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ECUADOR | Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By loloberlin | Views [3447]
Montañita comenzó en los 70´s cuando unos surfistas se enamoraron de sus olas y se instalaron allí. Poco a poco fue creciendo y hoy, si bien sigue siendo una pequeña comunidad, ha crecido mucho y lo seguirá haciendo.... Read more >
VIETNAM | Mon, 6 Jul 2009 | By hopperq | Views [1736] | Comments [1]
Give us a city and we'll see all the major sites in 2 days. Day one of our whirlwind tour of Hanoi included 3 museums and was heavy on the American War (what they call the Vietnam War here). The Women's Museum is a tribute to the bravery and courage ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1653]
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 >
ANTARCTICA | Fri, 1 Dec 2017 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1456]
My Antarctic adventure would continue today as I’d visit two more very special places in the White Continent. We had an opportunity to make a third landing on the continent, visiting an abandoned Argentine base. I had trouble getting up this morning ... Read more >
ETHIOPIA | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1431]
It may be Valentine's Day but today I'm headed for Geech. That reminds me, last year I spent Valentine's Day in Belize. When I woke up this morning I expected a more demanding trek and even more spectacular scenery to go along with it. The beginning ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Mon, 13 Feb 2017 | By swathi | Views [1318] | Comments [1]
The Hague (30 th Dec 2016 – 2 nd Jan 2017)
Okay, so in my previous article I wasn't really bei ng accurate when I said our next stop was Amsterdam . True, our afternoon F lixbus (the European version ... Read more >
Tags: coffee shop, new years eve, red light, the hague
CAMBODIA | Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By gem_sky | Views [1238]
There was such a
jump between the big cities and rural areas, much more than in Europe, I think
because the development has been so much quicker and more recent. It makes
things really uneven, and as soon as you start traveling you realise ... Read more >
Tags: bicycles, kampot, rural, shower gel, urban
SPAIN | Sat, 6 Sep 2014 | By rmckinley | Views [1199]
The way her nose crinkled in barely disguised disapproval when I told her of my plans came as a bit of a shock. I knew the younger generation in Spain was by no means a fan of bullfights, but I did not think it would be so frowned upon for me, a curious ... Read more >
Tags: arena, bilbao, bulls, matador, spain
CHINA | Sun, 22 Nov 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1058]
The DPRK was such a fantastic experience! And I never expected the vibe of a college field trip. Yesterday morning we all returned to Beijing aboard Air Koryo 151 and at the baggage carousel we said our goodbyes. