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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4907] | 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 >

Aloha Hawai'i - the island of O'ahu

USA | Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [2214]

Da-da da-da daaaa-da, da-da da-da daaaa Hawaii five-o? - no? I never originally thought I'd reach here on this trip, i wasn't even sure I'd make it here after catching my flight from New Zealand to Sydney (bizarrely it was cheaper to go this route).... Read more >

Tags: island, volcano

Moses, Monuments and Mosaics: A Journey Through Jordan

JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1868]

Moses, Monuments and Mosaics – A Journey Through Jordan  The Queen Alia International Airport lies about 30km south of Amman. I picked up the rental car, which was conveniently located inside the terminal and headed south to Madaba, ... Read more >

Tags: archeological site, city visit, museums

The world’s deepest canyon and the road to Machu Picchu (Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cuzco, Salkantay)

PERU | Fri, 26 Oct 2012 | By kamzam | Views [1718]

 I didn’t do justice to Arequipa. I only stayed there for one night but I really like the city. It was themost charming place I’ve seen since Cuenca. For me however it was a launching pod to Colca Canyon. In Arequipa I reunited with ... Read more >

Tags: arequipa, canyon colca, inka ruins, machu picchu, salkantay, trekking

Yachting Week 6-Portofino in the rain

ITALY | Tue, 29 Aug 2017 | By davidpearlman | Views [1367]

After the magnicient time at the mansion dining and walking around the gardens, the group from the ship largely dispersed. Many took the boat back to Portfofino and spent time there-others went back to the ship. I took a walk around the quaint village ... Read more >

Look both ways, and down...

CANADA | Mon, 6 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1250]

I was on the first day of my ski vacation, walking out to the shuttle that takes you to the mountain.   The driveway was snow-covered and icy, so it wasn’t surprising that I fell and twisted my left ankle and couldn’t ski the whole weekend. ... Read more >

Tags: ankle injuries, insurance claim, ski vacation, skiing, travel insurance, true claim stories, world nomads

Innsbruck

AUSTRIA | Sat, 3 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1158]

We landed in the capital of Tirol after a train-bus-train shuffle from Villach, but even this inconvenience was carried out super-efficiently and offered a different look at the country.  The snow-capped mountains came closer the nearer we got to ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Two human frisbees

BOTSWANA | Sun, 18 Jun 2006 | By jane-of-the-jungle | Views [1031] | Comments [3]

On the banks of the grey, green, greasy, Limpopo River, beloved, that self same river where the elephant child got his trunk, Kipling could have written a sequel about How Joe and Jane of the Jungle became 2 large human Frisbees after being ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

The crew. A mixture of expedition experts and BBQ lovers, with or without Mojito!

SWITZERLAND | Wed, 22 Sep 2010 | By dentedileone | Views [867]

A bunch of friends, we said. So let's see WHO's WHO: Madeleine & Bjorn, Swedish, they live and work in Zurich. Madeleine collects 4000 peaks, Bjorn takes it easy. Francesca & Filippo: both Italians, also living and working around Zurich. When ... Read more >

Tags: friends, fun

Heavenly Paradise

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 15 Sep 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [836]

Disappointed in myself that I’ve written nothing of late, I decided to give myself something to write about: a journey to the world’s most beautiful island. Every year for my birthday I like to shout myself a journey to someplace special.... Read more >

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [831]

When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did.  I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury.  First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >

Israeli Spring Introduction Full Rough Cut

USA | Mon, 28 Nov 2011 | By julie_bien | Views [827] | Video

Yep, here's the full 4:30min rough cut you've all been waiting for. Because I know you all do nothing but anxiously wait until my next post. Right? Hmmmm.... There probably won't be any new rough cuts for awhile because I need to go back to focusing ... Read more >

We have a home

UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [826] | Comments [5]

