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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 [4914] | 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 >

Buongiorno Italia

ITALY | Thu, 22 May 2008 | By anna | Views [2789] | Comments [2]

Asia gave me one last unforgettable gift on my last day… food poisoning. As I knelt over the toilet in a cramped airplane bathroom on a packed Emirates flight to Dubai I wondered just how good a start this was to the new chapter in my OS experience.... Read more >

Varanasi and the Holy Ganges

INDIA | Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2381]

VARANASI AND THE HOLY GANGES are on every visitor’s short list.  At its best, Varanasi is a photographer’s dream; there is something (or someone) colorful and interesting around every corner.  At its worst, the city is loud, dirty ... Read more >

Elefantes y ballenas

LAOS | Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By lu_viajera | Views [2099] | Comments [1]

El dia siguiente fue el dia de los elefantes. Me apunte a una excursion de 'mohouts' que es en honor a un explorador frances llamado Mohout que por lo visto ademas de explorar y escribir muy bien, cuidaba a los elefantes. (Se murio en Luang Prabang de ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Beautiful beaches to Bondi blowouts.

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 5 Jan 2012 | By homeless_harry | Views [2041]

With a day of nothing being planned, I exceeded all expectations by actually doing something. Nothing of real merit like promoting world peace, or even peace in the camp ground as there was too many loud kids running around ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, camping, cycling, friends, party

June 18, Sangju to Busan, South Korea

USA | Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By angelabuffjohn | Views [1723] | Comments [1]

June 18, Wednesday, Sangju to Busan The train ride from Sangju to Busan was about 3 hours.   Youngmi drove us to the station in the rain, she also provided us with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, on homemade bread!   Yummy.   It was a ... Read more >

Day 113 - Beating off the backpacker blues

SPAIN | Thu, 10 May 2007 | By lani | Views [1672]

I have to admit that after 4 months of backpacking, I reached Barcelona feeling exhausted, mal-nutritioned and generally fed up with living out of a bag every single day. I did, however, remember that I only have the opportunity to live once, and that ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

The professor and the teacher

CAMBODIA | Wed, 2 Nov 2011 | By lesleyandjan | Views [1096]

Work has taken over our lives!  We are back to the rat race.  Not really.  This picture is of my occasional office.  We go to a family living centre to plant seeds for distribution to the villages (once the floods have dropped). I am now professor ... Read more >

Last day on the beach

THAILAND | Sat, 31 Dec 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [996]

Hi all. I've uploaded some pictures to the blog, they are in a file called Ko Pha-Ngan. This is my last day on the island. I've decided to take the joint ferry/bus back to up Bangkok tomorrow (yes, new year's day) no doubt with a hangover. This might ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Pre-Trip MADness!

USA | Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [969]

So, apparently, it's A LOT of work to put my life on hold for 6 months. And a lot of pressure to do it all before I go, b/c I don't want to remember 2 months from now that I never turned off my electricity... or didn't update the contact info my ... Read more >

Tags: cat, lasik, vaccinations

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [834]

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 >

Buenos Aires 2 - 1/10 - 14/11

ARGENTINA | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [805] | Comments [5]

ENGLISH Well needless to say it has been a while. Apologies… Got really busy with the courses. Yes i know even on a break i manage to over do it (it must be built in). I finished the Final Cut course (editing), started an other with After Fx (an ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Friends in India

INDIA | Mon, 15 Jul 2013 | By happyfeet86 | Views [704]

So it has been almost a year since my trip to India and to reminisce the memories has always been a pleasure. So here it goes.. so we landed in New Delhi where you couldnt see the sun or sky due to clouds. The anticipation and excitement was overwhelming ... Read more >

Tags: delhi, holiday, hotel, india

Under the Bruggen Clouds

BELGIUM | Mon, 22 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [698]

Yesterday, I spent the day in the company of two different women. First of all, the weather was...blaah. It was in the 50's, (it felt like), cloudly, with a few rays of sun. Although traveling is great, I will gladly take the weather at home. The ... Read more >

