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 >

A Headless Cow

CHINA | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By tim_and_sam | Views [2345]

Today is our final day in Tibet so we thought we'd finish off with a recap of the past couple of weeks. When we last wrote, we were about to set off on a trek between two of the major monasteries in the vicinity of Lhasa. The trek started off well ... Read more >

Tags: the great outdoors, tibet

Geech to Chenek

ETHIOPIA | Fri, 15 Feb 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2019]

Chenek here I come! Thanks to Jan and Filip I decided to extend my trek by a day and head to Chenek instead of back to Buyit Ras. Dashaw said the best views would be today, and right he was! It was so cold when I woke up it felt more like I was in Nepal ... Read more >

Mt Meru

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By murray_wilson | Views [2000] | Comments [4]

We have just got back from a 3 day trek on Mt Meru which was a combination of a walking safari and hill walk.  We organised the trek through a local company which supplied a guide, 3 porters and a cook - just for the 2 of us - felt like a colonial Shiab ... Read more >

Tags: meru, tanzania

Vietnamese men don't have hairy arms!

VIETNAM | Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [1860] | Video

Hanoi, Vietnam :  I’ll get to the headline in a minute. I got up early to get a start on the day and headed over to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum.   It was very well organized and the guards dressed in white made sure that you ... Read more >

Kerala Backwaters

INDIA | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1798]

WE WERE HOODWINKED - OR MAYBE IT WAS HORSWOGGLED - by the guidebooks.  Both  Lonley Planet  and  Frommer raved about a houseboat tour of the Kerala Backwaters.   LP went so far as to rate it the #2 top experience in India, ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1648]

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 >

The fine art of hosting is not dead my heart sings

ARGENTINA | Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By melissamain | Views [1429]

So I am awake again. Hours before any respectable Argentinian or direction-less backpacker. This might have bugged me in my old life. But in this travel hedonism space I now exist, where I literally have nothing I have to achieve today: it doesn´t bother ... Read more >

Tags: cordoba, croissants, hosting, insomnia

Laos State of Mind

LAOS | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By chrisaknight | Views [1423]

Wedged between Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, this place is literally the land that time forgot.  It wasn’t until several years ago that the Laos telecom industry had to increase from four to six the number of digits in their phone ... Read more >

Innsbruck

AUSTRIA | Sat, 3 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1149]

We landed in the capital of Tirol after a train-bus-train shuffle from Villach, but even this inconvenience was carried out super-efficiently and offered a different look at the country.  The snow-capped mountains came closer the nearer we got to ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Lake Hayes

NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 24 Jun 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1025]

Queenstown can get really hectic after awhile, both on the streets and in your mind. Thankfully there's a plethora of easy escapes from New Zealand's most popular tourist town. Clyde, as well as the various tramping tracks near Glenorchy are my favourites ... Read more >

Sin poder ir a trabajar???

REUNION | Mon, 26 Feb 2007 | By evagore | Views [1025] | Comments [2]

El puente que enlaza St.Louis con St. PIerre, la via hacia al sur, se ha derrumbado hoy. La causa: la fuerte corriente que llavaba el rio, normalmente sequisimo, por culpa de la inundaciones ciclonicas. Mateo y yo curramos en el sur, o sea que manana ... Read more >

Tags: Sorpresas te da la vida

Arriving in Bogota, March 1st and 2nd

COLOMBIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [904]

After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >

Manaus

BRAZIL | Sun, 17 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [861]

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 >

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [817]

When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did.  I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury.  First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >

By the seaside

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 7 Jul 2010 | By drmitch | Views [813]

Of course it can't be all fun and games over here. Although this is a travel journal I do occasionally have to do some work to fund further trips. Luckily this short vet is able to pick and choose from quite a few jobs around the country as people are ... Read more >

Tags: beach, brighton, surf

A weekend in Moremi

BOTSWANA | Tue, 1 Mar 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [727] | Comments [1]

Tuesday 1 st March, 2011 Our weekend at Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana Well, do we write about.. ·       the thrill - on 2 occasions - of seeing two male lions within 3m of our car, lying beside ... Read more >

Lost in Translation - Tokyo!!!

JAPAN | Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By lex | Views [639]

Well, predictably my flight was delayed (apparently they can`t cope with the weather in London in December - when it rains?!) As my new travelling attitude is carefree (!!!) I didn`t flinch, but spent a decent journey next to a couple intent on having ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Towering Volcanoes and Bottomless Canyons

PERU | Thu, 28 Mar 2013 | By jesjesco | Views [633]

Arequipa is a city at the heart of some of the world’s most awesome natural wonders. Every morning I wake up to a perfect view of el Misti, one of the volcanoes towering over the city. And just last Friday afternoon, while resting in bed during ... Read more >

The Indian Village

INDIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By saumya1989 | Views [592]

When I Kicked my Royal Enfield 500cc bike, I knew that it would be  anice experience to cover the rural side of India. Earlier, I has called up one of my friend who had a relative in a village called Baghpat. After travelling almost 50 kilometeres, ... Read more >

Tags: farm, india, smoke, village

The Copper Canyon

MEXICO | Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By jarrodkee43 | Views [578] | Comments [2]

In the initial planning of our trip to Central America, we thought one place that we would love to see in Mexico would be the Copper Canyon (Barrancas del Cobre). Situated in the country´s North West, the rim of the canyon is accessable by train. But ... Read more >

Australia part 1: Sydney - Melbourne

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 11 Jan 2013 | By lisaj72 | Views [512]

Well, been here almost 2 weeks and already done so much!  After being ill at home for 2 weeks, developing sinusitis and worrying if I'd be able to fly, I arrived bang on time in Sydney on NYE, went to stay in Normanhurst, a suburb of Sydney, courtesy ... Read more >

Island in the Sun

BAHAMAS | Mon, 12 May 2014 | By jc_carpenter | Views [386]

     Imagine being surrounded by a sea of blue, literally. Imagine looking out of your window into a sky of orange and yellow against the blue water as the sun sets on the Atlantic Ocean. This was the scene of my Royal Carribbean cruise ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, crusies

On the road again

USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By smithtravel | Views [317]

We left our group on Wednesday at the Johannesberg airport.  Rented our car and braved the roads to our B and B in the south of Joberg (as the locals call it).  Just a few wrong turns, Denise working at navigation and John driving on what feels ... Read more >

Day 122: Rob and Gabster

NETHERLANDS | Fri, 27 May 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [271]

Picked up Rob and Gab from the airport - our visitors for the next 5 days! It was soooooo good to see familiar faces. Walked around the city, enjoyed some quality busker break dancers and Rob gave it the 'most beautiful city' award. Hummus Haus, nutella ... Read more >