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BRAZIL | Fri, 3 Aug 2012 | By scholarships | Views [143337] | Comments [111] | Video
Applications are now closed - best of luck to everyone that applied!
Go on assignment to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and experience Carnival.
Every nomad has a story. And we believe that those stories are worth sharing with the ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Tue, 14 Sep 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [16130] | Comments [2]
Love is Tough. It’s about compromise. It’s about patience. It’s about loyalty. It’s
about being there no matter how big the obstacle, how bad the circumstance, for
better OR WORSE! Call me an emo, but maybe
the J
Geils band were ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, experiences, friendship, hostels, inspiration, love, passion, relationships, travel
MYANMAR | Fri, 15 Mar 2013 | By nnninecountries | Views [6549] | Comments [4]
We made it to Bangkok after braving an overnight bus with loud travellers singing Karaoke and some near death turns that almost made the bus topple over. I don't have much to say about Bangkok, as Jake got a pretty bad cold and we were in need of ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, elephants, horsecart, khoasan, myanmar, sunrise, sunsets, temples
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4891] | 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 >
MEXICO | Mon, 23 Nov 2009 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [3976] | Comments [1]
We took the night bus to Oaxaca – an 11 hour journey down into the arid plains and up again into the mountains. This was our first taste of the massive scale of Mexico – it’s a big country! It was also our first taste of near ubiquitous cactus desert, ... Read more >
Tags: mitla, monte alban, oaxaca, santa maria del tule, semana santa, teotitlan del valle
INDIA | Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By annanderson | Views [3215]
12/9 – 12/13 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India – What a wonderful time we had with friends in Hyderabad! Our dear friends, Nag, Veena, Vibha, & Nidhi introduced us to their warm & inviting home and active family life. ... Read more >
Tags: People
COSTA RICA | Thu, 23 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [2437]
Megan took a class last semester on Chronemics, which is the study of time in nonverbal communication. She was telling me about how monochromic and polychronic cultures vary on how they perceive and react to time. The US is a monchronic culture where ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, kda
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By BigTripBlog | Views [2342] | 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
FALKLAND ISLANDS | Mon, 6 Nov 2017 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2038]
It was sunny and beautiful without much (by Falkland standards) wind today: a perfect day for walking, photography, and drone flying. If there's one place in the world that you truly need transport, it's West Falkland. Yesterday I told Critta that I ... Read more >
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1840]
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
FRANCE | Fri, 8 Oct 2010 | By romina | Views [1246]
After Paris we headed southwest towards the region of the Loire Valley, about 1.5hrs by TGV (fast) train (…this is the 1 st of many train trips using my 2-month Eurail pass) and based ourselves in the city of Tours. The city was the launching pad for ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By rich | Views [987]
Ever wanted to know what it feels like to live in a sardine can? Just hop on an overnight bus down the Vietnam coast and you'll quickly find out. From the outside it looks like any other bus, but once you step inside (take your shoes off before you do!) ... Read more >
JAPAN | Fri, 5 Feb 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Views [985]
Hello from Tokyo! I’m sitting in a cosy little hostel common room warming myself with some tasty curry flavoured cup noodles (some call them cheating, I call them delicious late night convenience). I’m exhausted and a little strung-out from the ... Read more >
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [880] | 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
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [816]
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 >
INDONESIA | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By naddydaud | Views [798]
The last time I went to Indonesia was when I was 15. It was a 2 days 1 night trip organized by the school and it was a Geography trip. We went to Manado and damn, really beautiful landscape and we were fortunate to stay in a resort up the mountain which ... Read more >
Tags: bali, dirt bike, dreamland, enduro, indonesia, kuta, sea, tabanan, travel buddies, virgin trip
UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 3 Jun 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [785]
The weather was absolutely gorgeous today; not a cloud in the sky. I had the most difficult time sleeping due to another nuisance of a plant. Pennsylvania has poison ivy, yet Ireland has stinging nettles. During my miserable geocaching run yesterday ... Read more >
PUERTO RICO | Mon, 9 Jun 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [740]
'Lets go to Dominica', was my first thought upon hearing that Intercaribbean Airways (Turks and Caicos National airline) had announced new flights to Puerto Rico. when I found out we would miss the connecting flight by about 5 minutes and would need ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [689]
Righto, as Paul mentions, we've been burning the candle from both ends rather a lot. This has only been sustainable at times with strategically placed nana naps in the late afternoon (but don't tell anyone!!!). Caught the Eurostar from Paris to London, ... Read more >
DENMARK | Tue, 31 Jul 2007 | By louise | Views [597] | Comments [3]
Hello again! Well yesterday myself, Ashley and Anna ventured across the to Denmark for some sightseeing in Copenhagen. Takes about 20 mins on the train, so it's less than heading into the city from Ringwood! We wandered into the main square and there ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
TANZANIA | Fri, 8 Apr 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [541]
2 nd – 4 th
April 2011
…into Tanzania…
The border was a furious swarm of men all looking for
opportunity to help smooth our way through the endless paperwork involved in
getting our bodies and our cars out of Zambia ... Read more >
CANADA | Wed, 5 Aug 2009 | By katang | Views [538]
Monday August 3 rd Another early start for a day of crippling outdoor fun! We arrived at Majestic Ocean Kayaking shortly after 8 to be kitted out with lifejackets, sexy splashskirts (think black rubber tyre crossed with dangling nappy and the ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [505] | Comments [3]
10 buses, 1 train, 3 flights, 62 days, 13 hostels, 2 hotels, 8 cities, 27 stories, 3 upset tummies, 1 flu, too many hangovers and endless fun… what a self discovering journey it has been! I remember this feeling. I`d experienced it twice ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Sat, 21 Feb 2015 | By excellentadventure | Views [483]
Fruit man came in his truck with a selection of produce to pick from....I got a stack of fruit and veg and Mike was looking forward to eating the big, juicy mango. The rest is pretty much just lazing in the hammock with an arvo surf. The waves at Playa ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By obonini | Views [410] | Comments [2]
I've not been up to thaaat much lately hence the shortage of entrys so I thought I'd better make one today. Today, Daryl said he was planning on going for a walk to check out the proper part of the harbour where all the boats are and I decided to go ... Read more >