World Nomads journals & writers

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4898] | 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 >

Yangshou - What Do Chinese Eat for Breakfast?

CHINA | Wed, 25 Apr 2007 | By largeone | Views [4179] | Comments [3]

China is a place where breakfasts know no bounds.  For instance, it would not be uncommon to expect rice, noodles, and cinnamon scrolls.  On the other hand, Chinese indulge in watermelon, oatmeal, and occasionally dog meat infused with grapefruit juice.... Read more >

Tags: food & eating

8 Days Living in a Whale

ECUADOR | Wed, 18 Aug 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2839] | Comments [4]

So we finally made the decision to go to the Galapagos Islands, having found a great last minute deal giving us a 40% discount on a 8 day cruise aboard a first-class yacht called the Cachalote, meaning Sperm Whale in Spanish. It can hold up to ... Read more >

Tags: blue footed boobies, galapagos islands, giant tortoises, iguanas, pacific green turtles, penguins, sea lions

Stitches and a Cheetah

KENYA | Sat, 1 Oct 2011 | By klnjaa | Views [2546] | Comments [1]

This week we have been back in Keumbu. Rilla arrived with the information that her family had raised $1000 for the building of Pastor Robert's church. (I'm not sure if I said before that they had been evicted and were praying about land and money to ... Read more >

My Addiction to DSL in Scotland

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By lauren_watson | Views [2307]

I’m afraid I have become addicted to a little something called DSL. And….I am afraid that there is no cure. DSL is something my tour guide of the highlands introduced me to, and it is called “Deep Scottish Love”. It can happen in many different ways ... Read more >

Tags: edinburgh, highlands, isle of skye, scotland

Sao Paulo & Foz de Iguazu 26/08 – 04/09

BRAZIL | Sun, 9 Sep 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [2188] | Comments [5]

ENGLISH On the 26/09 I flew back from R e cife to Sao Paulo and manage to spend a bit of time with my friend Rodrigo (who hosted me the first time around) and on the 30/09 I flew to Foz de Iguaçu where I spend few days discovering ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Guatemala and Honduras

GUATEMALA | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 | By coggos | Views [1873]

Guatemala   After our family time in Mexico, we head south into our next country, Guatemala. The border crossing is a hassle. Local men wanting to change money at dodgy exchange rates, confusion with the exit fees out of Mexico. Do we pay ... Read more >

Tags: antigua, copan de ruinas, flores, guatemala, rio dulce, san pedro, semuc champey, xela

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1650]

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 >

Cockle Creek

AUSTRALIA | Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1565]

Cockle Creek is at the end of the road, as far south as you can drive in Australia.  The road reminded us riding our motorcycles from the Kinyara Sugar Works to our banda in Busheni, Uganda, 20 km of cratered dirt through a tunnel of trees.  No wonder ... Read more >

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 13 Jun 2011 | By filmul_meu | Views [1123] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am a 28 years old woman from Moldova. I aim to make film. The movie I uploaded is one of my exercises/tries to do something. The old woman in the film is my grandma. I studied filmmaking in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, but I didn't do anything big ... Read more >

Tags: #2011Video, Travel Documentary Scholarship 2011

2 - Trip to Oz

NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1112]

At the beginning of this year when I was booking our flights for our USA trip there was an advert for cheap flights to the Gold Coast and I booked a flight over our Labour Weekend in October to have a week with Corrin. Luckily my employers are great, ... Read more >

Manaus

BRAZIL | Sun, 17 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [866]

The church carillon awakened us seconds before the alarm buzzed.  We needed an early start to get to Amazon Antonio's lodge, 200 km from Manaus on the Urubu River. It took us seven hours and three planes through two time zones to travel from ... Read more >

Journey to PNG - Man from the Highlands

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Mon, 17 Nov 2014 | By hadizaher | Views [798]

Papua New Guinea is a culturally rich, ethnically diverse, remote and often forgotten corner of the world. While on a work trip to work in far north PNG, I had the opportunity to explore a few corners the capital Port Moresby, and a few villages on ... Read more >

Tags: forgotten, guinea, highlands, island, manus, new, papua, png, world

Awe the Alhambra!

SPAIN | Wed, 15 Feb 2017 | By jakemoffat | Views [794] | Comments [1]

I often find myself horrified by the holes in my own memory.  I am astounded by Beth’s ability to remember the full names of her classmates in sixth grade, while I struggle to remember friends from my freshman dorm at Stanford.  Beth ... Read more >

Departed Queenstown (Before I kill myself doing more extreme activities) to the scenic Milford Sound

NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [769]

I decided to leave Queenstown before I was tempted to do anymore extreme activities, although the stunt plane looked very tempting.   My destination was Milford Sound, ( New Zealand ’ s most famous attractions ) in the Fjord area on the east ... Read more >

HCMC

VIETNAM | Sun, 20 Mar 2011 | By tweber | Views [748]

Spent the day walking around the backpacker area where there are many different tourist agencies and restaurants. There were so many tourists walking around with (guess what on their backs)- yes, backpacks and tour books in their hands. Everyone ... Read more >

home sweet home

USA | Mon, 21 May 2012 | By honeyknuckles | Views [737] | Comments [3]

So that's it. I'm back. My Tanzanian adventure is over. Or...has it only begun? I learned so much and as hot and dirty as it was, I was starting to get used to it at the end. I was just starting to settle into the lifestyle, the slow pace, communicating ... Read more >

Bolivian - Peru Round up!

BOLIVIA | Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [699]

SO Sorry Guys that we have been useless at keeping you updated over the last few weeks.  We did right the last posting prior to going to the Galapagos but I have only just reallise it did not go live!  We were thinking of you all!  Anyway for now, I ... Read more >

Tags: relaxation

Dawgs in Kathmandu

NEPAL | Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [697]

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Tags: kathmandu, nepal

Amused by the Excitment

CANADA | Mon, 18 Jan 2010 | By chantelle | Views [641]

Well, I sit here the usual spot I sit to write these stories, and listen to one of the 10,000 songs on my portable hard drive... thinking to myself how to start this one off. All I can say is... its getting closer and I am very excited about being ... Read more >

Europe

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 20 Jun 2013 | By juliabedi | Views [521] | Video

2012 europe trip with beca

Tags: bec, busabout, europe

Kelso Depot: Oasis in the Mohave

USA | Mon, 16 Oct 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [502]

THE MOHAVE IS THE SMALLEST DESERT in the United States, comprising less than 50,000 square miles mostly in California and Nevada.  But if you were crossing the Mohave on the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 20 th Century, you would certainly ... Read more >

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [430]

we should have perhaps gone to the Majorelle Gardens and/or had a horse carriage ride at sunset - but i for one had NO sleep (probably still obsessing about lost luggage) and wound up going downstairs to the courtyard in the middle of the night and trying ... Read more >

Lion's Head pt2: Interviews

SOUTH AFRICA | Tue, 30 Oct 2012 | By siyaya | Views [406] | Video

Tags: cape town lions head

This is a TEST

NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 12 Jan 2008 | By davidlandrews | Views [394]

This is what it should look when we are there

Tags: People