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MALAYSIA | Tue, 29 May 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [58447]
Since we last blogged (blog meaning web log for those that are interested!) we briefly stopped over in Cherating (small beach village on the eastern sie of Malaysia) and also spent a few days in Kuanatan, just a bit further down the coast. Not much ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
WORLDWIDE | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [11368] | Comments [1]
As a backpacker, I love nothing more
than to travel to different countries, meet different people, learn different
languages, eat different foods, play different sports, and listen to different music.
But for some strange reason, the ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, backpacking, bolivia, international, japan, toilets, travel
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4930] | 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 >
URUGUAY | Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By nigelb | Views [3355]
Laura writes:
We got back to Uruguay
after spending over 4 months travelling around the rest of Latin
America. It was very nice to see my relatives once again waiting
for us at the airport.
Our experience in Uruguay
was very different ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3195]
Having passed up the opportunity for various reasons to go the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, in Ecuador we finally decided to venture into one of the defining
features of the South American Continent. The Amazon Basin comprises ... Read more >
Tags: amazon basin, caiman, cuyabeno reserve, frogs, puyo, samona lodge, snakes, tarantulas, tena
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1663]
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 >
INDIA | Thu, 2 May 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [1323]
So, our train journey to Agra. It wasn't pretty. Think of squashed sardines in a tin can and you still won't be close! As our train arrived on the platform there were already bodies hanging out of the doors. Somehow we managed to find a slightly ... Read more >
Tags: river ganges, taj mahal
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By thegypsydiaries | Views [1263] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
Incense sticks are lit; then he vigorously washes his hands and wears a skull cap. “Here desires come true” he affirms entering the dargah – the tomb of Hazrat Nizamuddin, a revered Sufi saint of Delhi. Today Sajid is my guide; a young migrant who earns ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
EGYPT | Sun, 16 Jan 2011 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1129] | Comments [2]
I won't call it a new year's resolution, as that would mean it had been broken before it had even begun, it being mid-January already somehow (where do the days go?) but I do intend to write this blog more often in 2011. I manage most day to find ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tue, 2 Feb 2016 | By fabiokotinda | Views [996] | Video
Hope this video makes you stop and think about why you travel. Because we often just travel without even thinking about what is important when you are traveling. Or sometimes we forget the main reasons that make us leave. I filmed this video while I ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, beaches, brazil, lifestyle, nomad, northeast brazil, travel
GERMANY | Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [989]
...an meinem Geburtstag gings in das Schlaraffenland aller Historiker,archaischen Architekten und Kinder mit grossen Augen. Super! Ich wusste ja so ungefähr was auf uns zukommt...aber mit knappen 5 Tagen Sonnenschein im Frühling hat in Schottland nun ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [922]
After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 7 Mar 2012 | By travelling_noodles | Views [918]
I wouldn't call myself a traveler but I do love travelling. Its a about seeing new places and having a feeling of done that. Having this eirie sense of being part of something bigger, something that was discovered or made by someone so much more talented ... Read more >
Tags: dam, ethipotala falls, hyderabad, india, nagarjuna sagar, table formations, water fall
USA | Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By annaskates | Views [817]
Well - we finished our project in Gallup and, honestly, I am glad to be out of New Mexico. It was just so dry there and dusty and I am thankful to be in a different climate and environment. (Now in Denver, CO)
We went to the Grand Canyon a few ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 22 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [796] | Comments [2]
Yesterday was a blah-day. We stopped at beautiful castle, where we we're able to go inside-but there wasn't enough time there. And the weather here is just wonderful!!! Rainy, windy and cold-all at once! The isle of Skye is really beautiful, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [785]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wayfairer | Views [639] | Scholarship Entry
Unes, where's this from? I ask holding up a pastry dusted with sugar and cinnamon. Unes sits back, mint tea poised, his slender fingers cradling the glass. The Moriscos, in Fez they're famous for this. But first bstilla come from Al-Andalusia.... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
CHINA | Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [568]
Mum, Dad and Erana very kindly took Mike and I to the airport at 4am Saturday morning to catch our flight to Melbourne at 6am. It was really sad to say goodbye to them. :o( The Qantas flight to Melbourne was uneventful. We went through immigration ... Read more >
JAPAN | Mon, 17 Jun 2013 | By loveadventures | Views [566]
Our day started quite slowly because Jim had a couple of nose bleeds last night.
We caught the train to Mitaka and, after doing some grocery shopping, we went to Studio Ghibli. It was quite crowded this year. We did enjoy the animation, ... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By kayleeandbailey | Views [531]
New Delhi, India
I spent my winter
in New Delhi, India. India is one third the size of USA! I went to the tallest
mountain system in the world there in the northern border. The mountains were
filled with people because India ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 23 Apr 2016 | By vagabonds3 | Views [529]
IT'S OCTOBER ALREADY — where does the time go? — and we’ve been back in the USA for so long I almost forget that we ever left. RV-living apparently agrees with us and we with it. Some of you have noticed the absence of ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [508] | Comments [5]
Hanoi – Siem Reap (Angkor Wat!), Cambodia: This afternoon I am headed to the Jewel of All Temples – Angkor Wat. My flight leaves at 4:00 pm so there won’t be further updates until tomorrow. I am headed out to do ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wed, 11 Mar 2015 | By dapike615 | Views [457]
The 17th of February, we (my aunt, uncle and I) flew north to the port city of Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt is an unremarkable port city with little in the way of tourist attractions, with the exception of a fantastic fish market. We stayed in nearby Puerto ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Fri, 15 Apr 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [388]
Happy Birthday Dad! Postcard is in the mail. Off to Salvador today...so took a bus to Rio, then waited a few hours for a plane to Salavdor. Arrived to our friend Paulo who took us to Ian's place on the beach. Nice one bedder, mezzanine with bedroom ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [333] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration. This inspiration has led me to the pristine wonders of varied countries. At age 17, I sailed throughout the Caribbean, earing my PADI certification and coral reef conservation credit. It was ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia