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AUSTRALIA | Fri, 25 May 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [4003] | Comments [4]
Jen: It was a beautiful, sunny morning in Sydney and Amanda, Holly and I were spending it in typical fashion - - a teensy bit hung over from the night before and running late, OK really late, for our scheduled activity du jour. Normally, we were ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, ambassador van
USA | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By trailrunr | Views [2851]
First winter hike of the season in Washington with snow about 3,000 feet. We went out to do a 5 hour hike along Johnson Ridge to Scorpion Mountain in the Glacier Peaks region about 2 hours outside Seattle. Beautiful day, light snow falling, about 4-... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
KENYA | Thu, 27 Oct 2011 | By klnjaa | Views [1359]
The night bus to Mombasa was long but pretty uneventful. We
arrived in Mombasa at 5:30 on Friday morning. There were a couple stops that we
were able to get off at, and unfortunately after receiving poor advice from our
in bus stewardess we got ... Read more >
GEORGIA | Wed, 9 Sep 2015 | By krodin | Views [1291]
Georgian Impressions
I arrived in Tbilisi in the middle of the night from Riga and was luckily met by a driver who took me directly to the hotel so that I didn’t have to hassle with public transportation at 3:30 am. The GT ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 17 Jun 2010 | By alexandpatrick | Views [1272] | Comments [1] | Video
Roadtrip Australia: Van-Tastic Adventures Western Australia On
their roadtrip through the Western Australia with Van-Tastic
Adventures, Patrick and Alex go adventure caving in Yanchep National
Park. Follow the adventures at http://www.vantastic.... Read more >
Tags: adventure, australia, caves, caving, nature, oz, roadtrip, travel, van-tastic adventures, western australia
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 25 Jul 2011 | By princess2802 | Views [1183]
I have been back at ‘home’ in Australia for two weeks now,
on holiday. As an expat coming back to the motherland, I’m finding it mighty
difficult to write something productive or relevant that doesn’t include “it
hasn’t changed much” or “it holds ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Tue, 6 Feb 2007 | By kelly | Views [1170] | Comments [1]
Landed in Singapore at 9.15pm local time. Cant believe how good a flight we had. We were very well looked after on the flight and Julie's sold and will join Krisflyer real soon... SWEEEET! Got picked up at 10-ish, back home for but 1/2 hr, before ... Read more >
Tags: eating & sightseeing
PORTUGAL | Mon, 30 Nov 2015 | By pauluiza | Views [1146]
Portugal - Northern roadtrip - Piodao, Belmonte, Guarda, Trancoso, Braganca, Montesinho National Park, Vinhais, Unhais da Serra, Chaves, Verin (Spain), Lamego & Viseu – Another awesome Road Trip, the best (only) way to see Portugal!
By now, ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
GERMANY | Sun, 11 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1078]
From my travels to other parts of the world I've known Berlin to hold some of the oldest and best archeological treasures in it's extensive museum collections, so our mission for our last day here was to explore some of them. The major museums ... Read more >
Tags: museums, sightseeing
NEPAL | Sun, 13 May 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1020]
Pokhara is such a clean place (the whole of Nepal is clean compared to India). We went to visit the International Nepal Fellowship (INF) office in Bagar, Pokhara. On Saturday wnt to the Ram Ghat Church - a few hundred people (maybe more people than at ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
TURKEY | Mon, 6 Apr 2015 | By gnome-san | Views [889]
The food of Istanbul is as varied as the sites: friendly pastry chefs with piles of sweets on a tray, spices in colorful display, coffee strongly brewed over charcoal on the street, dried fruits by the 100grams, Easter egg displays in the candy shop ... Read more >
Tags: assyrian, coffee, hittite, museum
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By korric | Views [880] | Comments [3]
Right before one of the afternoon training sessions, I saw Master Xu playing with a pair of sticks. Back home I am a fighter for a medieval recreation group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, in which I primarily fight with two swords. We don't ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
CHILE | Sun, 21 May 2017 | By lyn | Views [854]
I landed on Rapa Nui on a bright, sunny day with a gentle warm breeze, and that's how it stayed until I left. Who could ask for more?
Rapa Nui is a small island (only 650 square kilometres) and the locals tell me you can drive around it in about ... Read more >
MEXICO | Fri, 13 Jul 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [781]
Thursday the 28th of June. James and I left the little beach Playa Requeson a beach at 6:30am and counted down the kilometer at the "mile"markers starting at 95 . Though feeling pretty grungy, when the cool early wind sweeps through ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [746]
We spent Saturday at Tokyo DisneySea, the "other" Disney park in Tokyo. Whereas Disneyland focuses more on the original Disney characters and is extremely kid-friendly, DisneySea is supposed to be a bit more older-kid-oriented and focuses ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [691]
THE BRITISH MUSEUM HAS ONE OF THE FINEST collections in the world, between six and eight million artifacts courtesy of the Empire’s rapacious explorers and collectors of the 19 th Century. We returned today In search of the remaining 35 ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Fri, 19 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [681]
Yesterday was a host of first-world troubles. Yes I am travelling for pleasure for a long time and can afford to do it. But sometimes little annoyances come up along the way. The hostel I am in was shown as having lockers on Hotel.com. There are ... Read more >
Tags: brussels
GREECE | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By adora | Views [653]
Who said the best way to see Greece is in winter anyway ? there right. If getting up close to the locals and setting into there way of life doesn't excite you then take a walk with the many goats who run free on the Island of Symi. If you're a photographer ... Read more >
Tags: beach, rocks
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By lynn_david | Views [565] | Comments [1]
We have just left Fitzroy Crossing.....next stop Broome! Whoopee!!!!!! Yesterday we took a boat ride through Geike Gorge on the Fitzroy River. (The reason we stopped in Fitzroy Crossing) The cliffs along the riverside were spectacular limestone ... Read more >
INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By hegemon | Views [552]
Greetings!!
I am Shilpa and I hail from the beautiful southern Indian state of Tamilnadu. I was brought up and educated in the city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras). I am 25 yrs old and an engineering graduate, currently working as a content ... Read more >
Tags: fruits, greenland scholarship, india, travel photography scholarship 2013, worldnomads
INDIA | Fri, 9 Sep 2005 | By lhartjen | Views [523]
I found my way to the Garhwal Himalayas through yoga. Studying Tantra and Avaita Vedanta in the Himalayan Tradition, I found sages, swamis and pandits who spoke of the inherent spirituality of the mountains, often referring to them as "living sages".... Read more >
Tags: #clouds, #himalaya, #photography, #sages, #trekking, #yoga
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 14 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [407]
Today the Port Gibbon host family visited Port Lincoln and I drove them around to do their shopping at the bulk seafood store etc. I also sang Christmas carols with Linda for the kids at the kindergarten. In the evening we had a rehearsal with Ron the ... Read more >
AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [341] | 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
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [317] | 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
USA | Fri, 14 Aug 2015 | By molliemarkins | Views [198] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. So I knew it was not coincidence that my aunt emailed me about your film submission contest a couple weeks ago and that I bumped into the star of my mini documentary submission, Everett, a couple ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia