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AUSTRALIA | Wed, 28 Jul 2010 | By ambassador | Views [3391]
33,000 kilometers, 12 months, 7 states and heaps of adventure activities ...finally it's time to announce the winners of the Van-Tastic Adventures roadtrip competition. Congratulations Willie Concep c i ó n and Andrew Adams , the ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, australia, campervan, funny, itinerary, northern territory, outback, oz, roadtrip, van-tastic adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 18 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [2643]
This is a story about two families, four mansions and one very
impressive lady. The first mention
of Chatsworth House was in the Doomsday Book; “Chetel’s-worth” owned by Sir
William Peverel. Centuries later
it passed on to ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tue, 15 Apr 2014 | By pauluiza | Views [2280]
Argentina - Salta, Chepes, Mendoza & San Rafael – Braving the magic land of Chorizo steak & red wine
For some reason Salta feels like home, so we decide to do a bit of housekeeping before moving on to the next place, ... Read more >
KENYA | Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1457]
After months of hot, humid weather, the evening and early morning chill of Nairobi is quite a surprise. Sitting on the terrace of my friend's home in the suburb of Langata, I have had to find an extra top to keep warm. The morning sun is steadily climbing ... Read more >
Tags: conservation, gameparks, holiday, insecurity, kenya, nairobi, safari, stunning beaches, westgate, wildlife
THAILAND | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 | By ropo | Views [1330]
being in Bangkok is like being 'maytagged' - a term used in river rafting - the sense that one is trapped for an unseemly amount of time inside a washing machine, an appliance from which one will eventually emerge, defunct but well scrubbed....after ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
JORDAN | Sun, 20 May 2007 | By largeone | Views [1312]
One. Unless the spare is flat and another tyre needs to be transported from camp. The Beduin pride themselves on living in the desert without food and water. In fact there is a proud tradition of the Beduin brothers outlasting one another for days ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
TURKEY | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By nadiamar | Views [1201]
The Backgammon (tavla) is the most popular table game in Turkey. There are special places usually attended only by men, where they play and chat accompanied by Turkish traditional tea for couple of hours. This picture was taken in a small village called ... Read more >
Tags: backgammon, eastern anatolia, tavla, travel photography scholarship 2012, turkey
SOUTH AFRICA | Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By theunit | Views [1195] | Comments [4]
Sorry this has taken so long to get out to everyone who likes to keep an eye on their traveling duo, but it is amazing that once you get out of asia and africa and into Europe, it becomes amazingly difficult to upload photos, use the internet, and get ... Read more >
LAOS | Tue, 13 May 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1179]
Sometimes you come across a place so beautiful you can’t quite believe it’s real. Where the landscape is so stunning and the accommodation so simply perfect and cheap that you keep checking to make sure it’s not all a mistake. Today we arrived ... Read more >
MEXICO | Tue, 27 May 2008 | By damitsu | Views [1124] | Video
I would resume this place in few words.... Relax, landscapes, coktails, dolphins and amazing wood caban on a hill facing the ocean... oh and hamac on the balcony and also sleeping listening waves.... Yes I took a bit more than few words but there so ... Read more >
USA | Sun, 1 May 2016 | By mitann | Views [1021]
Welcome to our 19 day or so road trip adventure through the USA. While this is the first post to hit the site, there are a couple posts we wrote prior to leaving. I never know how to start to capture our adventures which often leads to not ... Read more >
Tags: las vegas, mount rushmore, utah, valley of fire
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By bundynbeaches | Views [900]
Brisbane has been described as a big country town. That makes Hobart a village!
The first thing we noticed was how friendly the Tasmanians are, and that was before we even left Brisbane. The guy checking us in at Brisbane airport was a Tasmanian ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wed, 7 May 2014 | By naddydaud | Views [778]
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
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [725]
Today I am off to Stonhendge. Yesterday I took the msot expensive train ride in my life-the 5 hour ride from Edinburgh to London-the original fare wasn't too bad, about $75 US-as this is a long train ride-but I had to pay an additional $200-why you ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Views [622]
Staying near Parkside in Cambridge is great. It's so close to the city centre and there's always a game of football or cricket on. Gloria and her boyfriend Luca live near Parkside in a cluttered little apartment. Luca, being Italian, grows capsicum and ... Read more >
Tags: al casbah, cambridge, clares college, crepes, kings parade
USA | Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By lhartjen | Views [524]
Los Angeles is a city of broken charm. Like a pair of Angels wings wrapped in crushed velvet this wood promises a touch of stardom at every turn for tourists like me seeking a brush with fame only to be turned away by the finality of each ubiquitous ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 11 Jan 2013 | By lisaj72 | Views [523]
Well, been here almost 2 weeks and already done so much! After being ill at home for 2 weeks, developing sinusitis and worrying if I'd be able to fly, I arrived bang on time in Sydney on NYE, went to stay in Normanhurst, a suburb of Sydney, courtesy ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By christinedrage | Views [455]
Somehow, when this specific time of the year comes, the whole of Thailand transforms into a giant water fight between, kids, teens and grownups. No point in holding back your inner child when SongKran comes around!
We all bought water guns, preparing ... Read more >
Tags: phuket, songkran, thailand, waterfight
PERU | Wed, 7 Apr 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [432]
We were
lucky to get a bus from Arequipa to Puno.
It seems the demonstrations we saw yesterday in the Plaza were the bus
drivers going on strike. No buses
to Lima or Cusco but Puno was spared and we had royal treatment on Cruz del
Sur;... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wed, 7 May 2014 | By cfitchey | Views [425]
Long term travel - it's not a vacation!
After three months of traveling, this is my life. I'm not vacating my regular life to go explore the world. Exploring the world IS my regular life. And as such, it feels more like a job. You wake up everyday ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Wed, 9 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [405]
we had a pretty good flight on Turkish Airlines from Istanbul to Casablanca, although as is apparently TK's habit, they changed aircraft on us and instead of a nice spacious business class seat we got the more constrained seat, where really the only ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thu, 25 Sep 2014 | By changstein | Views [355]
On the way to Ha Long bay, there's a quick break at a production facility where anything from large marble sculptures to artwork, to clothing is made and sold, ready to be purchased and shipped anywhere around the world.
Maybe I could fit one ... Read more >
Tags: vietnam
USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By smithtravel | Views [319]
We left our group on Wednesday at the Johannesberg airport. Rented our car and braved the roads to our B and B in the south of Joberg (as the locals call it). Just a few wrong turns, Denise working at navigation and John driving on what feels ... Read more >
ITALY | Mon, 24 Aug 2015 | By awakening | Views [313] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I'm an Artist and I've spent all of my life trying to find new ways to communicate the beauty of the world through music, theatre and literature. For that reason I've never stopped traveling...because the most important thing of my life is to discover ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
SPAIN | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By colandscott | Views [307]
Spent the morning walking around the old town of Cuenca. This place is amazing and we are now disappointed we were only here for 1 night. Oh well, we can't do everything! Went back to last night's restaurant for an early lunch, which turned out ... Read more >