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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4907] | 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 >

Merry Christmas et al

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By nomads-news | Views [3359] | Video

From all the team we wish you a very... Merry Christmas geseënde Kersfees gëzuar Krishtlindja gleckika Wïanachta miilaad majiid Shnorhavor Surb tsnund Eguberri on З Божым нараджэннем subho baradin sretan Božić Nedeleg laouen весела коледа Christmas ... Read more >

Tags: world nomads, world nomads partners

EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY!

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Jan 2010 | By vantastic_tas | Views [2607]

In most places around the world summer is a time for festivals and Tasmania is no exception. For one week at the end of December and beginning of January every year all of the best food, wine and beer of Tasmania meet in Hobart for The Taste of ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, australia, entertainment, festival, holiday, party, road trip, tasmania, van-tastic, yachting

Terugkijkend op Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA | Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By bramgies | Views [2439]

De 1e week van onze reis zit er bijna op en het is haast niet voor te stellen dat er nog zo ontzettend veel gaat komen. Wij zitten nu in de trein van Kuala Lumpur naar Singapore en komen daar over ongeveer 2 uur (totale treinreis 6 uur en 45 minuten) ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Sakurabana festival

JAPAN | Sun, 31 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [2317] | Comments [1]

Saturday afternoon, we drove up north of Nago to enjoy the cherry blossoms and attend a festival. Today's word is "sakura-bana," meaning cherry blossom. Every year, Okinawa is the first place in the world where the cherry blossoms bloom. ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1653]

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 >

Prague

CZECH REPUBLIC | Thu, 8 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1189]

It's always a bit hit-and-miss trying to synchronise with the weather and our sojourn in Prague broke even. The train from Munich rolled it's way steadily through the farmland of southeast Germany and the forested woodlands of western Czech Republic, ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

My Video scholarship 2010 entry

The straw on our backs My name is Lee-Ann Odendaal. I’m 25 and from a small town in South Africa. I have a background in theatre, TV presenting, communication and some TV production. From a young age I have had an interest in traveling ... Read more >

Tags: 2010 travel video scholarship

Lima Central and Miraflores

PERU | Sat, 30 Aug 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [832]

Having been in Lima nearly a week we've decided that bits of it are actually really nice. We are currently staying in the Flying Dog Hostel in Miraflores (one of them anyway). It is really nice. The rooms are big, clean and new. The communal spaces ... Read more >

Tags: hostels, lima central, miraflores

Canada, the first couple of weeks

CANADA | Mon, 4 Oct 2010 | By elis82 | Views [804] | Comments [1]

So we left Fiji feeling pretty damn relaxed. We had caught up on some sleep, gotten some tan and had some Awesome Fun Times, and met some cool people along the ways. Approximately 23 hours of flights and transfers had us landing in Vancouver roughly ... Read more >

Tags: glaciers, mountains, sport

Frohe Weihnachten aus Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By rayen | Views [799]

Hallo Ihr Lieben! Euch allen Liebe Weihnachtsgrüsse aus Buenos Aires, Argentinien. Lasst es Euch gut gehen wo auch immer ihr seid. Und natürlich alles gute für's Neue Jahr. Tamara P.S.: Zum Foto für die die kein Spanisch können. Sonntags wird San ... Read more >

APA Los Angeles Photography Night

USA | Mon, 28 Apr 2014 | By uyenangel | Views [771]

APA LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHY NIGHT I had a good time with friends attending the APA collection of photography from Los Angeles photographers. The chosen photographers will get to book with their photo and other APA members’ photos.... Read more >

Tags: apa, art, california, event, losangeles, photographer, photography

Entry 5: Ruta del Vino to Ensenada

USA | Sat, 28 Dec 2013 | By sneaver | Views [742] | Comments [1]

I rolled out of my bed in Tecate early, well rested, with a strong hankering for coffee and no definitive plan on where I’d be sleeping tonight. The large café that I guzzled didn’t finalize anything but I'm pretty sure that whatever ... Read more >