Tags: belgium, brugge

(5) Mpumalanga* - easy for you to say

SOUTH AFRICA | Sat, 9 Jul 2011 | By guycowie | Views [680]

Fly fishing trip - East SA Stayed at a very nice lodge near a place called Lydenburg ((now renamed to Mashishing - the ANC govt. are renaming many places in SA to piss off the Boers in an effort to shed their colonial past) The capital Pretoria was ... Read more >

Zell am See, Wednesday 25 October 2017

AUSTRIA | Wed, 25 Oct 2017 | By europe2013 | Views [619]

I think we are the only people in this accommodation – it is great 😊.  We chatted with Dirk and Andrea about what to do today and they suggested the chair lift – and how exciting could that be?  So we caught the bus to the base ... Read more >

nella culla della musica

USA | Wed, 13 Aug 2008 | By nico | Views [606]

Ormai ci siamo lasciati alle spalle questi ultimi giorni attraversando il Tennessee e l'Alabama e stiamo puntando sui tanto sospirati giorni al mare a Miami,anche se non e' propriamente la stagione ideale qui in Florida.Il racconto inizia da Nashville,culla ... Read more >

Bananas, Cassavas, and Hope

TANZANIA | Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By linzbroscott | Views [592] | Comments [4]

On Saturday we planted bananas in our cement hard soil….I hope they will grow.   It was the first time any of us (Jonah, Sandra, Frank and I) had planted a banana, so we did our best.   According to the locals you dig a big hole and give it lots of ... Read more >

Live from Prince Albert

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 21 Feb 2013 | By paul_meet_world | Views [498]

It's hard to believe I've only been in New Zealand for a day. Gabe and I have already manage to hitchhike from Christchurch up to Nelson, today we make the last push for Takaka. Hitchhiking is a new experience for me, but Gabe's an old hand. Our ... Read more >

Tags: characters, first day, hitchhike, on the road

München e birra!

GERMANY | Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By mic-lar-eli-fra | Views [486] | Comments [1]

Arrivati a Monaco, passeggiata tra strade affollate e carillon gigante in Marienplatz. Ora a casa di Sabrina in attesa di uscire per una cena super crucca! Non vedíamo l ora di mangiare wurstel (Fra e Carrottss di tofu) e patate e di continuare con ... Read more >

Quintessential Thai Experience - cooking and massage

THAILAND | Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [431]

Sunday 1 st November Krabi We are both in the land of bliss. Just returned after a 2 hour massage. Nic a Thai/Yoga stretch and crunch-a-thon, Jim a four hand thai massage. Both ... Read more >

Washington, D.C.

USA | Thu, 7 Jun 2012 | By kristagoodfellow | Views [356]

Washington , the home of the Capitol, the Smithsonian, the President, a giant Abraham Lincoln and sun burn. Yes, that's right I have been hit with the sun burn curse. I had avoided it so well and 2 hours in Washington, D.C. and I'm as red as a radish.... Read more >

Blue

UGANDA | Sat, 8 Apr 2006 | By ugandaretrospective | Views [330]

I finished reading “Sand County Almanac” last night.   Why did I wait so long to read it? Under a blinding blue sky this morning we walked along the track into the forest birding.   The highlight was a pair of Great Blue Turacos.   They are ... Read more >

January 2011

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 22 Jan 2011 | By natm75 | Views [281]

Taking a few pre-trip trips to get our selves organised and whittle down to the essentials. Seem to have added lots of stuff instead but having a ball and even enjoying the shopping. Oakey just gets better every time we go and loves his adventures, ... Read more >

Day 125: Heineken Frank

NETHERLANDS | Mon, 30 May 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [255]

Day was cold and grey again, so we ditched the bikes and headed indoors for a day full of touristy adventures. Gabster, Rob and I enjoyed the Heineken experience: a mix of history and hands-on fun. It's really like a big advertisement to drink more ... Read more >

 

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