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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4926] | 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 >
PARAGUAY | Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By shaz | Views [4653]
Seeing as I was in the area I decided to give Paraguay ago. Flew to Asuncion for another long weekend. Gave myself a little treat and stayed in quite a posh hotel…they even picked me up from the airport for free. Trying to find something ... Read more >
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Tue, 5 Feb 2013 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [3297] | Comments [1]
With Air Turks and Caicos announcing a newly scheduled flight to Santo Domingo (Capital of the Dominican Republic), easily accessible cave diving suddenly became a mere 1.15 hours flight away. Flights were arranged, diving was booked with Denis ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tue, 17 May 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [2612]
Destination - Vietnam
- Hanoi – one more night?
We wake up
early and Mr Hopkins goes to the bus station to get our tickets to Vietnam
while I’m finishing packing. We take the 9.30am bus from Nanning to Hanoi. The
bus is clean, nice and comfortable ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By BigTripBlog | Views [2369] | Video
Val: The koala is a ridiculous animal. It looks like a plush toy, but it could rip your face off in no time. Yep, the koala is high on our list of animals we expect and are expected to see in Australia. Every time we pass a koala crossing sign on ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, the great outdoors
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1660]
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 >
PERU | Wed, 23 Jun 2010 | By robrobjos | Views [1380] | Comments [4]
What seems like an age ago now, I wrote we´d just returned from a trek through the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, starting off from Huaraz. Huaraz isn´t a particularly exciting city, but with the mountain ranges on both sides looming, challenging, it´s ... Read more >
KENYA | Sat, 6 Sep 2008 | By murray_wilson | Views [1065] | Comments [1]
We are writing this in Nairobi having finished our first week of travels. That week was an Exodus trip to Nakuru and the Maasai Mara national parks, I will deal with the first of these in this post. After meeting up with the rest of our tour group ... Read more >
Tags: game, kenya
CHINA | Thu, 11 Dec 2014 | By pinkqueen | Views [966] | Video
Yes, it is an example, now not only can match Fashion Women Sweater For Sale shirt to wear, changing pattern, fashion modeling can let you select it with the times, in addition, the effect of a bright warm nor let temperament lower half minutes.... Read more >
Tags: sweater coats for women, sweater dresses for women, winter sweaters for women, women sweaters
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By lee | Views [939] | Video | Scholarship Entry
The straw on our backs
My name is Lee-Ann Odendaal. I’m 25 and from a small town in
South Africa. I have a background in theatre, TV presenting, communication and
some TV production.
From a young age I have had an interest in traveling ... Read more >
Tags: 2010 travel video scholarship
SWITZERLAND | Tue, 30 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [828]
Yesterday, I checked out of the YMCA and left Basel. I am glad I did. The YMCA was sort of weird and a pain in the ass-and it has nothing to do with the big black guy who basically slept next to me for one night-which he did. There was a ... Read more >
Tags: switzerland, zurich
PHILIPPINES | Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [761]
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 >
ITALY | Fri, 28 Jan 2011 | By airplane777 | Views [740]
Milan is a beautiful city but you have to pay attention when you are going to a coffee shop, it is better not to sit in any cafe near the Duomo , and even if you are moving away from the tourist area ... Read more >
Tags: europe
TANZANIA | Tue, 21 May 2013 | By my_year_of_yes | Views [728]
I did it! After talking and dreaming about it for so long, I made it to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on February 24th at 2:40 pm!!
Although the summit was definitely a highlight, as anyone who travels knows, it is the journey that is most life ... Read more >
ZIMBABWE | Sat, 3 May 2014 | By sophiew | Views [681]
When she smiled at me for the first time, my stomach twisted and something rushed up into my throat that made me feel like I was choking. I blinked and realised my eyes were wet. Not the emotion I was hoping for.
'Shap!' she said to me, ... Read more >
Tags: africa, community, education, giving, hope, receiving
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wayfairer | Views [638] | Scholarship Entry
Unes, where's this from? I ask holding up a pastry dusted with sugar and cinnamon. Unes sits back, mint tea poised, his slender fingers cradling the glass. The Moriscos, in Fez they're famous for this. But first bstilla come from Al-Andalusia.... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
USA | Tue, 7 May 2013 | By kate_holla86 | Views [534] | Comments [3]
My first full day in London, I decided to go outside and find a bus tour (suggestion by my mother and it was a great one!!) On this tour, I saw the Marble Arch, Hyde Park, Tower of London, the royal garden, Buckinegham palace, London Eye, London tower, ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wed, 1 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [496]
After a long trip to Cuenca from Riobamba, Jenny and I finally got our host family yesterday afternoon. Our host mother is Sandra, a business woman, the host brother name Andrés who is 23, and a host sister Dominica who is 12. The ... Read more >
ITALY | Fri, 27 Jan 2017 | By supergg | Views [471]
Our second big day out of Florence started even earlier than day one. A smaller group for this excursion, and even a couple of people that we toured with to San Gimignano etc. Quite a drive through the city, passing by towns and through some less populated ... Read more >
INDIA | Fri, 7 Nov 2014 | By noels_eyebrows | Views [447]
Take heed for as the cold winter draws near I must once again leave these lands for perhaps our most ambitious journey to date. In one month from now I will once again journey to Asian lands making my way to the elusive New Zealand before flying to the ... Read more >
Tags: india, travel, unemployed, vagabond, wanderlust, worldtrip
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [428]
OK tie to wrap this up since it's now been 3 months since i came home!
we continued to have a bangup time in Carcassone with Jesse and Georgette and Koos, and then used a HUGE old suitcase of Georgette's to avoid any more luggage traumas (again had ... Read more >
CHINA | Wed, 6 Apr 2011 | By ollo | Views [404]
Das ist die Mensa, in der ich regelmässig zu Abend esse,
eine von vielleicht sechs auf dem nördlichen Campus der Universität. Die Mensa
wird von (und unter anderem auch für) Moslems betrieben, weshalb die Gerichte
mit Sicherheit „ halal “ ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By evdokia | Views [332] | Video | Scholarship Entry
- I live in Moscow. I am a typical russian girl, so I am crazy about beautiful clothes and shoes. But capital of my country is so much expensive... I found the decision… Sometimes I travel to China. The main purpose of this trips is shopping. Smugglers ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarship 2012
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [329] | 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
ITALY | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By ambra | Views [324] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Travelling has been influencing my life since I moved away from a tiny Italian village, at 19 years old. I lived in London, Barcelona, New York, Florence, Hong Kong, Paris and Bogota, where I had a wonderful time working for a production company and doing ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia