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CAMBODIA | Fri, 26 Sep 2014 | By connectlocally | Views [5430]
The bowl is steaming hot. I deeply inhale the lemongrass and galangal and immediately start salivating.
And as soon as I put a spoonful in my mouth, my tastebuds "rush into a frenzy" - the original Malay meaning of the word "amok".
... Read more >
Tags: amok, cambodia, cooking, cooking class, cooking class, fish, hotel, recipe, siem reap, travel
INDIA | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [2463]
22/09/2008 - 25/09/2008 Rishikesh to Shimla I won't bore you again with the trains... Our journey to Ambala Cant was all good, and we managed a cheap dodgy hotel on the edge of the very busy town. Due to the waiting involved, this particular train ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1661]
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 >
USA | Wed, 6 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [1500] | Comments [3]
Today was my last day at work (and my birthday). This was a scary thing. I have been at my employer (Carnival Cruise Lines) for nearly 11 years, and have built up a great base of clients and many friends as well. To walk away was no ... Read more >
Tags: co-workers, work
KENYA | Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1473]
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
PERU | Fri, 21 Mar 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [1269] | Comments [2]
Amy: Our flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado left early on the morning of the 15 th . It had been cool and rainy in Cusco so we noticed the heat and humidity in Puerto Maldonado as soon as we got off the plane. It was nice to see and feel ... Read more >
Tags: great outdoors
SOUTH AFRICA | Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1240] | Comments [4]
Woohoo, overland camping trip! It seems that I can’t get away from civilization for too
long, I’m sitting in a strange little Namibian town in the middle of the Namib desert
called Swakupmund, at a fancy internet café with wireless internet in ... Read more >
Tags: overlanding, swakupmund
USA | Sun, 7 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [1210]
The morning was easy - downhill 9 miles on nicely graded roads (albeit with some fresh cow crap, ostensibly from the herd I ran out of my camp after waking up). I passed through the hamlet of Sargents, unfortunately the café was closed so I couldn’t ... Read more >
GEORGIA | Fri, 29 May 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [1191]
April 13
I don't know why, but Georgians have a way of building churches in the most ridiculously gorgeous settings. After recharging my batteries from the all-night Orthodox Palm Sunday service, I hiked up to one of the country's most famous ... Read more >
PERU | Fri, 21 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1178]
It rained
hard all night long but Moises thought we should still be able to see some
birds this morning. We towed two
small fiberglass canoes upstream to a beautiful lake and he was right. It was cool and cloudy and the birds
were very ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sat, 17 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1178]
Okinawa has one major expressway, running from Nago to below Naha. We've heard all sorts of amazing stories about how it cuts down travel time and that it has practically mythical speed limit of *gasp* 80 KPH (to put that into perpective, that's only ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tue, 23 Mar 2010 | By margitpirsch | Views [1123]
The journey was a long one: 35 hour from door (Marin county, Forest Knolls, CA) to door (Matz’s house in Chiang Mai, Thailand), changing planes twice with a lay over of 8 hours in Taipei – well worth it!! We left March 17 th and arrived March 19 th ... Read more >
Tags: matz and his wife
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1037]
I'd like to throw the map away and prove my blog title to be true. It would make little difference however, maps, music, me and driving are a disastrous combination. Fortunately it's very easy to drive in Australia outside the cities. Long straight ... Read more >
CANADA | Sat, 24 Jan 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [965] | Comments [1]
We apolgize for leaving you all in suspense for our next advenuture. Its been a busy week! We left off last time as we were headed to the Lounge Cineams in Byron Bay. We did up going and we say the new James Bond movie. The rumours were true, the ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By naddydaud | Views [842]
The last time I went to Indonesia was when I was 15. It was a 2 days 1 night trip organized by the school and it was a Geography trip. We went to Manado and damn, really beautiful landscape and we were fortunate to stay in a resort up the mountain which ... Read more >
Tags: bali, dirt bike, dreamland, enduro, indonesia, kuta, sea, tabanan, travel buddies, virgin trip
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 19 Aug 2009 | By alyx | Views [760] | Comments [4]
(Picture - My 2 host sisters/didi's (Ramdevi and Gyanu) and my sister-in-law Bhauju.) Hi guys, haven't got long left on internet now - spent too much time on facebook chat to Dad and Ashlee!! So
on Friday we went to Kathmandu for Holly's birthday ... Read more >
ITALY | Wed, 11 Apr 2012 | By ruthygirl | Views [705] | Comments [1]
My Italian adventure this year included Florence, Venice and Rome! We flew from Raleigh, NC to Florence Italy via Newark and Germany. What an adventure. While in Florence which was our first stop we toured the museum, climbed 465 steps up through an incredible ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, italy, rome, shopping
FRANCE | Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [681]
It is true at the beginning of our time in Niort we did not speak glowingly of it. For one it was a long walk from the train station to our B and B and it was warm. That was not a great start and couple this with the fact that we were walking ... Read more >
Tags: car hire, house hunting in france, niort
ITALY | Wed, 11 Sep 2013 | By vangonza13 | Views [647]
I spent today island hopping, which meant a lot of time on the vaporettos (I've got them figured out!). I went to the cemetery which is its own island and is really beautiful. Then I headed to Murano, where all the glass is made. I checked out all the ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sat, 2 Jun 2012 | By shaz | Views [606]
I think this is my third visit to Turkey. I haven’t had the best of experiences on my previous trips but I always like to give a country another chance to change my view and I think this trip did just that.
I started off with a flight to Istanbul, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 17 Jun 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [597]
It was about this point in the trip where I realised that I have a smart phone; a smart phone with Google Maps. Who needs ask for directions to small unknown streets when they have a smart phone with Google Maps? Thank God for that realisation otherwise ... Read more >
CHINA | Wed, 13 Oct 2010 | By hanadignan | Views [438]
Leaving Dali was one of the most
difficult things I have done on this journey. After a strange last day there,
and very drunken riotous evenings spent dancing and laughing and of course
drinking more than I ever thought possible, retaining a blurry ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Sat, 30 Jul 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [380]
Checked out of the air bnb place (and good timing as it was getting a little claustrophobic) and arrived at our new stay: The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Thought we'd treat ourselves for the last two days of the total trip - so got a nice room with a great ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wed, 27 Apr 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [375]
Better conditions today, wind is up. Took one board out with Magga our instructor. Lots of laughs and Magga yelling "Elissa, let go of the sail if you fall off!". More about sailing than boarding, so a real challenge but heaps of fun. Got some good wind ... Read more >
AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [359] | Video | Scholarship Entry
1- I am Hazara from Afghanistan, one of the different ethnics from central of Afghanistan and if you chose me I would be the first Hazara who see Mexico I guess. 2-You will make true my dream to visit Mexico and make a short video. 3- I am smart and have ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico