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Travel Writing Scholarship 2013 - Beijing, China

Applications are now closed - best of luck to everyone that applied! Keen to turn your passion for writing into a profession? This year we want to send you to Beijing, China! Crisscrossed by freeways, spiked with ... Read more >

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4913] | 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 >

Mongoliet

MONGOLIA | Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By adde | Views [4696] | Comments [1]

2007.09.23 - 2007.09.27 Under tågresan genom Sibirien var himlen täkt av stora dystra moln. Så fort vi kom in i Mongoliet skingrades molnen och när jag i Ulan Bator hoppade av tåget tillsammans med Erik och Ida-Maria var himlen klarblå. Vår danske ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Ein Tag Drei Länder - Paraguay · Brasilien · Argentinien

BRAZIL | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By rayen | Views [3538]

Nach ein paar Tagen im Süden Paraguays habe ich das Land verlassen, obwohl ich die Menschen so freundlich empfand, wie sonst selten bisher. Und die Tatsache, dass ich nur genau einen anderen Touristen getroffen habe (einen Italiener aus Ulm), war auch ... Read more >

Because it’s there...or.. Climbing to 5000 metres in a Himalayan winter.

NEPAL | Thu, 27 Jan 2011 | By matt_whitmell | Views [2128] | Comments [3]

The first title is from the English explorer George Mallory in 1924 who was asked why he wanted to climb Everest. They found Mallory’s frozen body on the mountain in 1999. I arrived in Nepal via with New Delhi almost 3 weeks ago and it has ... Read more >

Tags: everest, himalayas, kathmandu

Slave to the dollar.

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 | By homeless_harry | Views [1916]

Is money enough reason to drive yourself harder than your body is able to handle without falling apart? The first toe nail of the season has already been cut off, eulogised, and appropriately interred in a garbage bin. My feet are more blister than ... Read more >

Flores - it drives me around the bend! Part 1: Lombok to Mt Tambora

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 29 Jan 2015 | By merantau | Views [1793]

There is no better feeling than riding out the gate and hitting the highway astride a motorcycle. I'm beginning a road trip east. East, the exotic east! My imagination, fuelled by the exploits of explorers and adventurers past, and by the writings ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, flores, indonesia, lombok, motorcycling, off-road, sumbawa

12 NIGHTS IN QUITO, ECUADOR!

ECUADOR | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [1716] | Comments [1]

Monday, July 14-Sunday, July 27, 2008 It was great staying with couchsurfer Mercedes for two weeks in Quito. Her mom owns a very nice big house called Casa De Verde with about 10 nice bedrooms, and Mercedes lives there and manages the place. So I ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1653]

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 >

Vang Vieng

LAOS | Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [1319]

On Friday we sailed to Ha Long town and then drove back to Hanoi, which ended the Halong Bay tour. Today we flew with Vietnam Airlines to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and then got straight on a bus north to Vang Vieng. We are kind of a bit over ... Read more >

El Calafate to Bariloche

ARGENTINA | Sat, 16 Dec 2017 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1294]

In the past three days I’ve hitchhiked more than 1,500 km and I feel like, in a way, I started out in Mackenzie Country (NZ) with a view of two lakes that look very similar to Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, then I passed through Outback New South ... Read more >

Mazunte, a relaxing experience...

MEXICO | Tue, 27 May 2008 | By damitsu | Views [1140] | Video

I would resume this place in few words.... Relax, landscapes, coktails, dolphins and amazing wood caban on a hill facing the ocean... oh and hamac on the balcony and also sleeping listening waves.... Yes I took a bit more than few words but there so ... Read more >

A Royal Cliffhanger

PHILIPPINES | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 | By bear | Views [959]

So far there’s no witchdoctors in sight or people with caved in noses or crumbling faces; although on the ferry we do spot a man with a very flat nose that kind of joins his forehead with no visible bridge. Poor guy- perhaps he’s going to Siquijor ... Read more >

Day 72: A lesson in Singaporean history

SINGAPORE | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [954]

Wednesday 16th January I once more set out on a mission to see more of the cultural and historical side to the city. Since I didn't get round to eating breakfast, I made my way back to Orchard Street – I just couldn't avoid the place, and was starting ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Tortise wins the race...again!

JAPAN | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [934] | Comments [1]

I got a call from the Shipping Office on Friday, asking me to come in and provide them with maps and paperwork for our first shipment. We were so excited and couldn't wait to get our own pillows again! After getting the paperwork straightened out and ... Read more >

Stage 6 – Day One of "William’s Walk"

CHINA | Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By williamwong | Views [823]

Suddenly awakened by the alarm, it's about time to go. I realized that I have woken up several times during the night. The organization of the Walk is perfect; we had our breakfast on the bus. We started to climb the mountains at 10:00am. The ... Read more >

Tags: beijing, bupa international, cancer, cancer support, china, great walk to beijing, olivia newton-john, williams walk, world nomads, worldnomads.com

Honeymoon

GREECE | Tue, 20 Jul 2010 | By lisy | Views [806]

PARIS!!! We arrived, rather tired, in Paris on Sunday morning...I had big plans to spend the day shopping in H&M and Zara...alas Paris' shopping on Sunday doesn't exist...and I thought Adelaide could be backward! Instead we strolled along the ... Read more >

Butterfly Rat Anyone???

CHINA | Tue, 23 Jan 2007 | By faygo | Views [752]

Yangshuo was a culinary experience, believe you me. After “Losing Face” in a drinking game with our hotel host, Larry, we all decided to take a stroll and have a look for a bar. Pretty pissed, we arrived at the market and it was buzzing.... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Czeching out Prague

CZECH REPUBLIC | Mon, 29 Jun 2015 | By dohnster | Views [736]

Guys, maybe I shouldn't go to Greece now. Have you been reading the news? They're about to go bankrupt, and the banks will be closed all week, with deposits being limited to 60 Euros per day. Yikes! I could still make it work on a tight budget, but on ... Read more >

Tags: beer, castle, charles bridge, gardens, john lennon wall, prague, walking tour

Short Stay in Antigua

GUATEMALA | Sun, 17 Aug 2008 | By rarakaki | Views [640]

Been too busy to keep up! I'm almost a week behind now. We had a nice, but short, stay in Antigua, which is a beautiful colonial city, and much more affluent than the areas we've been to so far. On some great advice from neighbors Leif and Cilla, we treated ... Read more >

Exodus

USA | Thu, 16 Dec 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Views [498]

MOSES’ EXODUS FROM EGYPT to the Promised Land took him forty years. We made the trip in 40-hours from Covid test in Cairo to touchdown in Omaha. Along the way Moses received the Ten Commandments. We got the message that we are not as young as we ... Read more >

Spring Has Sprung

USA | Sun, 11 Apr 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Views [427]

FLORIDA MAY CLAIM ENDLESS SUMMER but Spring has sprung in Myrtle Beach. There are no swarms of college kids but April showers, blooming flowers, hopeful golfers and allergy-induced runny noses are sure signs of the season. ... Read more >

go go go

WORLDWIDE | Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By cscarlettsmith | Views [424]

ten minutes till the airport. everything is ready. Next place is thailand.

Woodhouse Eves - The Wheatsheaf

UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 10 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Views [422]

A Milner/Jarvis family reunion midway between Yorkshire, Cheshire and London was planned for this Sunday lunch. Sue and Graham drove us there through an incredible tropical rain event (blown over from the US!), then we continued on to London with Ed ... Read more >

My Scholarship entry - Through Local Eyes

London’s East End is a mighty mingling of cultures, a constantly shifting world of urban vitality and historical connections. Nev’s cafe E. Pellicci gave us an unique insight to this part of town as he shared his interwoven experience of work, family ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Film Scholarship 2012