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FIJI | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [9516] | Comments [3]
We stepped off the small boat from our resort onto the shores of one of the villages in Nacula, Fiji. Nacula is one of the over 300 islands that make up Fiji. It has a population of only a few hundred people, many of whom work in the many surrounding ... Read more >
Tags: fiji, nacula
TANZANIA | Sat, 16 Dec 2006 | By will | Views [4568]
Zanzibar , even the name has an exotic ring to it and conjures up images of Sultans, Spices and Slaves. One of the great island ports of the mystic east, ships traded the goods of Africa, the Middle East, and India and out across the Indian Ocean to ... Read more >
Tags: Observations
PERU | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [3074] | Comments [2]
A lot has happened since we were in Huacachina. Pretty much everyone that I wrote about in the last blog left PSF(Pisco Sin Fronteras), and were replaced by a whole new crew. Iva and Irany from Croatia, Cameron from Arkansas, Aden from Korea, Abi ... Read more >
ZIMBABWE | Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2495]
What happened? Tell us your tale. Towards the end of our 6-week adventure
through East Africa we decided to do a walking Rhino safari in the beautiful
Matobo Hills National Park, Zimbabwe.
The scenery is absolutely beautiful and we had already ... Read more >
Tags: africa, nature, rhinos, risk, safari, travel, true travel tales, walking, wildlife, zimbabwe
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 23 Dec 2006 | By ambassador | Views [2413]
Check out our first World Nomads Ambassadors - Ana & Emma as they drive from Sydney to Adelaide and then back to Melbourne to help support the poor English cricket team ! Read about this cricket Odyssey in their blog Ana and Emma's ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, ambassador van, road trip, victoria, world nomads
INDONESIA | Sat, 20 Mar 2010 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [2130]
Jogjakarta Before arriving, I had arranged to stay with a local guy, named “Mank”. He’s on Couchsurfing, and had plenty of positive reviews. He described his house as a “Chicken House” and I knew we were in for something basic, but wow! He lives at ... Read more >
Tags: borobudur, bromo volcano, jogjakarta, prambanan
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1661]
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 >
SINGAPORE | Sun, 16 Jul 2017 | By davidpearlman | Views [1511]
The third day, the ship went to a seaside village, called sanary ser mer. This was a tender port, so we had to take tenders to the shore.
As customary with the ship, since there we're only 200 people, the wait for the tender was only about 15 ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 18 Jan 2010 | By thebigtrip | Views [1114]
We have been a little lazy the last while and haven’t been keeping the blog up to date. So to make it short and sweet here are the highlights of our (Stephen and Laura‘s) 10 weeks travelling the East coast of Australia. After our two amazing weeks ... Read more >
Tags: australia, east coast
CAMBODIA | Thu, 4 Aug 2011 | By lesleyandjan | Views [1088]
You probably wonder what life is like in Battambang unless you have been to Cambodia. But even then it is different from Phnom Penh or Siem Reap. For a start there are few Westerners. Tourists tend to come here for one day or so to see the Bamboo ... Read more >
CHINA | Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1085]
Living in China, for me, is like going to a really ethnically singlular hair cutting school. For years, I've been cutting my own hair. It started after spending countless Saturday afternoons getting washed, cut, and styled...only to return home, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
MOROCCO | Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By rhynardm | Views [1008]
Last weekend was another great time in Morocco. I went on the ALIF (Arabic Language Institute) Camel Trek. I had considered not going, as I have already been once, and it was such an amazing experience that I didn't want to try and top it, but several ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By sean_and_liana | Views [972]
I write this as we drive along the M4 from Cardiff to London , after 4 nights in Cardiff and exploring the surrounds of South Wales . We had a great 4 days exploring with our taxi Driver Taff (Sean’s mate from Perth ) and the lovely ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By lex | Views [929] | Video
In all my discussions with other backpackers since I've been out here, I'm yet to meet someone who has stayed in Adelaide more than 2days - it appears that most people just use it as a stop-off point between the Great Ocean Road and Uluru / Perth..... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
USA | Wed, 23 May 2007 | By jessiebiscuits | Views [824]
We arrived in San Francisco
on the Friday afternoon and it was such a nice change from New
York – it was glorious sunshine, even though it
wasn’t especially hot, it was less hectic and had a really nice vibrant
atmosphere. As soon as you walked ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By carjam | Views [789]
We arrived into one of the many railway stations in Moscow early this morning, and fought our way to buy a metro ticket among masses of people. Our hostel is in a great location, only about a 10-15 minute walk from Red Square. We left our heavy packs ... Read more >
ROMANIA | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By gabita | Views [772] | Video
Baia Mare is an important city in northern Romania and the seat of Maramureş County. It is located in the northern part of the county, on the middle course of the Săsar River, at an average altitude of 228 metres, surrounded by the Igniş and Gutâi mountains.... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sun, 10 Apr 2011 | By shaz | Views [731]
Vietnam rocks! I loved it and it’s been a while since I had such a good trip. Great group and brilliant itinerary. My favourite was Sapa which had a 6 hour trek all the way to the home stay. Not my cup of tea trekking for 6 hours but I took ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By andikabakti | Views [687]
I am a communication science student at University of Sumatera Utara, one of the biggest university in Sumatera . I am a photographer editor at SUARA USU Student Press that publish tabloid monthly, magazine, and news online. Even I must study hard ... Read more >
Tags: graphic design, photography, reading, travelling, writing
JAPAN | Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By lex | Views [665]
Well, predictably my flight was delayed (apparently they can`t cope with the weather in London in December - when it rains?!) As my new travelling attitude is carefree (!!!) I didn`t flinch, but spent a decent journey next to a couple intent on having ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
IRELAND | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By missandersen | Views [663]
St. Paddys day. That was so fun. We went to dame street really early. To get a nice spot. There where a lot of space in the beginning (we where there 2 hours before it started) But as time went by it got really crowded. So you kinda had to fight for ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
CAMBODIA | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By hopperq | Views [591]
After our Tour de Angkor we spent 2 nights in Phnom Penh. Overall, it was a depressing experience. We visited the Genocide Museum, or Killing fields, which is the site of many mass graves from the Khmer Rouge regime. From there, we went straight to ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 11 Feb 2014 | By cfitchey | Views [553]
Landing in Auckland was an amazing sight. I don't recall ever landing in such a beautiful place. It was all a bit surreal and disorienting to have finally arrived at my first destination: New Zealand.
The glittering water and green rolling hills looked ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [516] | Comments [1]
Had some nice sightseein days here in SF. The first days rain and since yesterday pure sunshine. So I had a great walk to the Golden Gate on Thursday. And yesterday Nadja usually would like to pick up her board at the shaper but we "missed" ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 24 Jul 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [367]
Today
the time difference hit hard as I
was wide awake at a marvelous 4.30 am.. I m pretty sure that at this
time Dan was wishing we had separate rooms as I was pottering around
our closet of a room (thinking I was ... Read more >