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 [4901] | 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 >

Back roads are not always the best option

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 | By homeless_harry | Views [3035]

Outside my tent I could hear the waves breaking so softly they sounded more like paper plates dropping, than fine China. I could see the sun shining through the clouds frequently enough to convince me Lady Luck was having a sleep in. Fearing she'd wake ... Read more >

Tags: bicycling, friends, misadventure, on the road

Cochin, Kovalam & Varkala

INDIA | Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [1816] | Comments [1]

The journey to Cochin was the worst journey of my life (see Travel Notes: The journey to Cochin was the worst journey of my life). Cochin was a stop-over before heading to the beach towns of Kovalam and Varkala. It was really to break up our journey ... Read more >

Nov 15th Volvo Ocean Race Cape Town 2008

SOUTH AFRICA | Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By sandy_power | Views [1715]

SAT 15th NOV Volvo Ocean Race 2008- 2009 – Leg 2 – Cape Town All excitement was up as hundreds of supporters made their way through the Table Bay waters to show support for the start of the second leg of the around the world Volvo Ocean Yacht ... Read more >

Snug in Tasmania

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1706]

We are having a Tasmanian devil of a time convincing ourselves that we are still in Australia.  And not, maybe, Nova Scotia.  It is about 30 degrees cooler in "Tassie" than it was when we left Perth.  Everything looks so green and lush after ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1651]

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 >

Day 64 - Arrived in Brazil

BRAZIL | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By lani | Views [1631] | Comments [2]

So I have arrived in Brazil - São Paulo to be precise - after another long leg of travels and connections through Peru and a 45 minute cab ride once I got into the city. São Paulo reminds me alot of Sydney, except its massive. The city has an area of ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Negros - Around Dumaguate

PHILIPPINES | Sat, 30 Apr 2011 | By loriejoy | Views [1580]

The seas were rough and it was not safe to travel by boat to Panay Island. We opted to travel by land instead to Dumaguete. It was my second time to explore the place. 3 years is long enough for change. Either way the lakes and the falls still had ... Read more >

Tags: negros

singapore

SINGAPORE | Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By glimmerwing | Views [1572] | Comments [2] | Video

I had been told by a reliable source that Singapore was good for shopping and eating, and that was what Singaporeans like to do most. For me Singapore was a bout the people the wonderful people that I meet there. Well two of them I had met already in ... Read more >

Tags: durians

Bonne Annee!

FRANCE | Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1448]

Happy New Year! I would like to point out that I am still in my mid-twenties, and the same can no longer be said for my 27 year old husband (although he argues otherwise!) We've finally got a bit of a routine going in France. It's wonderful to have ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Hawkers, tea ceremonies and art galleries

CHINA | Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By mazystar | Views [1088] | Comments [5]

I've been in Shanghai now for just under 24hrs and I'm already exhausted. When I first got here I really wasn't sure what I was going to do, but in the short time I've been here...I've done HEAPS! Yesterday evenings' flight from Xiamen to Shanghai ... Read more >

Huangshan and Hangzhou

CHINA | Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By felix_and_stephanie | Views [1083] | Comments [1]

In the last year we have had the opportunity to see a range of China 's most famous sites... from Man Made to Natural! We have traveled from  Beijing 's Great Wall of China , to Xian's Terracotta Warriors to the Guilin 's Picturesque Mountains .... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

The journey begins...

USA | Thu, 20 Jan 2011 | By libana | Views [1076]

Hello and welcome to our travel journal! We're Libana , the global music ensemble. We've been traveling and performing together for more than thirty years, and are very excited to set out for India next month! Travel along with us!

Tags: libana, women of the world

Am I an Artist?

ARGENTINA | Sun, 27 Feb 2011 | By caitiegoddard | Views [1048]

After an amazing day at the cemetery (that sounds so strange but my last post hopefully shows WHY it was so amazing!) I decided to visit the Centro Cultural Recoleta, an exhibition and cultural events center which also houses sculptures, paintings ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, art, buenos aires, centro cultural recoleta

leaving lazy laos

CAMBODIA | Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By phongnlisa | Views [1040] | Comments [1]

don't you love the alliteration! since our last entry, we have done very very little...thankfully we don't have bed sores because we have spent most of our time on hammocks.... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Dedicatoria: Rez

COSTA RICA | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jvgarcia | Views [891] | Comments [2]

¿Cómo se logra conciliar el sueño en una noche como esta?  Aún si no tuviera una infalible estrategia para evitar el jet lag, es inevitable desconfiar del despertador, del celular, del reloj biológico, y uno termina rodando sudoroso entre las cobijas, ... Read more >

Tags: despedida fiesta agradecimiento

Rome - Day 2

ITALY | Tue, 5 Jun 2012 | By frenchflower24 | Views [845]

Today we saw lots of famous landmarks; but my favourites were the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain. We started the day early and caught the train to the Colosseum stop. Coming out of the subway was so surreal – we walked out and the Colosseum was ... Read more >

Tags: il vittoriano, the arch of constantine, the colosseum, the palatine, the roman forum, the spanish steps, the trevi fountain

Life is a Journey

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Tue, 14 Feb 2017 | By sadaf | Views [663] | Video

Life is a journey filled with impressions left upon one; some from sights, some from words. It is these impressions that create the person we are. Some impress so deeply they become the foundation we build our morals and ethical standards on.  ... Read more >

Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Mon, 3 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [650]

Ok!  Let's get caught up. Halloween found us bound for Chiang Mai on the overnight train.  Train #13, as it turned out, which we thought was pretty cool for the holiday. I wore a string of light-up pumpkin beads for my costume. We got to the ... Read more >

Tags: chiang mai, music, night train, shopping

Not in Greece!?

GREECE | Fri, 4 Jul 2014 | By sailor1girl | Views [616]

After 2 difficult and exhausting days of travel, we finally arrived in Santorini. This was the WHOLE original purpose of the trip (according to Bruce). The sights have not disappointed. One of the most picturesque and photogenic places on the planet.... Read more >

Las Vegas - Day 18: Mustang, Casinos and Fremont Street

USA | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 | By usadiary | Views [613]

This morning, one of Ben's dreams came true when he got to pick up and cruise around America in a new Mustang Convertable.  We caught a taxi to Avis at the airport where the car was pre booked, and at 10 oclock on the dot we were in our red Mustang.... Read more >

Sexy Woman

PERU | Sat, 10 Apr 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [438]

Ascencio was waiting for us in the Plaza San Blas just as we had agreed.   He would be our driver this morning – and probably for several more days – as we explore the Inca sites around Cusco and the Sacred Valley.   We could have taken a ... Read more >

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [431]

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 >

Sat 29 and Sun 30 June - London

UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 1 Jul 2013 | By musicaladventures | Views [276] | Comments [2]

  Sat 29 - We made our way to London on the train from Norwich. We walked from Liverpool St. station to our favourite apartment at Holborn. We arrived to early to check in (by about an hour) so we went off in search of some lunch. We had a nice ... Read more >

The Sacred Connections

INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By sendafaali | Views [222]