World Nomads journals & writers

Giving it All Up to Travel the World - The Dream and the Reality

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [8105] | Comments [6]

Leaving everything to travel the world is a liberating decision. Shaking off routine and the cloak of the familiar for the excitement of new experiences and the thrill of the unknown is the mantra of most travellers. But once you are on the road, ... Read more >

Tags: australia, ireland, itinerary, off the beaten path, reflections, scotland, travel, travel blues

B-Boy Korea - Bust a Move!

SOUTH KOREA | Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By miss_traveller | Views [7636] | Comments [3] | Video

  ^^The youtube video is from Planet B-boy. It is break dancing between North and South Korea soldiers at the DMZ (demilitarized zone) border. It is a must see. Phat stuff! Dope music and break dancing.  A B-boy is ... Read more >

Tags: i should have known better!

Adventures of a Voluntourist: Vietnam

VIETNAM | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 | By responsible-travel | Views [5941] | Comments [2]

Randomness. A good percentage of the world does not believe in the randomness of birth—birth is either predestined or the result of a causal event. In other words, your lot in life (and the family into which you are born) is either part of a greater ... Read more >

2009 Travel Photography Scholarship: Anna Zhu Preparing for the Trip of a Lifetime.

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4925] | 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 >

The Wanderer... goes for a drive

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 20 Sep 2007 | By ambassador | Views [2327]

"After nearly twenty years working in emergency management - ambulance, search and rescue, structure fire, law enforcement and bush fires – assignments varying from managing aircraft on bush fires to coordinating crews in the picking-up of pieces ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, friends

Death Railway

THAILAND | Tue, 29 May 2007 | By postcard_scott | Views [1918]

Dear World Nomads, Hi from the Death Railway, so before my trip I rented “Bridge on the River Kwai”. Thought it would make a good primer. Turns out the movie was pretty much made up. There was a bridge, a war, and brits, but that’s where the similarities ... Read more >

Tags: Postcards

Bac Ha Market

VIETNAM | Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By seesea | Views [1761]

Saturday night’s ten-hour, 340 km train ride from Hanoi to Lao Cai was hardly the Orient Express but it is the most convenient way to reach Sapa and Vietnam’s hill people.   We shared a sleeper coach with a couple of like-minded travelers from Christchurch, ... Read more >

Siege of Leningrad

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sun, 4 Sep 2011 | By nncysf | Views [1497]

wanted to add an entry about another part of St. Petersburg/Leningrad's history not as glamorous as the Winter Palace or Tsarskoe Selo - the siege of Leningrad i'd read about it as part of WWII history but it never hit home - there is a very moving ... Read more >

The slow boat to Wasai

PERU | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [1286] | Comments [1]

We flew into Puerto Maldonado from Cusco.  We could have gone by road but it would have taken up to a week.  Puerto Maldonado was hot, hot, hot and extremely humid.  It also isn't that nice so we got to finding a jungle lodge straight away.  We blew ... Read more >

Tags: jungle, puerto maldonado

little accident

BELIZE | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1125] | Comments [2]

Hi all in a small town called san ignacio belize where yesterday I very nearly died! we went tubing down a river called the Mopan which was great until we hit the rapids and with a combination of lifebelt tube and the idiot called Elaine, we went into ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

The journey begins...

USA | Thu, 20 Jan 2011 | By libana | Views [1096]

Hello and welcome to our travel journal! We're Libana , the global music ensemble. We've been traveling and performing together for more than thirty years, and are very excited to set out for India next month! Travel along with us!

Tags: libana, women of the world

Autumn Sunday Afternoon

USA | Thu, 22 Oct 2009 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1016]

I picked an apple from the tree, walked down the hill a little way and stood among the pumpkins, idly turning one over with my foot now and then. Wandering down the rows, I bit into the fruit and wiped my sticky hands on my pants like when I was ... Read more >

Tags: autumn, hometown adventures

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [845]

When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did.  I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury.  First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >

By the seaside

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 7 Jul 2010 | By drmitch | Views [832]

Of course it can't be all fun and games over here. Although this is a travel journal I do occasionally have to do some work to fund further trips. Luckily this short vet is able to pick and choose from quite a few jobs around the country as people are ... Read more >

Tags: beach, brighton, surf

Aphrodisias and Pamukkale

TURKEY | Tue, 7 Jul 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [707]

WE LEFT THE MEDITERRANEAN BEHIND YESTERDAY.  The road is long, with many a winding turn, through time-warped mountain villages where tractors have yet to replace donkeys.  We were headed for Pamukkale with a major detour to Aphrodisias, not ... Read more >

11 more sleeps...

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By j9fabre | Views [684] | Comments [1]

11 more sleeps... And no, the ship that your saw on the news sinking in Antarctica is not my ship!  I will be sailing on the Aleksey Maryshev, a research vessel (not a luxury cruise liner).  The Aleksey Maryshev can take up to 46 passengers & has ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Tea, baths, and guns

IRELAND | Wed, 12 Jun 2013 | By fiddlegirl8 | Views [630] | Comments [1]

"Of course you don't like baths, you're American" my friend said to me as I prepared to take a shower...I am not sure that that really is an American thing but she seemed to to think that as a general rule we are not as inclined to take a bath as the ... Read more >

Tags: baths vs showers, midwest gun culture, tea vs coffee

TENNESEEEEEEE......

ITALY | Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By nico | Views [588] | Comments [1]

Prima di tutto ringraziamo gli amici dei vari commenti ricevuti e auguriamo le stesse giornate piene e divertenti che stiamo vivendo noi.In questo momento di  aggiornamento del blog ci troviamo in un motel di Birmingham capitale dell'Alabama e siamo ... Read more >

St Lucia 2013

SAINT LUCIA | Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By shaz | Views [566]

St Lucia is hot and that’s what I’ve been waiting for since the summer. I spent the first day getting burnt in the sea. I got trashed about in the huge waves of Sandy Bay Beach and nearly lost my shorts. This was a welcoming rest after a ... Read more >

back in RI

USA | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By imalivewhen | Views [555] | Comments [3]

Yeah, this is my hometown, but some of you have never been here. Driving home today, I was thinking about all the bits in life you do that no one knows about and that you forget about, and that your life disappears away. Not in a bad way, just a ... Read more >

All that jazz

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 17 Jan 2009 | By chiclet | Views [531]

Hello Sweden, Hoppas att ni alla njuter av en trevlig helg! Vi har Sara och Niclas på besök nu. I onsdags hyrde vi bil och åkte upp till Nationalparken Ku-Ring-Gai. Naturen var fin, men bortsett från en ödla såg vi inte så mycket djurliv. Men efter ... Read more >

Arrived in Entebbe!

UGANDA | Sun, 6 Jan 2013 | By smhnash | Views [458]

Hello from Entebbe!   We finally arrived yesterday afetr a very long bus journey and two flights! First impressions of Uganda are all good so far. The people seem lovely and friendly, we have seen the sun for the first time in 9 months (although ... Read more >

Thursday 27 June

ITALY | Thu, 27 Jun 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [456]

Started the day by checking out the Cathedral of Sante Maria de Fiore. It was done in Florentine style of green, white and red marble and was quite sparsely decorated inside even though it was enormous. There is a church under it - the original was ... Read more >

Nomadic Lifestyle

MONGOLIA | Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By ono | Views [396] | Video | Scholarship Entry

My country is beautiful I want to show it for everyone. My goal is make movie for attract tourist and show different side of my country. I have small experience take and editing video. If you guys choose me it will be great opportunity for me. Thanks, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

The Luggage........

USA | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By coati2012 | Views [370]