World Nomads journals & writers

Baja California Sur...gray whales, sea of cortez and the endless desert

MEXICO | Sun, 8 Feb 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [7732] | Comments [9]

21/1/09 - 4/2/09 Guerrero Negro to La Paz  840 km Sometimes things happen exactly at the right moment. For us this was meeting Vincent and Michel, two Swiss cyclists, who also started their expedition in Alaska in May, and were on their way to Argentina.... Read more >

Tags: baja california, beaches, biking, birds, cactus, cyclists, desert, mexico, whales, wildlife

The Best Food in Europe

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 22 Oct 2012 | By connectlocally | Views [5256]

Photo by  jonnygo Food plays a big part in any travellers adventure, and Europe offers some of the most indulgent food in the world! From baguettes and cheese to snails and frogs legs, Europe is a great destination to take your ... Read more >

Tags: connect locally, europe, food, france, frogs legs, germany, pork knuckle, snails, spain

2009 Travel Photography Scholarship: Anna Zhu Preparing for the Trip of a Lifetime.

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4700] | 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 >

Cairns - Mareeba/Fruitopia

UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 27 Feb 2014 | By michidoesoz | Views [2411]

Two month overdue... I will attempt a brief update. SO after the desolation and fruit depseration of Roper BAr I escaped to Fruitopia. That little piece of tropical fruit paradise  near Cairns. I immediately felt at home. I got picked up by ... Read more >

Tags: fruit fruit and lovely people.who enjoy a lot of

Semuc Champey

GUATEMALA | Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1843]

I rise up this morning to take a test of my true adventureness! Whilst El Retiro boasts a beautiful setting, I regret staying here. They're nice enough to let me store my bag as I stuck 50 quetzales (price of admission to Semuc Champey) in my pocket.... Read more >

Tags: water

Boxing day & Beyond

THAILAND | Tue, 27 Dec 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1809]

Hi all, I hope you had a lazy boxing day..... After a busy Christmas day on the beach, we finally called it a night after stuffing ourselves with some great food. The owner of the place that we are staying at (called "Onh") made us Christmas ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

FairyTales Castles

GERMANY | Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By abelaine | Views [1590]

Well I went on Tuesday to a fairytale like castle outside of Munich. It was in Bavarian countrysode, for the King Ludvic who was reputed to be gay, insane and died of un-natural causes! He spent his life making castles! 2 weere completed, this one ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1462]

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 >

Nyepi 2012

INDONESIA | Fri, 30 Mar 2012 | By tracie | Views [1458]

In a recent post, I described the various interesting, pleasing and annoying sounds of Indonesia. Today however the only sound that can be heard is the soft exhale of the wind as she caresses the rice paddies, making the rice stalks rustle and hustle.... Read more >

Tags: 2012, bali, hindu, indonesia, nyepi, ogeh, orang, pascoe, tracie, ubud

Flip-Flops and Wet-Wipes!

CAYMAN ISLANDS | Tue, 22 Feb 2011 | By melissa_wynn | Views [1395]

Hey friends, family and anyone else reading this blog. Have just spent the day lazing around at home, watching some tv shows and doing some housecleaning and   laundry and all that kinda stuff after a big weekend. I am sitting in ... Read more >

Sunday at the African Village Market, Johannesburg

SOUTH AFRICA | Mon, 24 Jan 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [1384] | Comments [1]

While the newly cleaned out pool fills chez Mark & Margie’s, we took off to visit the colourful African Handcraft Markets – so much innovation and creativity.   Things we saw included fabulous dancers, a fire eating limbo dancer, solar powered toys, ... Read more >

Sydney - the grand finale

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 14 May 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1019]

I suspect that there could be a no more fitting finale for a fabulous stay in Sydney than taking a helicopter tour of the city. Helitours were incredibly helpful arranging a last minute addition to their afternoon flight. From the moment of pickup ... Read more >

Tags: backpacking, helitours, sydney

Two Rainy Days in Martinborough

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 6 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [837]

