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BHUTAN | Fri, 3 Sep 2010 | By scholarships | Views [190626] | Comments [111]
Winner announced!
Join an on-assignment National Geographic photographer in Bhutan!
Applications Closed October 17th 2010, at midnight Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11)
Worldnomads.com, National ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [8932]
Conditions really deteriorated since last night when it wasn’t too cold and I could see the stars but this morning it was very cold and gloomy, like it was on the verge of rain. Anyways, I packed up my tent and all my other stuff and ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, nature, tramping, wilderness
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Mon, 26 Nov 2012 | By treefrog | Views [2567]
How do you celebrate your birthday when it is -30 degrees outside? You go down into Stalin’s secret bunker and go for a ride on Moscow’s circle line.
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Tags: janaline smalman, metro stations, moscow, photography, russia, travel
INDIA | Tue, 7 Feb 2012 | By predatorybunny | Views [2521]
There are a couple things that have just made us say, 'WTF, India?!' - Carbar. During the reception in our last night in Bombay, 9 of us left the hotel, kicked out the driver of a small van and crammed ourselves into it. I ended up sitting on one ... Read more >
CANADA | Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2317] | Comments [1]
Whistler in Review: Part 2 - The Village Whistler village was constructed in 1978 from the old garbage dump. So it was designed around the same time as these buildings . As you'd probably expect, most of the village is devoted to a combination ... Read more >
Tags: whistler
GUATEMALA | Tue, 21 Jun 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [2203] | Comments [1]
First of all, I have officially been on the road for longer than 100 days! Wow! And I have just over 6,000 miles of travel behind me. Recently I've been overwhelmed with how lovely and beautiful this trip has been. I'm absolutely in love with riding ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wed, 21 May 2014 | By margitpirsch | Views [1996]
The friendly/funny young men who carried our bikes to the basement last night were no where to be seen the next morning and the person behind the desk gave us a look like: "you are kidding me, right?" when we ask for help to get our bikes out of there.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1652]
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 >
MEXICO | Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1499] | Comments [2]
Location and orientation: The main street into town, Chemaul, intersects with another main street just before the malecon [definition: the street that runs along the shore; where to go to get pestered by hawkers of silver, sombreros, sunglasses and ... Read more >
PERU | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By daniryan | Views [1424] | Comments [10]
What a psychotic 10 days it has been. There has been laughter, tears, disappointment, shock, wonder, fascination, brain squeeze due to the altitude and ensuing numbness from the sulphur medication, hunger, overeating, thirst, sunburn (then peeling), ... Read more >
ITALY | Wed, 11 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1263]
One of the benefits of being married to Colonel Connie - and they are too many to count - is the opportunity to receive medical treatments at military bases overseas. Another is being able to stay in very affordable lodging at military bases. We ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Fri, 21 May 2010 | By drmitch | Views [1096]
I managed to wrangle a three-day weekend and drove over to Kent where I joined a couple of mates from Uni, Ben & Han, for an short road trip to Amsterdam.
We left at some ridiculous hour on Friday morning to catch the train through the Eurotunnel.... Read more >
Tags: amsterdam, cycling, red light district
THAILAND | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By justine | Views [1078]
Coming soon: tales of tropical islands, teaching yoga on the beach to an Aussie rugby player, Brits Brits everywhere, projectile vomiting in Krabi town, a vicious attack by bed bugs, and other adventures.
Tags: adventures
NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [947]
Today
was another adventurous and exciting day in God’s Own Country. I awoke at 6:30
after having another strange dream last night. I’ve been having so many strange
dreams lately, including one where I was in a prison and I climbed ... Read more >
ESTONIA | Tue, 6 Oct 2015 | By paganmaven | Views [776]
Toompea Hill is the upper town, the most historic section of Tallinn (or Reval as it was originally called). It is even older than the section of Tallinn contiguous with it, Vanalinn (the Old Town). Ülemlinn (Upper Town) is the site of Tallinn's ... Read more >
Tags: old town tour
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [769]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
INDIA | Tue, 6 Feb 2007 | By calgarychick | Views [756] | Video
Tags: Sightseeing
PHILIPPINES | Fri, 28 Oct 2016 | By manuel | Views [737]
Era el momento de ponerse el equipo de buceo, de sumergirse y explorar el profundo mundo submarino de Filipinas. Después de la primera inmersión para ver a los tiburones zorro y con la constatación de que mi oído respondí... Read more >
Tags: bohol, buceo, chocolate hills, dive, fiilipinas, submarinismo, tarsiers
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 12 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [692]
Yesterday I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. I was there for 4 hours or so. I learned that many things we're invented in Manchester, such as the steam press for making clothes, as well as the first all-steam railroad.
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Tags: museum, piss
NICARAGUA | Sat, 8 Jun 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [689] | Comments [1]
Isla de Ometepe
The island of Ometepe is actually two volcanoes that have been connected over time by lava flow to form an island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua . Jackson’s first boat ride was on this little tiny ferry that allowed for ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By laurentravels08 | Views [640] | Comments [1]
That's right, I had chicken curry and nasi lemak for breakfast this morning. I could eat spicy food for every meal, and it's actually possible here! The flight from Seattle to KL via Taiwan was long and tiring (not to mention we lost a whole day traveling), ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By thatgirlkate | Views [548] | Comments [1]
Monday 8/30 Today was crazy. In the morning we woke up early like usual and I took my malaria pills like normal and as we were walking to breakfast I felt a little sick and basically thought nothing of it, that I should just eat some breakfast and ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thu, 27 Jun 2013 | By skipper1949 | Views [421]
day 14 is completed as we walked about 12 miles from Arzua to Rua a fairly easy trek. A nice lunch along the way and reached here about 4 pm this afternoon. We are in a quaint little stone hotel in a small but comfortable room. Only about 11 miles ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By wayne | Views [401]
I went a little further up the coast to Clovelly and thought I'd go for a swim as there is a surf life saving club there. Then I saw this sign!! No one else was swimming and the place was deserted. I decided I'd come back next weekend when the surf ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
USA | Tue, 11 Aug 2015 | By akenney | Views [389] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I'm a former newspaper reporter, teaching myself multimedia as I evolve with the times. My trip to Iceland with my girlfriend produced this somewhat dorky video – but the fun of making it illuminated some of the possibilities of video for me. I think ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia