

April 2013 - It's a cold wet weekend and for some bizarre reason we're making the 5 hour drive to Wales for a weekend of rock climbing!!! Looking out the window at the dismal weather I posed the question to Chris "So where are we going to move ... Read more >

Edinburgh

USA | Fri, 5 Aug 2011 | By moore9503 | Views [364] | Comments [1]

Well, we finally arrived in Edinburgh today. I apologize for not writing earlier but free wi-fi is not available around here. London was beautiful but a little warm and we've walked more in the last three days than I've walked in years. Now as ... Read more >

And We're Off!

USA | Wed, 1 Jul 2015 | By mwollak | Views [294]

Jeanette and I are going on a 7 1/2 week trip of a lifetime. 4 countries, 14 cities, thousands of miles, 2 world travelers and 1 incredible adventure! Follow along as we explore together! Shanghai > Beijing > Hangzhou > Hong Kong >... Read more >