Martinborough is a little Kiwi town   an hour east of Wellington over a winding mountain road surrounded by vineyards,   olive groves, sheep pastures, and a wild Pacific coastline. The town was laid out by an Irish settler named Martin in the 1800’s ... Read more >

What Did Different Cities Teach Me

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 4 Nov 2014 | By margaretsw | Views [796] | Comments [1]

I just love my childhood. I was born in Perth, Australia, but because of the nature of my father's job we didn't stick there much. To be honest, I don't even remember the place. Some might think that moving around a lot is not good for you, and while ... Read more >

Tags: australia, childhood travel, italy, new york, on the road, sydney, travel, travel stories, world tour

Showing Friends the Highlights of Uganda

UGANDA | Tue, 21 Oct 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [717]

Since the half term break was only a week in length we decided not to fork out for air tickets but visit some of our favourite spots in Uganda instead. It proved to be an inspired decision as friends from England (Dave) and Singapore (Neil & Ping) ... Read more >

Better not Sleep Walk

FRANCE | Sun, 23 Jul 2017 | By kimswim | Views [618]

There is a little town not too far from here that we visited yesterday. It's called St. Cado and its claim to fame is the quaint petite house that sits calmly on a tiny little island in the water with its welcoming blue shutters. Everyone who paints ... Read more >

…And Back

SRI LANKA | Tue, 17 Dec 2013 | By ciotolapiena | Views [590]

La luna piena, una tazza di tè caldo, le palme, la brezza, il buio. È la prima volta che mi gusto questa versione stranamente pacifica dello Sri Lanka; tristemente anche l’ultima. Ho deciso di passare la notte in terrazza; di tirare ... Read more >

Christmas Eve

JAPAN | Thu, 24 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [540] | Comments [1]

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone!  I spent most of the day baking eight loaves of kuchen (my wonderful husband washed the dishes for me, multiple times today to help out.)  We're looking forward to eating kuchen Christmas morning while we open gifts. This ... Read more >

Krakow to Tarnow to Vienna

POLAND | Thu, 27 Aug 2015 | By rafellarayne | Views [498]

We woke in Krakow on Friday and went about putting our lives back together in our packs. We knew we were leaving Saturday for Tarnow and since we had big plans for Friday we didn't want to deal with too much come morning. We ate the last of the food ... Read more >

Pilaf with mussels

UKRAINE | Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By edda | Views [435]

Story “Love makes tasty food”, - that’s my own slogan during last year. I like to visit food festivals and food fairs. The result of this hobby places is that I fell in love a year ago. The way I did this was really magic. Even ... Read more >

Tags: mussels, pilaf, ukraine

Tegucigalpa

HONDURAS | Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By pwalton | Views [418]

I arrived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Getting up early to make my flight was a struggle and I cut it pretty close getting to the airport. But I made it to Tegucigalpa. The city is placed in a valley between large mountains so the views are awesome. The ... Read more >

Day 18 v2: Oshop

NICARAGUA | Sat, 13 Feb 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [388] | Comments [2]

Went on a beach adventure with Oshop and school crew. They took us to 2 private beaches: Escamequita and Escameca. I forgot how much fun bodyboarding is! I'm getting one when we're home. Got a few waves on the surfboard too. They included dinner (fish ... Read more >

10th Dec: Later

FRANCE | Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [334]

feeling a bit better now. Ana and i are working on our presentation - in separate rooms. It's getting really difficult for my brain to sort everything out, organise it etc - especially translating it into french! "j'ai absenté le dejeuner"... Read more >

Tags: Work

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [333]

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 >

My Scholarship entry-Portrait Me and Places

PAKISTAN | Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By mubashirtaqi | Views [311]

I'm Pakistani and 20 year old.I live in Multan city heart of culture and civilization,One of the oldest city in Country and worl.I started photography when I was 17,three years back back and recently started on professional level.I just stated my ... Read more >

Tags: places, portrait