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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4897] | 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 >
INDONESIA | Tue, 14 Oct 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2322]
As I stepped off the bus with my heavy bags, the searing heat and humidity bit hard! I had no clue where I was and I thought I was reasonably close to Amiel's flat but it turned out I was way off, and I was out of rupiah until I could get to an ATM. ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 17 Dec 2011 | By homeless_harry | Views [2228]
I'm pretty close to doing this bike ride in the nude. Other than loving the birthday suit look, it would make more sense the way the weather is. Getting wet is one thing, as a bike ride in Broome was always hot enough to ensure you would end up wetter ... Read more >
Tags: misadventure, relaxing, riding, weather
EL SALVADOR | Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2039]
Within a few days I went through perhaps the ugliest border crossing I've ever seen (Penas Blancas) to perhaps the most beautiful, and that's the crossing into northeastern El Salvador! It's a beautiful setting high in the mountains with a log cabin-... Read more >
Tags: adventures, mountains, nature, people
FRENCH POLYNESIA | Mon, 8 Feb 2010 | By brikem21 | Views [2019] | Comments [1]
Off to Tahiti- arrive in pouring rain and it hasn’t really stopped. Only staying one night in Papeete as not very beautiful, and plane arrived late at night. But do NOT stay in Tiare Tahiti- a total dump- neon lights, dirty yellow doors, filthy coffee.... Read more >
CHILE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [1542]
Santiago Sloths
The original plan in Chile was to head straight up the Andes and do a weeks skiing, However the associated costs and it being fully booked had conspired against us. We did manage to find a budget option but not until the ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1130] | Video
Taroko Gorge is world famous for the marble walled canyon/gorge that you can almost reach across in places. It is really nice, steep, clean, interesting........and busy!
We were here in December, which is the off season for tourists (apparently) and ... Read more >
PERU | Mon, 5 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [886]
Despite the baggage stuff-up I still got to Puerto Maldonado Airport way early (why do tour operators always insist on getting you there Über -early?). The good news was that I didn't have to hang around the minimally-equipped outpost of an airport ... Read more >
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [886] | 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
VIETNAM | Tue, 8 Jul 2008 | By angelabuffjohn | Views [845] | Comments [1]
(Kyle) Woke up this morning and had to get all our stuff ready since we had to check out at noon. So we first got up and had our breakfast. It wasn’t that great so I think that I only had coffee and some bread with cheese. (Angy) I had ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By peter_allen | Views [823] | Comments [1]
I am in Palm Springs after a couple of days in LA. Jason Badower let me sleep on his floor in LA. There was an air mattress involved, so it was pretty comfortable. I was surprised at the huge apartment he's sharing. He has a flatmate, but they both ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thu, 7 Jan 2010 | By princess2802 | Views [804]
Another post from Andrew.... Before I stuck into the nitty gritty of our last few incredible days, I wanna get these two things off my chest; It's been bugging me, okay? It's just a short two points and I'll get them released quick and painlessly for ... Read more >
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Thu, 31 Jul 2014 | By carolepng | Views [799]
Even today 2 weeks later, I still can not believe that I have travelled to the other side of the world from where I am typing from. I never thought I'd ever see the other side, let alone a continent that is so close to heart as it is also known ... Read more >
Tags: africa, fin4ag14, kenya, matatu, transit
USA | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By randywakefield | Views [704]
We left Yosemite by the western gate after visiting Hetch Hetchy dam, which was quite pretty, but again the waterfalls were dry. The four hour drive from Yosemite was through some nice green fruit orchards and wine country – a bit of a change ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDONESIA | Sat, 3 Sep 2016 | By manuel | Views [688]
Puede que no haya llegado en buen momento. Puede que después de una estancia tan intensa en la India cualquier paraíso en la tierra te hace sentir vacío. Puede que ya no tenga edad para tonterías y esté lejos del ideal ... Read more >
Tags: bali, beach, construcción, mercado
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 29 May 2011 | By blacksparrow_lifethoughts | Views [619] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am Jerome Salazar,30, and my country of residence is Philippines in particular of the place where my life is rooted in a very small town called Zamboanga Peninsula. I am a teacher in profession and my desire to venture to this vivid calling as I may ... Read more >
Tags: #2011Video, Travel Documentary Scholarship 2011
SOUTH AFRICA | Wed, 27 Jul 2011 | By guycowie | Views [592]
Didint expect this... Countrywide snowfall has left travellers stranded and children elated while bringing hardship to people living in shacks. "Over the past 24 hours extremely heavy snowfalls and rain have been experienced across large ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thu, 12 Aug 2010 | By visionshop | Views [583]
Sometimes if you wonder down the back alleys of a city you will see it's true heart. While in Chiang Mai Thailand I wondered down a back alley and found men that were casting and then carving silver bowls. I asked them how long it took to make a bowl ... Read more >
Tags: chiang mai, silver workers, thailand, trade workers
USA | Tue, 1 May 2018 | By daralynn | Views [569] | Comments [3]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night!
And I’m off! After a weak of panic, I’m finally packed, at the airport, and ready to leave the States. Well, I guess I should clarify: I'm ready to leave the States now that I have consumed ... Read more >
Tags: departure, leaving, travel
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | By paul_meet_world | Views [527]
Australia has just flown past - 3 weeks in 3 cities and it's already over.
I spent the last week in Darwin with Allison and Mark, an amazing couple I met while traveling in South America. The Australians and the English and everybody else from ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [493]
What a mission. Three bus rides later, a sore puku and the baddest black bags you´ve ever seen. But I'm clean now. After 30 odd hours, I had the longest hot shower ever. That last bus was a living nightmare. Trying to tell the bus driver I was sick in ... Read more >
BULGARIA | Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By ralitsaanganaki | Views [380]
Dear Nomads,
My name is Ralitsa and I am so glad and excited to have a chance to participate in this journey.
I am an ordinary girl with untypical point of view. Excited. Very excited. And I’ve got a lots of visions and ideas.
I’... Read more >
Tags: my people
PERU | Sun, 11 Apr 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [347]
Church bells were pealing as we left the Plaza at 6:30. We wanted an early start for Lake Huacopay, just beyond the ruins of Tipon. All along the way we say the devastation caused by the flooding of January and February. Fields were destroyed ... Read more >
PALESTINE | Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By shaz | Views [319]
It was raining when I landed in Tel Aviv. Passport control was easy but getting cash wasn't. None of my credit or debit cards worked in any of the atms I tried in the airport. I knew the only cash I had was 5 euros so I was wondering how I was ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By rachel_webb | Views [252] | Scholarship Entry
I wake to the sight of a vaulted ceiling stretched high overhead, brought to unwilling consciousness by the persistent cold that invades not only my sleeping bag, but the three layers of clothes in which I am tightly wrapped. In the pre-dawn light, ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011