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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4910] | 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 >
INDIA | Mon, 22 Jul 2013 | By kirsty_nz | Views [1879]
On September 19 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to give women the vote. We have a proud tradition of woman’s suffrage, and a society (for all its faults) that still values equality. I am no feminist but having ... Read more >
Tags: bangladesh, forts, india, jaipur, jaisalamer, women
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1870]
Moses, Monuments and Mosaics – A Journey Through Jordan
The Queen Alia International Airport lies about 30km south of Amman. I picked up the rental car, which was conveniently located inside the terminal and headed south to Madaba, ... Read more >
Tags: archeological site, city visit, museums
USA | Wed, 11 Jul 2012 | By jc-dc | Views [1369]
Traveling
by the Amtrak California express train was quite an enjoyable experience that I
would definitely recommend. It crosses large expanses of land in considerably
short periods, has great amenities on board such as power outlets, ... Read more >
Tags: haight ashbury, napa valley, san francisco, the park hotel, yosemite
WORLDWIDE | Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By postcards | Views [1308]
Here are the postcards we recieved from wandering Nomads in September and October...Thanks to Sarah, Lucy, Scott, Kenneth and Stephen!! Your free T-shirt is on the way!
Tags: free t-shirt, postcards
ROMANIA | Sat, 17 Sep 2011 | By tk_inks | Views [1245]
Romania - What an amazing country. We really didn’t know what to
expect when we arrived in Romania and other than a small knowledge of
“Transylvania” from the Dracula stories we had no idea where we wanted to
visit. So our ... Read more >
ALBANIA | Sun, 20 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1106]
Some
days nothing seems to go right but today things worked out perfectly. When we dropped the car off at the Podgorica airport I didn’t think we had a chance to make it into Albania today. But our taxi to the bus station arrived
just in time ... Read more >
CHINA | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By leanneensly | Views [1094]
I have just been travelling with two lovely Dutch girls –
Judith and Marjolein (I had to call her May) they were great fun to be around
and not just for their keen sense of humour but also it was a chance to observe
how two gorgeous 20 something girls ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By princesscheryljw | Views [943] | Video
Initially we should be witnessing the miracle sunrise moment on top of Mt.Batur, but due to last minute decision and not enough rest (too much Bintang beer the night before...) we gave up the plan. Actually we didn't bring the appropriate shoes as well, ... Read more >
Tags: attraction, bali, kintamani, sunrise, trekking
SOUTH AFRICA | Thu, 4 Dec 2014 | By anijensen | Views [838]
Woke up at 5 a.m., a virtual sleep in, and found that we were supposed to have met at 5:15. We ran to our little truck to find Hayden waiting patiently for us. We had a good 45 minute drive ahead of us (without stops) if we wanted to hunt ... Read more >
CANADA | Sat, 13 Mar 2010 | By josh_shona | Views [776] | Comments [3]
22-year-old Sidney Crosby from Nova Scotia put the puck past the American goalkeeper during sudden death in the final of the Men’s Hockey game, giving Canada the concluding and most prized gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. And a new face ... Read more >
ITALY | Wed, 13 Apr 2011 | By drmitch | Views [764]
I awoke to cloudless blue skies with the promise of an excellent day’s walking. Unfortunately I had to leave Riomaggiore and spend 5 hours on the train to Rome,
where I was meeting a couple of Uni mates for four days of culture, pizza and
gelatos.... Read more >
Tags: colosseum, lasagne, rome, trevi fountain, vatican
SWITZERLAND | Wed, 1 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [701]
Yesterday I took an excursion out of town to (a) Rapperwil, otherwise known as the city of Roses, (b) Liechtenstein and (c) Heidiland
I went on this tour so I could (a) Say I have been to Liechtenstein, and (b) All I remember about Heidi was yodelling ... Read more >
Tags: liechtenstein, switzerland
IRELAND | Fri, 14 Jun 2013 | By declandevlin | Views [560]
After a long days work and the charts looking tempting, a friend and myself set out for an evening surf. We turn up at our local and its absolutely pumping and best of all we have the entire beach to ourselves, the pleasures of living in ... Read more >
Tags: beach, clean coast, cliffs, donegal, ireland, sea, seaside, surfing, surfphotography, waves
THAILAND | Fri, 2 Dec 2022 | By krodin | Views [556]
Krabi
I hadn’t intended to post anything about my time in Krabi as that portion of this trip was a gift from my daughter and son-in-law, but the experience there was too good to stay silent about. My family met me in Thailand to celebrate ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, islands, snorkeling
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 5 Nov 2011 | By angiel | Views [543]
Over the past 12 years I have traveled extensively throughout
different parts of the globe touching many countries and hopefully enriching
peoples lives as they have mine. The most recent adventure was a 9 day tour of Bali. I have
always liked ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Thu, 10 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [504]
after a lovely breakfast (these were always included in the riad and usually were nice breads with jam butter and Nutella, plus fresh fruit, plus eggs if desired, and a kind of Moroccan small crepe that was sometimes a little sweet and sometimes not ... Read more >
POLAND | Wed, 25 May 2016 | By shaz | Views [467]
I never thought I would ever go back to Poland. It was 20 years since my last visit and it has changed a lot. I avoided all the big tourist draw of the old concentration camps. I saw them once and I didn't want to experience that sadness again. I stuck ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Sat, 18 Apr 2009 | By pauluiza | Views [433]
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and an incredible Amazon River boat trip, ending with a bit of R & R on the stunning beaches of the Brazilian Northeast - An unforgettable adventure in 2009, sorry, but no photographs to show
Well, I've tried ... Read more >
GREECE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By colandscott | Views [360]
Scott woke quite early this morning to the roughest part of the trip so far. The seas were only 2 1/2 metres, but compared to the slight seas we had been experiencing, the ship was rocking. It felt weird being rocked in bed! Col slept through ... Read more >
ITALY | Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By baresoul | Views [334] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am a working class Canadian female filmmaker. My degree is in Theatre but was was bit with the filmmaking bug while still finishing my degree. Though I know many people in my small city, no one has offered me any mentorship or direction into creating ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
PALESTINE | Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By shaz | Views [330]
It was raining when I landed in Tel Aviv. Passport control was easy but getting cash wasn't. None of my credit or debit cards worked in any of the atms I tried in the airport. I knew the only cash I had was 5 euros so I was wondering how I was ... Read more >
USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By gwendolynalley | Views [311]
It starts with fish, fresh ahi tuna to be precise. And it starts with a whisper:
“Did you hear the tuna boat is in town this weekend?”
This tuna comes from the ocean that I see each day when I walk along the beach—the Pacific ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By zelmira | Views [287]
The story of this pictures is about a very special trip I made to the north of Brasil, to Pipa and further north to Jericoacoara, Fortaleza. Its about a young girl, lost, broken hearted, dissilusionated and trapped in her oun net she had been building ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By miru | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
I’d always wanted to get out of Khartoum and visit the sites, finally the opportunity had arrived. My camera and I had set off into the desert to take in some of Sudan’s breathtaking history! The Lion Temple at Naga and Musawwarat were sites that ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012