Finally we have a place to call home for 6 months, our first time living together. We have two bedrooms, room for guests and a little back yard. Its very small compared to back home, but it is the biggest place we had looked at here. The last unit ... Read more >

Tags: Work

The journey out

NEPAL | Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By tim_and_sam | Views [826]

So, we've arrived in Kathmandu after a brief stop in Delhi. The highlight of the new Jet Airways flight from London was an excellent curry, the downside was an interesting choice of Kenny G muzak for the entire flight. Delhi was Delhi, just a lot more ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Journey to PNG - Man from the Highlands

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Mon, 17 Nov 2014 | By hadizaher | Views [809]

Papua New Guinea is a culturally rich, ethnically diverse, remote and often forgotten corner of the world. While on a work trip to work in far north PNG, I had the opportunity to explore a few corners the capital Port Moresby, and a few villages on ... Read more >

Tags: forgotten, guinea, highlands, island, manus, new, papua, png, world

No turning back #2

USA | Sat, 9 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [755] | Comments [2]

Here it is-the gate on this exiciting day. As you can see there is even a woman in an orange coat.

Perdus dans la médina

MOROCCO | Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By instantsdevoyage | Views [679]

Nous voilà maintenant arrivés à Agadir, toujours sur la cote atlantique et aux portes du désert. Nous avons profité de nos derniers jours de civilisation en nous perdant dans le labyrinthe des ruelles de la médina d'Essaouira. Des babouches, des bijoux ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

How I learned Danish

DENMARK | Sat, 12 Apr 2014 | By leifr | Views [666]

“Man, you are so weird.” This was the rather dispiriting response from Kim, my new Danish flatmate, after telling him that I would be spending the coming year in Denmark trying to master his native tongue. Unfortunately, similar remarks ... Read more >

Tags: danish, denmark, language

London - Iiii

GREECE | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By gelly | Views [662]

London -Iiii is a journal that hosts photographs from my latest trip in London.  My personal view of London is about the architectural model that is applyied on buildings and new developments, that are used to accommodate housing and/or offices.... Read more >

Tags: architecture, buildings, life in london, london, people, working people

Férias pela Bolívia

BOLIVIA | Wed, 12 Feb 2014 | By lucasamorelli | Views [634]

Nunca gostei de planejar e nesta  viagem  não foi diferente. Uma semana antes de sair de férias, mudei meu destino e fui para  Bolívia . Não fiz a mínima questão de ficar pesquisando hoté... Read more >

Tags: américa do sul, desert, deserto, mochilão, salar, south america, travel, trip, viagem, yunni

Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi Tunnels

VIETNAM | Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By tweber | Views [598]

Wednesday, I took a tour to the Cao Dai Temple and the Cu Chi tunnels.   It was quite a contrast to go to the temple in the morning and then the tunnels in the afternoon, but they do that due to proximity of each other.   The Cao Dai temple ... Read more >

73 - Istanbul Bests - best fast food

TURKEY | Wed, 26 Dec 2012 | By piglet | Views [542]

I'm now starting a few short blurbs on my culinary explorations in Istanbul.  After all, for those of you who know me, food has been as much a focal point of the journey as has more cerebral pursuits.  In fact, one of the highlights of ... Read more >

Why Travel? A treatise on leaving home.

USA | Sun, 26 Oct 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [519]

As this trip quickly approaches, (We leave in the morning!!) I keep thinking about my general and all-comsuming love of all things travel.  I think about my last trips, and my blinders-on approach to making sure they happened.  I think about ... Read more >

Tags: leaving home

Planning the Trip

USA | Tue, 8 Jan 2013 | By coati2012 | Views [451]

I have been planning my trip for several months and am now sorting out how to develop this blog.  I'm not a clever or creative writer thus several friends suggested that I make a list of topics to cover while traveling.  I think I will include ... Read more >

Tags: draft itinery

Paris 23-29 Sep 2010

FRANCE | Tue, 5 Oct 2010 | By romina | Views [428]

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 >

 

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