World Nomads journals & writers

Arriving at the Airport - PART THREE

CHINA | Wed, 9 Jan 2008 | By mh71 | Views [3285]

- Beijing Capital International Airport - Yes. After a very long planning at last I have arrived in Beijing, China. The moment I stepped out of the plane into the terminal I felt a sense of relief and that everything ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Crete News & Life

GREECE | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [2754]

Chania, Crete. Hey everyone, Hope you are all well? At the moment we are still in our apartment in Chania that we booked for a month. We have enjoyed our month so far but only have three days to go. Our first two weeks of sitting on the beach ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Onwards to Dumaguette

PHILIPPINES | Thu, 3 Dec 2009 | By bear | Views [2117] | Comments [1]

A Filipino bus ride is sure to be a) bumpy, b) prone to stop your heart every once in a while, and c) fly like eagle on speed. Always sit away from the window, else a palm tree could have your eye out, and always wear shades, preferably goggles (this ... Read more >

Negombo: Fire Dragon Guest House

SRI LANKA | Sun, 4 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1880]

FOR ONCE WE TOOK A BIT OF OUR OWN ADVICE – we stayed in Negombo Beach, not Colombo, for our last night in Sri Lanka.  Negombo Beach is dominated by three overpriced Jetwing Resorts, the kind of places that American tourists prefer.  Not ... 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 >

The Real Jurassic Park

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By cvanwyk | Views [1638]

Dinosaurs fascinated me a kid. I can remember when I was a kid, shortly after moving to Australia from New Zealand, my aunty, always happy to oblige my curiosity of the natural world, brought me to the QLD museum. Looking at the gigantic reconstructions ... Read more >

Snapping Handbags

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By crocbait | Views [1636]

While traveling thoughout Cape York Penisula in Australia, you have to be wary of the very large snapping handbags that patrol the waters. During an early morning walk along the banks of the Normanby River in Lakefield National park, I was brought out ... Read more >

Tags: crocodile

loving La Paz

BOLIVIA | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By daniryan | Views [1360] | Comments [5]

La Paz … wow! Coming around the corner from El Alto to get the first view above this huge city is breathtaking. Not a pretty city, although they are trying, but if ever the word ‘sprawling’ was appropriate, this is it. It’s beautiful though in ... Read more >

some like it hot; i like it CHILEd

CHILE | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 | By yu-en-me | Views [1307]

today was the chilean 'fiesta patria', or patriot day for chile, marking the start of the independence process back in 1810. i'm getting into the festive mood, and love seeing the little flags on cars as they fly down the seemingly speed-limitless ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Food, food, and more food!

COSTA RICA | Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [1269] | Comments [2]

The food here is excellent. As you can imagine we eat a lot of food from the farm. We've eaten a few meals off the farm but Xinia's cooking is definitely superior. I know my foodie friends are dying to hear about the food. I've decide to write this blog ... Read more >

Der Sonne am nächsten - Chimborazo

ECUADOR | Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By rayen | Views [1185]

Nein, ich bin nicht nocheinmal auf einen der Grossen Berge Südamerikas geklettert. Nicht dass ich es nicht versucht hätte den höchsten Berg Ecuadors zu besteigen (6.310m), aber mein Magen und meine Ausdauer haben einfach nicht mirspielen wollen. Also ... Read more >

Pasco, just for a night

PERU | Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1160]

We took the river back to Puerto Sungaro where we got a collectivo ute to any place about 3 hours south. That happened to be a place called Pasco in the area of Constitution. Carol had tried in Puerto Inca to get a boat all the way there but it worked ... Read more >

Churches, synagogues and mosques

EGYPT | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [1149]

We arrived at the hotel around half 6 and the girls all passed out in our day-use room, while I fought sleep with a book. Later that morning we met our new guide, Hent, who showed us around Islamic Cairo, Christian Coptic Cairo and the Khan al-Khalili ... Read more >

Tags: bazaare, church, coptic cairo, mosque

Massage class and Loy Krathong

THAILAND | Thu, 6 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [964]

We have finished our third day of class at the Sunshine Massage School in Chiang Mai. There are sixteen of us in the class, and we represent nine countries: USA,  France, Germany, UK, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain, and Holland. The classes ... Read more >

Tags: khom loy, loy krathong, thai massage

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [857]

Only a little more than a week I have left in Samoa. For the past couple of days I’ve been staying with John, Lagi, and family. They have four children: George, Frank, Mona, and Fina. Lagi made her first carrot cake last night; excitedly enough, ... Read more >

Surreal - Part #6

THAILAND | Wed, 7 May 2014 | By naddydaud | Views [787]

Those who saw my submission for 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship would know what happened to me the day after Songkran. Yes, overslept and missed the minivan at 6am. Well, we were so damn sure that we would wake up on time. I had a few alarms set and ... Read more >

Tags: broke, coach, experience, lost, malaysia, oversleeping, singapore, thailand

Unemployed!

PERU | Fri, 14 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [763]

We haven't updated the journal in a while simply because nothing has happened lately.  We are still in the noisy, crowded and dirty city of Pucallpa.  It is literally at the end of the road - for now.  From here it's all river travel, all ... Read more >

Bangkok and Beyond Part I "Keep your arms and legs inside the Tuk Tuk'"

THAILAND | Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By ashleyheilmann | Views [703]

Fortunately, we got some really cheap bus tickets while we were on Ton Sai that would take us all the way to Bangkok. Unfortunately, these were the famed "Joint Tickets" that Alex had painfully experienced on his last trip to Thailand. Basically ... Read more >

Tiptoe through the Tulips...

CANADA | Wed, 21 May 2008 | By kiley | Views [612] | Comments [1]

Last weekend was the Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, which was also a long weekend for Victoria Day. So Eric and I went up for the weekend to check it out and some other sights around the nation’s capital.   The origins of the Tulip ... Read more >

Ania: Tango Tango Tango...

ARGENTINA | Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | By royandania | Views [604] | Comments [1]

While Roy is at the dentist (i am not joking)I will take the chance to sit on the sunny terrace and write about my Buenos Aires life. The traffic noise is so loud that I can barley hear my own thoughts and actually that is the reason ... Read more >

Walking Tallinn, Skype's Home

NETHERLANDS | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [597]

Tallinn, Estonia is truly a gem. The entire old city, which is quite large, is a UNESCO, World Heritage Site (We walked over 8 miles in the “old city”). It is steeped in history and beauty. And you can see the different cultural influences ... Read more >

Bananas, Cassavas, and Hope

TANZANIA | Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By linzbroscott | Views [591] | Comments [4]

On Saturday we planted bananas in our cement hard soil….I hope they will grow.   It was the first time any of us (Jonah, Sandra, Frank and I) had planted a banana, so we did our best.   According to the locals you dig a big hole and give it lots of ... Read more >

Bonn, Monday 9 July

PORTUGAL | Mon, 9 Jul 2018 | By europe2013 | Views [481]

With Ute leaving early for work we sorted ourselves.  I am really going to miss the German bread for brekky.  Nothing quite like it at home.  Uneventful trip and all connections worked.  Arrived in sunny Portugal and found our accommodation ... Read more >

Asher's catch up - for 19/3/10-...

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 16 Apr 2010 | By terrihorner | Views [386]

19/3/10 Hanoi * Walked to Temple of Literature - a good walk as there was interesting stalls and shopfronts along the way. * Sat down for lunch at a street stall and ate a sweet soup with noodles, greens, BBQ pork and it cost 40000Dong ($2.50) for ... Read more >

my alternate scholarship entry: seared ahi tuna

USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By gwendolynalley | Views [312]

It starts with fish, fresh ahi tuna to be precise. And it starts with a whisper: “Did you hear the tuna boat is in town this weekend?” This tuna comes from the ocean that I see each day when I walk along the beach—the Pacific ... Read more >