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NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [20423] | Comments [10]
Paul and I are now in New Zealand, after a really long flight, (two days in total) we arrived to find that it was warm and sunny! Yay, since then we have hit a patch of rainy cold weather, but I have decided that this won't last too long!! Waiting for ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
PERU | Thu, 26 Apr 2012 | By tk_inks | Views [8199]
Well, after our delayed border crossing it made for a late
night arrival into Cusco. We were glad we had pre-booked a hostel room as we
were feeling pretty exhausted. Our hostel was on the outskirts of town but the
room was nice and ... Read more >
INDIA | Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By will-n-raina | Views [4761] | Comments [3]
Well we have just come to the end of three and a half eventful weeks in Nepal. We have done so much in this short time that it is hard to know where to start. Firstly, as you may have heard, the elections have been going on during our visits, which ... Read more >
PANAMA | Sun, 21 Jul 2013 | By coggos | Views [3074]
Costa Rica and Panamania
20th June 2013
Once again we are surprised how much crossing a border -just 15kms in a little boat but a world away in development- can feel so different. We leave Nicaragua and make our way into Costa Rica.... Read more >
Tags: bocas del toro, boquete, cahuita, costa rica, kuna, la fortuna, panama, panama city, san blas, tortuguera
NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 9 Aug 2011 | By annamargaretta | Views [2263]
To do or not to do, now that is the question. For those, throughout the many generations, who have made this young country their home, to do was the answer. New Zealand is a country that prides itself on doing, as our heritage is intricately tied ... Read more >
Tags: #blogyourbackyard
NEPAL | Fri, 15 Apr 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [2003]
Destination – Nepal – Pokhara – are you sure there’s no mountain high enough?
Now, off to Pokhara. We get up at 6Aam leave at 6.30 to catch a bus at 7 for a 7 hour trip. Again, the bus is old and crappy, not even a hint of suspension. Once ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Mon, 26 Jul 2010 | By rich | Views [1740]
Rain is pouring outside our window as we get up for another early start. This time we're up for a 6.30 breakfast. By 8am were in our minibus, on the way to Halong bay. This is a bay of 100's of islands off the Vietnam coast in the South China sea. ... Read more >
ITALY | Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1665]
It is a strange trip indeed from Sorrento to Sicily. We began by traveling north on the Circumvesuviana line to Naples. Then we boarded the southbound train, first-class was all they had available, to Reggio Calabria on Italy's tippy-toe where, like ... Read more >
GREECE | Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1368]
Suddenly it’s summer.
After four cold months in Europe, we are wearing shorts. Oh, yeah, we are in Athens!
It is surreal being in Greece. Gone is the beauty of France, the orderliness of Germany and
the familiarity of England.... Read more >
PAKISTAN | Fri, 15 Oct 2010 | By asad_prince | Views [1014]
My life is so colorful I like to meet with that people who belong from different countries, languages and cultures. I try to catch my these moments in my camera. I attach my some pictures which present some general story of my life. Mostly pictures i ... Read more >
SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [869]
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 >
THAILAND | Tue, 12 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [809]
Sunday 10th May 2009 So I remembered to set an alarm to get up at about 8am. This gave me time to have some breakfast at the hostel and wait for my pick up at about 9.30am. They pick everyone up from the different hostels and hotels and we meet at the ... Read more >
NAMIBIA | Sat, 17 Jan 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [774] | Comments [2] | Video
Old video from a township in Swakopmund, Namibia that I just uploaded.
ICELAND | Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By kreydatus | Views [771] | Comments [1]
My flight from Boston to Reykjavik was a smooth and happy one. I didn't get much sleep on the flight but I did doze off for a hot second I believe. It was only 5 hours long and before I knew it I was already at Keflavik Airport ! The airport itself ... Read more >
Tags: iceland, reykjavik
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [607]
Tallinn, Estonia is truly a gem. The entire old city, which is quite large, is a UNESCO, World Heritage Site (We walked over 8 miles in the “old city”). It is steeped in history and beauty. And you can see the different cultural influences ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tue, 29 Mar 2016 | By bhs_vietnam | Views [563]
Day 6- Visiting the School
After receiving a wake-up call at 6:00 am, the students prepared themselves for the busy day ahead. At 7:00 am they gathered in the hotel lobby in order to cross over to the restaurant where they ate breakfast which would ... Read more >
USA | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By loslindos | Views [563] | Comments [1]
My first days are really over now and I got settled in the city, so I thought it might be also time to set up my travel-blog. I decided to write in english, because that's the reason I'm here and although it's not really good up to now I hope it will ... Read more >
CAMEROON | Tue, 4 Apr 2017 | By vagabonds3 | Views [541]
OUR SOUTH AFRICAN GUIDES, David and Heinz, arrived yesterday afternoon along with Tom from San Jose, Marga from the Canary Islands, Quebecois Jean and Linda, and Johannes from Berlin. We spent some time birding around the hotel before our get ... Read more >
CHINA | Sat, 2 Oct 2010 | By hanadignan | Views [534]
I’ll begin with our bus ride to
LiJiang, a very well known touristy spot in Yunnan province. The laneways can
barely fit cars, so during the day in the old town its foot traffic only. The
cobbles are uneven and small rivers flow down some streets, ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By europe2013 | Views [521]
Our first stop for the day was the `Hanoi Hilton` as it was colloquially known by the US POWs or Hoa La Prison Museum. It mainly deals with the French occupancy, but there is one section about the US pilots who were incarcerated there - ... Read more >
MEXICO | Tue, 10 Aug 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Views [520]
WE HAD SOME “MOPPING UP” BIRDING-WISE to accomplish Monday morning before we had to get out of Dodge, aka Huatulco. It took a while due to my fogged up lens but we soon saw and photographed Doubleday’s Hummingbird and settled for the ... Read more >
PERU | Fri, 1 Apr 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [497]
Rest day, feeling a little sick today....coming up from the valley, Cusco is higher. Bummed around then went out to Shaman Vegan Raw Restaurant. It's run by locals and we met their six year old daughter who came and sat at the table with us before ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 20 Jun 1995 | By tinamurty | Views [466]
The main thing that sticks out in my memory is that I did not feel like a total idiot. But there I was, halfway up a mountain in a Kodiak Bear Preserve, bloody and exhausted, clutching what little remained in the one small water bottle I brought ... Read more >
Tags: alaskan wilderness, cannery job, grizzly bears, new friends, trailless hiking
USA | Mon, 10 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [336]
Our two days in Delhi has been a sensory overload and an experience to remember. The sights, sounds, smells, and functional chaos of this city astounds us. Hopefully the pics will tell some of the tale. Early rise tomorrow to catch ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 4 Aug 2015 | By gasungvideo | Views [238] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Hi, i am TC, challenge designer in South Korea. My job is design and make challenge come true. As first challenging project, i went to Australia to ride bike from Melbourne to Sydney with only bike. That was first record in Australia. I want to make ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia