World Nomads journals & writers

Casa Hogar de Los Niños de La Luna

MEXICO | Sat, 30 Jan 2010 | By nickandlaina | Views [2584] | Comments [5]

 "Said (Sai-eed), Said! Lavarse los manos!"  I find myself saying on a regular basis, at Casa Hogar, the child care center Laina and I have been volunteering at for the last two weeks. The little house which is home to about 23 kids under 6, ... Read more >

Cinque Terre

ITALY | Sun, 29 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1707]

Travel guru Rick Steves has hyped the Cinque Terre so much on his Europe TV program (check your local PBS station for times) that it almost seems like we had already been there.  And when we arrived at Sestri Levante near the Cinque Terre coast, ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1647]

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 >

Granada

SPAIN | Fri, 24 May 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1125]

The year 1492 was a biggie for Granada.  Ferdinand and Isabel gave Columbus a bag of jewels and sent him on his way and after five centuries of rule, the Moors were driven out of a united Spain.  And they left behind the World Heritage site ... Read more >

Maria

NICARAGUA | Sat, 2 Jul 2005 | By realeyes | Views [1060]

Maria comes out of nowhere. She links arms with me as I am strolling down the street near the central plaza in Leon, Nicaragua's second-largest city. She leads my father and I to some buildings which display a stunning series of murals depicting Nicaragua's ... Read more >

Tags: People

Bye Mumbai.

INDIA | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By sinarama | Views [990]

    "India", was my boss's reply when I asked where I was flying. I would be spending 2 months in gloriuous India. I was so excited, I didn't know what to do. I was asking myself "what do you know about this country?" "You have definetly ... Read more >

Tags: expressions, faces, india, mumbai, travel, trip

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry

INDIA | Thu, 1 Sep 2011 | By kashmir | Views [910] | Video

In February 2011 I set out to Kashmir to film my first documentary. I had written a script and knew exactly what I wanted to achieve. I when I arrived my original storyline turned upside down and I was quickly had to make a new plan. Benazir crashed ... Read more >

Tags: gulmarg, kashmir, skiing, snowboarding

Cusco on High: Footprints of Inka culture and Colonial dominance

PERU | Mon, 5 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [884]

Despite the baggage stuff-up I still got to Puerto Maldonado Airport way early (why do tour operators always insist on getting you there Über -early?). The good news was that I didn't have to hang around the minimally-equipped outpost of an airport ... Read more >

Spain- Portugal

SPAIN | Thu, 23 Aug 2007 | By tracy_r | Views [839]

Susan and I spent a beautiful five days in San Sebastian, probably the best 5 days of our Spain / Portugal run. The last day we took a little boat out to an island in the middle of the bay and hiked up the hill, took some beautiful pics and slept in ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [834]

Only a little more than a week I have left in Samoa. For the past couple of days I’ve been staying with John, Lagi, and family. They have four children: George, Frank, Mona, and Fina. Lagi made her first carrot cake last night; excitedly enough, ... Read more >

Ancient Kourion

CYPRUS | Wed, 4 Feb 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [816]

WE COMPLETELY MISSED ANCIENT KOURION during our stay in Lemeso, concentrating instead on the Byzantine painted churches around Troodos.  So we made amends on our way back from Pofos to Nicosia.     Christian Basilica ... Read more >

wine country and other delights

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 5 Jan 2009 | By leah | Views [753]

After a stop at Torndirrip National Park in Albany (a couple cool rock formations on the coast), we finally rolled into greener pastures, literally. The Denmark and Walpole areas are fantastic...rolling hills, farmland, big leafy trees, cool rivers, ... Read more >

Tags: denmark, walpole, western australia, wine country

Maho Bay - awesome

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Sun, 6 Jun 2010 | By belleslady | Views [747]

We went to Maho Bay again to watch the 747 land from the beach which was an awesome experience. I bought a new camera in Phillipsburg which was a ghost town without the cruise ships in. As we strolled around the deserted streets we realized what a ... Read more >

Tags: 747, airport, beach, landings

New York - Day 9: Statue of Liberty, Wall St, 9/11 Memorial, Central Park and Tiffany's

USA | Sun, 11 Nov 2012 | By usadiary | Views [737]

So today we managed to get our act together and get up on time to make our way to visit the Statue of Liberty.  We caught the number 1 train at 72nd Street Downtown to 14th (as the rest of the way is still damanged by water from Hurricane Sandy), ... Read more >

Kayaking in the Abel Tasman area

NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 4 Feb 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [656]

Picture this - brilliant blue seas, perfect half moons of golden sand backed by vibrant green forest, the gentle slap of waves on canoe and paddle - this is kayaking in the sub-tropical national park of Abel Tasman, at the top of New Zealand's South ... Read more >

Tags: abel tasman, kayaking

Camels and the Heavenly Ascent

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By centuryfox20 | Views [619] | Scholarship Entry

The midnight air is clean with a vague scent of concessions and camels as I unload from the microbus with the other travelers. I find myself in a horseshoe shaped, miniature ‘sûq’ filled with vendors selling everything from soda to prayer flags. I ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011

Where are you, sun?!

PERU | Sat, 16 Jun 2007 | By kirstenroche | Views [595]

Okay, I love traveling so much, but I hate leaving places behind. Which I suppose is really bad if you're backpacking, but it's just so depressing every time I leave. In every city so far, when I'm going that day, I feel so...down. I'm not sure why, ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Homeward bound

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sun, 8 Jul 2012 | By lesleyandjan | Views [538]

Just a note from the middle of the desert - literally.  We are at Abu Dhabi airport enroute to Australia.  Sad to be finishing our year but excited to be going home to see everyone and hug a gum tree again! We completed our time in Europe with ... Read more >

Vietnam, Thursday April 9

VIETNAM | Thu, 9 Apr 2015 | By europe2013 | Views [474]

Happy wedding anniversary to us!! 27 years...... Scary. Started the day with a cyclo ride to the Imperial City. It was interesting, and the Vietnamese are currently putting a lot of work into recreating it exactly as it was because it was damaged significantly ... Read more >

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [423]

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 >

Andrew Johnson — The Whole Truth

USA | Wed, 29 Aug 2018 | By vagabonds3 | Views [372]

ANDREW JOHNSON SUCCEEDED ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WAS IMPEACHED.  That’s about all we were taught in high school about the 17 th President.  Maybe I’ve forgotten some details or maybe after Lincoln and the Civil War, Mrs. U just ... Read more >

The Luggage........

USA | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By coati2012 | Views [347]

Getting up from the floor

AUSTRALIA | Sun, 24 Nov 2013 | By msgj | Views [344]

Have you ever had the need to lay on the floor, not just a minute or when there was no room on the sofa, kids had pushed you out of bed or you ended up there after too many merlots.  That moment when the only place you can go to stop the world spinning ... Read more >

The first Hazara in Mexico

AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [343] | 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

My Daily Community

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 5 Nov 2011 | By jacquelineheldoorn | Views [316]

For this project, because of a lack of transportation in the last week I've only been able to stay within my local commmunity, including my own house and backyard, I walked to the neighbouring suburb, which includes my grandmother's house and I've been ... Read more >