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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4914] | 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 >
THAILAND | Fri, 18 May 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [3281] | Comments [2]
In an effort to turn you, the readers, on to the best of the best of the best, sir...with honors, I have volunteered my own bowels and stomach lining to be the judge of the first annual Pad Thai Royal Rumble! To qualify as a contender is easy: simply ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Jan 2010 | By vantastic_tas | Views [2619]
In most places around the world summer is a time for festivals and Tasmania is no exception. For one week at the end of December and beginning of January every year all of the best food, wine and beer of Tasmania meet in Hobart for The Taste of ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, australia, entertainment, festival, holiday, party, road trip, tasmania, van-tastic, yachting
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 22 Oct 2009 | By ambassador | Views [2378] | Video
The Americans are taking on Tassie! The dynamic duo of Dara Simkin and Catherine Fleming, friends from Florida will be hitting the road for the Van-Tastic Adventures roadtrip through Tasmania.
Check out their winning video where they go looking ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, road trip, tasmania, van-tastic adventures, vantastic, victoria, world nomads
WORLDWIDE | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 | By duende | Views [2286] | Comments [1]
When I hit the road for Brazil to unearth the various musical styles of this music-rich land I was already acquainted with a few musical styles such as Samba, Bossa Nova, Lambada, Capoeira and Xote. However, I knew the music of Brazil is as diverse and ... Read more >
Tags: brazilian music, forró, gonzaga
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 26 Aug 2009 | By adam_hamish | Views [1904] | Video
On their roadtrip through Queensland, Australia with Van-Tastic Adventures, Adam and Hamish go scuba diving in Cairns. Check out the video!
Watch more footage of Adam and Hamish on the Van-Tastic Adventures YouTube Channel
Tags: adventures, australia, cairns, diving, great barrier reef, road trip, scuba diving, van-tastic adventures, vantastic, world nomads
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1654]
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 >
INDIA | Fri, 21 Feb 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1553]
Once we saw the condition of the bus from Delhi (It wouldn’t have made the grade for a ‘chicken bus’ in Guatemala.) we knew that a taxi – expense be damned – was the only sensible travel option for the seven-hour trip north ... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [1319] | Video
So, after a taxi, 2 trains and a rickshaw we arrived back in Goa! This time we opted to visit Arambol (north Goa). Due to our tight itinery we knew we only had 2 nights here which was a shame as we really liked the place. We found some nice ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, great food, sunsets
TURKEY | Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By nadiamar | Views [1211]
The Backgammon (tavla) is the most popular table game in Turkey. There are special places usually attended only by men, where they play and chat accompanied by Turkish traditional tea for couple of hours. This picture was taken in a small village called ... Read more >
Tags: backgammon, eastern anatolia, tavla, travel photography scholarship 2012, turkey
BOLIVIA | Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Views [1152] | Comments [3]
Son las 12 y pico de la noche. Estoy en la agencia desde las 8 y media de la mañana, trabajando contra reloj para dejar todo listo. Campañas terminadas, avisos escritos, spots preproducidos. Estoy tan ansioso por el viaje que no termino de sentirme cansado ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
AUSTRIA | Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By mattso | Views [1066] | Comments [2]
We made good time to get to the train station early and settled in for the three hour ride to Vienna. The rail jet trains are more comfortable than the other one we tried, and reached speeds of up to 160kph. So the countryside zoomed past us for most ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By edinoz | Views [1053] | Comments [8]
Fligts - Check Insurance - Check Resingnation Letter Handed In - Check I am leaving the UK to go to Aus for hopefully two years ! Left my job with a bank in Leeds after nine and a half years. I arrive in Brisbane at 6.35 on 30th November, and ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
INDONESIA | Tue, 5 Jan 2016 | By davidpearlman | Views [940]
Yesterday I went on a full day tour with my friend who I met in Jogjakarta and we got caught up again in Seminyak. The two of us and one other hired a driver and went to three Hindu temples here in Ubud, including Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, which is ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud
TURKEY | Wed, 12 Sep 2012 | By jvgarcia | Views [913]
Mi llegada a la
capital turca fue un poco confusa y atropellada. Creo que después
de planear con lujo de detalles en la parte europea del viaje, sobre
todo en lo que respectaba a hospedaje, finalmente me cansé un poco
de tanta organización, ... Read more >
Tags: asia, capadocia, globos, turquía
SWITZERLAND | Thu, 2 Jul 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [798]
Yesterday, I went on another excursion out of town. Excursions are pretty nice, because in addition to seeing other parts of the country, it is nice to meet other travelers. Yes, I am staying on hostels where it is easy to meet other travelers, ... Read more >
Tags: lucerne, switzerland
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 1 Aug 2012 | By kbradnock | Views [764] | Comments [1]
Hey All!
Sorry its taken a few days to get onto this, but as you
can imagine travelling for 36 hours (managing 5 hours sleep) I was in no state
to whip up my first entry when i landed. In saying that I now have far more
interesting ... Read more >
Tags: london
CHINA | Tue, 26 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [750]
Zondagavond waren we in Shanghai. Na ingecheckt te hebben in het hotel zijn we op avontuur gegaan. De metro was vlakbij en gelukkig kon je de outes ook in het engels bekijken en vonden we al snel hoe in de binnenstad te komen. We kwamen uit in de modernste ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 28 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [725]
Yesterday I wasn't in the mood for museums. I needed a break from endless selfies (mine included), audio programs, buckets begging for donations,etc Plus here in bath they aren't that original anyway(with the exception of the Roman Bath Museum, which ... Read more >
Tags: bath, fields
TURKEY | Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [606]
BODRUM WAS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES in 2007, a quiet respite on the Adriatic coast. If only we had known!
Sugar-cube houses
My journal entry from that trip (hand-written, of course) said, Bodrum is about as picturesque ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Aug 2008 | By laurentravels08 | Views [539]
The Sunshine Coast is beautiful, under-populated, and warm! It's the middle of winter here but I spent the day in my swimmers at the Mooloolaba Beach. It does get pretty chilly at night, but the days are absolutely gorgeous. The trees and other vegetation ... Read more >
BULGARIA | Tue, 13 May 2014 | By hallietraveljournal | Views [530]
I have been vegetarian for almost two years now, and I left America with really high hopes in regards to food. I thought that it would be easy enough to find vegetarian food all over, even if I had to make a few sacrifices here and there. I definitely ... Read more >
Tags: balkans, tips, vegetarian
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [438]
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 >
AFGHANISTAN | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By 240seconds | Views [353] | 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
SUDAN | Mon, 6 Sep 2010 | By wildgoose | Views [317]
After all the preparation, training, legwork, paperwork and waiting, it was a relief to get under way. Heathrow was achieved via a busy M25 and a talkative MT driver, otherwise uneventful. Loading the nearly 100kg of luggage into Gulf Air’s care was ... Read more >