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USA | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [3002]
We drove through great washes of red, orange, green and yellow towards a B&B called, the White House on windy hill.... The "drive through," bank in Conway had a digital thermometer, but I didn't have to read the number to know the temperature ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ECUADOR | Wed, 11 Aug 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2818] | Comments [1]
We arrived at the Ecuador border town of Macara where, with the heat and humidity, we could have been fooled in to thinking that we had somehow been transported back to South
East Asia. Despite the sticky bus journey the change in weather was something ... Read more >
Tags: colonial towns, cuenca, loja, panama hats, quito
FRANCE | Mon, 5 May 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [2342]
The French countryside in spring is an beautifully lush place to spend some time. We really couldn't have picked a better time to do a road trip. It was sunny, warm and still when we set out from Cannes, and that was the way it stayed for the next 10 ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By katrinamckeever | Views [2186]
Christmas in Buenos Aires is a white knuckle ride of a celebration requiring stamina, determination, commitment and nerves of steel. This is cheifly because the parties start late and end with everyone throwing cheap chinese fireworks around the ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bars, buenos aires, champagne, christmas, latin america, puerto madero, restaurants, san telmo, south america
JAPAN | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By kurenai | Views [1788]
How was Nagoya
you ask?
Well, first off, thanks for asking and secondly, it was
quite nice.
My friend Alicia and I grabbed the express Kintetsu Urban Liner from Namba to Nagoya which
runs every thirty minutes, takes ... Read more >
Tags: atsuta shrine, castle, japan, nagoya, setsubun
GREECE | Tue, 15 Sep 2009 | By coconuts | Views [1787] | Comments [1]
TRAVEL ITINERARY FOR JANET
Tuesday 15 th
September Singapore Airlines , Perth – Singapore
SQ
226, Depart ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1658]
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 >
INDIA | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By sinarama | Views [1043]
"India", was my boss's reply when I asked where I was flying. I would be spending 2 months in gloriuous India. I was so excited, I didn't know what to do. I was asking myself "what do you know about this country?" "You have definetly ... Read more >
Tags: expressions, faces, india, mumbai, travel, trip
BRAZIL | Wed, 13 Jun 2012 | By kamzam | Views [919]
And so it's already been nearly a month of a quiet life at Kilombo. The time just seems to fly here even though on the surface not much seems to happen.
As soon as I arrived I really felt like part of the community here. It was ... Read more >
Tags: bahia, brazil, capoeria, kilombo, salvador, valenca
CAMBODIA | Fri, 16 Aug 2013 | By rtumicki | Views [809]
A sunny and dry day in Kep and yet, it is not miserably hot. The big event this week was the Dragon Race 12 students participated in on Wednesday. Two teams were formed and they called themselves the Tigers and the Dragons. They did a variety ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wed, 2 Jun 2010 | By alexxdiep | Views [771]
Some of you heard me tell this story before but most of you will learn about MY STORY for the first time. Thirty one years ago, in 1979, my family left Vietnam by boat. We were among thousands of other Chinese-Vietnamese fleeing the country to seek ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [757]
READERS, BE WARNED! IF YOU AREN'T INTERESTED in birds and birding feel free to skip ahead until December at the earliest. We are in the Philippines, about as different from clean, quiet, affluent and courteous Japan as can be. We haven't ... Read more >
LATVIA | Thu, 15 Oct 2015 | By paganmaven | Views [719]
First full day in Latvia, we left our (Radisson Blu) Hotel on the unfashionable side of Riga and crossed the broad Daugava River on a windswept and ominously overcast morning for our guided city tour. We met our local guide, 27-year-old Mārtinš... Read more >
Tags: old town walking tour
INDONESIA | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By andikabakti | Views [683]
I am a communication science student at University of Sumatera Utara, one of the biggest university in Sumatera . I am a photographer editor at SUARA USU Student Press that publish tabloid monthly, magazine, and news online. Even I must study hard ... Read more >
Tags: graphic design, photography, reading, travelling, writing
USA | Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [651] | Comments [2]
So many thinks happend during that trip so I decided to change my haircolor. It was a very spontan decicion and a new experience for me. So I can tell u green hair can be very heavy. Especially when u find it on the beach! So we left San Fran on sunday ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 5 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [639]
From a lovely attic bedroom in Lochranza I overlooked the harbor with the lights glimmering out from the houses across the water at night, and the old castle somewhere down on the spit of land in the middle. To reach the Isle of Arran you must take about ... Read more >
Tags: arran heritage museum, ferry, isle of arran, lochranza
VIETNAM | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [629]
THE VEHICLES DROPPED US AT THE RIVER—cars are verboten in Cat Tien National Park although it seems like most everything else is OK. The park was extra-crowded this Easter weekend—groups of young people in a tent encampment; team-building, ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [605]
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 >
INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By hegemon | Views [571]
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
BRAZIL | Fri, 30 Jul 2010 | By davidweiler | Views [479]
Here is a link to the Umbro Center, which is where we will be playing against the Umbro club on some small sided turf fields. More to follow http://www.usclouveira.com.br/
FRANCE | Tue, 5 Oct 2010 | By romina | Views [439]
Arrived in Paris 23rd Sept from Sydney via Bangkok and London. I thought I was fine, but eventually reached the apartment with a migraine, heavy & tired body and soon ended up with food poisoning. After dropping off our backpacks at the apartment, ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sun, 5 Jan 2014 | By gypsyfruit | Views [365]
The sounds,
the smell
the poverty amongst the ppopulation
was all a big culture shock for this 1st time nonomadic
it was all a matter of hours and I was used too it, except the smells, dried seafoods will forever linger my memories ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By riccardo | Views [361] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My name is Riccardo, I'm from Italy but I'm studying filmmaking at SAE Institute in London. Last year decided to hitchhike and backpack for four months and 12000 km over 15 countries in Europe: that trip really changed my life, and cleared my mind about ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 | By westcoast2010 | Views [284]
1st day driving through the SA country side only stopping for petrol and lunch. though. Nothing interesting here, been there done that up to Port Augusta. (4hrs driving) stopped for lunch in PA though, very nice garlic prawns in Caffe Primo. Got a few ... Read more >
FRANCE | Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By rodeo | Views [278] | Video | Scholarship Entry
To me, film is an infinite universe where dreams are real and all of the idealisations are true. Where anything can be perfect, and even the ugly stuff is beautiful. Where the air seems to hum and there's a kind of heavy, delicate, unknown shudder that ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico