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THAILAND | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [9203] | Comments [17]
I'm back in Kanchanaburi town after 5 days at the Elephants & Friends sanctuary near Kanchanaburi. I have a lot of notes and pictures to go through, so this will be long, go get a cuppa!! This week has been incredible in so many ways. The people ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, animals
CHINA | Mon, 25 Jun 2007 | By thestunnings | Views [8428] | Comments [6]
Monday morning started really early, as we were headed for the Great Wall. Despite the early hour, we were quite excited to be up early enough to get to the wall before the throngs of other tourists converge on it, making it crowded and less enjoyable.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4915] | 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 >
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [2453]
The rock.
The responsible one.
The family mediator.
The solid friend.
Back home, those descriptors stuck to me like static cling. Back in
America, I found myself caught in the middle of family arguments, ... Read more >
Tags: australia, change, experiences, family, friends, travel, usa
NEPAL | Tue, 23 Nov 2010 | By baba | Views [1942] | Comments [1]
Eigentlich wollen wir von Tumlingtar im Osten von Nepal via Makalu Base Camp Trek und Sherpani Col ins Everest Gebiet laufen. Doch leider ist alles ein bisschen anders gekommen als wir uns das vorgestellt haben. Das damit in Nepal immer zu rechnen ist, ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sun, 1 Jul 2012 | By hanna | Views [1824]
It is about the journey and not the destination. The old
travel maxim has never been truer for me.
Mount Gunug
Agung is Bali’s highest and most sacred point. The keen climb the volcano
in the night to catch the sun rise across the whole ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1654]
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 >
BRAZIL | Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By lani | Views [1514] | Comments [1]
Here in Brazil even the most mundane things can turn into adventures! Today I decided to make good use of my amigas kitchen and do some cooking, because I really haven´t had any opportunities to cook more than toast or 2 minute noodles while I have been ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
USA | Mon, 2 Mar 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [1318]
Northern California’s Anderson Valley is a wine lover’s paradise. It’s more remote and less traveled than Napa and Sonoma, but still just 2 hours from San Francisco. The best introduction to the area is a slow-paced drive from one end ... Read more >
Tags: wine
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By thegypsydiaries | Views [1251] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
Incense sticks are lit; then he vigorously washes his hands and wears a skull cap. “Here desires come true” he affirms entering the dargah – the tomb of Hazrat Nizamuddin, a revered Sufi saint of Delhi. Today Sajid is my guide; a young migrant who earns ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
KENYA | Fri, 7 Oct 2011 | By klnjaa | Views [1187] | Comments [1]
Last
Sunday we went to church at Pastor Robert's Deliverance Church. They have now
moved onto the new property, and had a tent brought to the place that has been
leveled for the new building. Pastor Robert asked Rilla and I a couple days
before ... Read more >
BULGARIA | Thu, 13 Oct 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1117]
Sometimes Bulgaria feels like Colorado, only greener. A better comparison would be New
England, maybe Maine. The
mountains top out at just over a mile, much like Mt. Washington. They have gotten their first snow and
the resorts are preparing ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 21 Nov 2011 | By jrbrink | Views [1033]
Nelson Mandela is a truly inspiring human being and now that I have
read his autobiography, I can say, most concretely, that I believe in his struggle
that united South Africans. Despite all the adversity he faced, he portrays
himself as a strong, ... Read more >
Tags: 46664, long walk to freedom, mandela, south africa
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 1 Aug 2007 | By steph | Views [946] | Comments [1]
When he learnt that Captain John Lort Stokes from the Beagle , a former shipmate, had named a beautiful bay in northern Australia by his name, evolutionist Charles Darwin must have been quite flattered. It was back in 1839, and the name was Port ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, culture
MALAWI | Sat, 10 Oct 2009 | By africa2009 | Views [861]
Ach, coz to byl za piekny slub w Veronie. Na zakonczenie wieczoru wszyscy goscie zostali zaproszeni na wycieczke statkiem po jeziorze Garda, gdzie razem z Arkiem zabawialismy gosci muzyka o zachodzie slonca... Claudia jest Wloszka. Poznalismy ja kilka ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By munyambabazi | Views [822] | Comments [1] | Video | Scholarship Entry
A TRAVEL BASED ESSAY ABOUT THE TOPIC: "Understanding a Culture through food". Am called Muyambabazi Precious male Ugandan. Am very glad to write about the above topic based on my travel experience to the United States of America in 2007. ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 23 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [650]
THE DRIVE FROM NEWHAVEN TO TORQUAY is a long one—it took nearly six-hours. We didn’t have time to stop along the famous Jurassic Coast, nor would we have wanted to—Sunday no day to compete with the locals on their day out. But we did ... Read more >
FRANCE | Fri, 9 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [630]
Today was HOT . This morning we took a wee while to get going. Roni up first and went to the camp cafe for a ‘real’ coffee as she tried to make a dent in the backlog of photos to be labelled. Bray emerged eventually, feeling a bit rubbish – not ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Fri, 22 Jul 2011 | By lesleyandjan | Views [521]
Fri 22 July. After a freezing last night in Adelaide (thanks Gwen and Ken for housing us); we flew to Phnom Penh via Singapore. Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia; whereas Phnom Penh is true Asia. Arriving was a calm affair with a very organised ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 23 Apr 2016 | By vagabonds3 | Views [516]
IT'S OCTOBER ALREADY — where does the time go? — and we’ve been back in the USA for so long I almost forget that we ever left. RV-living apparently agrees with us and we with it. Some of you have noticed the absence of ... Read more >
INDIA | Sun, 24 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Views [509]
Roman has been trying to teach me some Nepali. Dog is koocur (?), thank you is danyabad, how are you? is costachia (?), tea is chia, good bye is bye bye or te ta. So Te Ta Sikkim and thank you for a good stay.
I am now in Silaguri and on my ... Read more >
ITALY | Sat, 7 Sep 2013 | By embrace | Views [450] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Being a filmmaker/presenter is the way I would make myself useful in the world and get new experiences of which I can learn and with which I can help others in need. In this video ''free hug'' you see myself as a presenter, trying to put a smile on every ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013
GREECE | Fri, 11 Jul 2014 | By sailor1girl | Views [440]
(Bruce wrote this blog entry just before we went to see the sunset last Saturday early evening. Thought you all would want to read it.)
To understand our days here, it is necessary to live the geography, which, if you took a cross section ... Read more >
USA | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [387]
Our last evening in Udaipur at the beautiful Lake Palace was topped off with the most amazing dinner party you could imagine. We were transported by boat to our royal barge as the sun was setting over the lake. After finding our comfiest ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [326] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration. This inspiration has led me to the pristine wonders of varied countries. At age 17, I sailed throughout the Caribbean, earing my PADI certification and coral reef conservation credit. It was ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia