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COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7720]
To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful
air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >
Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona
INDONESIA | Tue, 1 Nov 2011 | By connectlocally | Views [6442]
It’s 9 o’clock on a cold Sunday morning. The
roads are not as crowded as if it was a working day, a perfect time for a
special breakfast.
Two men are busy in a stall, on a corner of a
grocery store parking lot. One is continuously digging ... Read more >
Tags: bangung, food, indonesia, java travel, surabi
EGYPT | Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [4975] | Comments [1]
Welcome to Alaska!
I was greeted upon arrival in Luxor, Egypt. Working in the
depths of a temple tomb excavation at the foothills of South Asasif in 114
degree heat, dense white dust soaking into my sweaty Egyptian cotton shirt, the
last thing ... Read more >
Tags: digging, egypt, temples, travel tips
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4900] | 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 >
GREENLAND | Mon, 21 Oct 2013 | By divvea | Views [3247]
Disembarking from the Air Greenland flight, I was a wobbly doll with my head swaying from one side to another with exhaustion and sleep. The five hours on the flight passed in a soft lull and in conversations with a Danish Doctor working at Nuuk, the ... Read more >
Tags: arival, golf, greenland, hunting, kangerlussuaq
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1651]
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 >
MALAYSIA | Fri, 15 May 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [1430] | Comments [4] | Video
Hi everyone, Well, the adventure has begun... in Kuala Lumpur. I arrived at 6am yesterday morning, and was greeted by a slightly worrying sight... every staff member was wearing a mask, and giving out forms to sign saying that we weren't suffering ... Read more >
Tags: china town, getting lost, kuala lumpur, little india, swine flu
CHILE | Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1377]
Costs pp: bus from Valparaiso semi-cama 8 - 11,000. We bought our ticket half an hour before the bus left and were given cama seats and a discount so travelled in more luxury for less... Tour of Capel piscoery 1000 The scenery on the way was not the ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Thu, 8 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1183]
It's always a bit hit-and-miss trying to synchronise with the weather and our sojourn in Prague broke even. The train from Munich rolled it's way steadily through the farmland of southeast Germany and the forested woodlands of western Czech Republic, ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
GERMANY | Sun, 24 May 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [1171] | Comments [1]
Many of the staff at Schweibenalp Center of Unity are
from Germany. One of the German staff who we became friendly with,
Yvonne, was planning a three-day trip back to her hometown and very
kindly invited us to join her. Honestly, ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [1028] | Comments [6]
We know our parents are the only people who read this, so, parents, we want to reasure you that, now that we have crossed the border to Bolivia, our biggest danger thus far has been water. We can imagine that your concerns were invested in bandits and ... Read more >
ALGERIA | Mon, 6 Apr 2009 | By jes2007 | Views [981]
So back again for my third visit! Becoming a habit, n'est pas! Oui, my French is getting better although I still find group conversations hard and thinking quick enough to keep up is difficult, but one to one and everyday stuff is fine. I'm really pleased ... Read more >
CROATIA | Wed, 17 May 2017 | By guild_family_of_3 | Views [976]
THE CITIES
Zagreb
My first impression of Croatia was “Wow, it sure is quiet and serene for being at an international airport?” We were surrounded by lush greenery and only one road that we could see. It was beautiful! My second impression ... Read more >
Tags: cities, croatia, split, zadar, zagreb
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [896] | Comments [3]
Right before one of the afternoon training sessions, I saw Master Xu playing with a pair of sticks. Back home I am a fighter for a medieval recreation group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, in which I primarily fight with two swords. We don't ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
GUATEMALA | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 | By seths-pad | Views [692]
After a 4 hour bus ride north of Antigua i arrived at Lago Atitlan, a Moderatley sized lake surrounded by volcanoes and many villages. Atitlan is famous for maintaining its idegnous cultures all 27 of them found here. I stayed in the small town of San ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 6 Sep 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [557] | Video
Hello from String Films, the team behind the podcast series.
Great news - Episode Two of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available to download.
You can subscribe for free on iTunes or watch on the podcast page at www.ride-earth.org.uk/podcast ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 | By dancinnadz | Views [522]
'Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover' Mark Twain ... Read more >
Tags: mark twain, travelling
NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 3 Mar 2017 | By bernardmarlenlilly | Views [520]
Von Wellington aus haben wir die Autofähre Interislander von der Nordinsel zur Südinsel genommen. Neben allerlei Autos und Campervans waren auch zwei Kuhtransporte mit auf der Fähre. Zunächst wurde die Fähre über mehrere ... Read more >
GERMANY | Sat, 8 Oct 2011 | By braynroni | Views [484]
This morning
dawned with some welcome sunshine. While we consumed a relaxed breakfast of
buns and tasty toppings we got a BIG surprise...
Simon and
Maren started to unzip their hoodies in a co-ordinated fashion partway through
the ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [466]
Ok so landed in Seattle home of the Pikes Place Market and CreativeLive (fellow togs will know what this is) . Checked into the motel and have to say that this is the first time that bookings.com failed me. It was an overpriced dump. However overall ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 17 Jun 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [445]
Chicago: What trip would be complete without seeing the elephants in Chiang Mai? I put down my deposit to see Dumbo! There are lots of elephant parks but this one appealed to me the most since it is a rescue sanctuary.... Read more >
Tags: elephant reserve
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 3 Jan 2013 | By cjfkhj | Views [435] | Comments [1]
It is the morning of our 4th day here, but we have already been through a lot! We first arrived with none of our bags and the bus dropped us off at the wrong location, so since we then had to walk about 12 blocks to our house it was nice to only ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Sun, 23 Jan 2011 | By colemanw | Views [345]
this is just a notification, I am holding back a full update til next week due to the repetitive nature of my first 4 weeks
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 7 Aug 2015 | By ellishaedwards | Views [295] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I couldn’t imagine a world without technology. I’m that type of person who needs to capture every essence of life within its perks. I couldn’t just watch my siblings being born or my dad graduate from university without having it on record as valuable ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 4 Apr 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [213]
Invited by a colleague from work to come and see how lambing went. so headed off, getting lost despite the satnav down the shropshire lanes. Plenty of practice reversing but three point turns are still 5 or 7 point, but thats the price of non powered ... Read more >