The Holy Land

ISRAEL | Wed, 11 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [734]

The Holy Land: land of wonder, miracles, war, terror, belief and strife . The Holy Land is not one country but many; borders here have always been problematic and adjustable. The Biblical lands extend from Turkey around the eastern Mediterranean shore ... Read more >

Tags: historical background

Final Week in Nicaragua

NICARAGUA | Sat, 8 Jun 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [689] | Comments [1]

Isla de Ometepe The island of Ometepe is actually two volcanoes that have been connected over time by lava flow to form an island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua . Jackson’s first boat ride was on this little tiny ferry that allowed for ... Read more >

Predictably Enough

INDIA | Fri, 11 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [610]

Predictably enough, after coffe and diet coke, I could not get to sleep last night. I lay awake stewing over Nadeem's comment - Nadeem is the best and PUSHIEST manager I've ever had - and listening to the increasingly irritable howl of dogs, the quawing ... Read more >

im Campervan - vom Wasserfall zur Westküste

NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 10 Dec 2016 | By bernardmarlenlilly | Views [589]

Laaaange hat es gedauert, aber wir haben mittlerweile einen fahrtüchtigen Campervan gefunden, der genügend Sitzplätze für alle 3 Familienmitglieder bietet. Es ist gar nicht so einfach einen geeigneten Van mit 3 Sitzplätzen ... Read more >

Pilaf with mussels

UKRAINE | Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By edda | Views [550]

Story “Love makes tasty food”, - that’s my own slogan during last year. I like to visit food festivals and food fairs. The result of this hobby places is that I fell in love a year ago. The way I did this was really magic. Even ... Read more >

Tags: mussels, pilaf, ukraine

Lake Superior

USA | Thu, 30 Jul 2009 | By fieldnotes | Views [542]

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchegumie. Lake Superior holds 10% of the world’s surface water. It is bordered by three states; Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and we are visiting national ... Read more >

Canadian Rockies - Icefields Parkway Part 2

USA | Thu, 1 Jun 2017 | By theparsons | Views [512]

Here are the rest of the photos of our trip through the Icefields Parkway. We went from Banff to Jasper and back. It is truly one of the most rewarding drives we have done. The weather was beautiful - blue skies and warm. The ... Read more >

Nasca

PERU | Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [505]

The Nasca probably knew what they wanted to accomplish when they began etching lines, geometric designs and giant pictures into the desert soil. Heck, they worked at removing the dark oxidized rock to expose the light sand from 200 BC until ... Read more >

3rd Day Harry Potter Tour Part 2

UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 1 Nov 2012 | By jac995 | Views [485] | Comments [1]

Day 2 of the Harry Potter tour today - yesterday was a bit of a marathon and suspect today will be similiar but keen to keep journeying. First stop Temple underground as to our delight somebody asked us for directions here (and we totally could help ... Read more >

Packing

SWEDEN | Tue, 20 Jan 2015 | By resfeber | Views [463] | Comments [1]

The biggest problem when packing was deciding what books to bring ;)

Xi'an die alte Kaiserstadt

USA | Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By lukas_patricia | Views [442] | Comments [1]

Wir fliegen von Peking nach Xi'an und wundern uns schon gar nicht mehr über den Smog, der uns auch hier empfängt. Nachdem wir unsere Sachen im Hotel untergebracht haben bleibt noch Zeit für eine erste Tour. Wir besuchen den Bell Tower direkt gegenüber ... Read more >

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

THAILAND | Thu, 8 Mar 2012 | By kekai | Views [428] | Scholarship Entry

It’s six o’clock am on the seventh of March and hundreds of people have turned out for Makah Bucha day at the local temple, Wat Gang. Locals come here every year to offer food and make merit. The sleepy temple goers mill about with silver trays in the ... Read more >

Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012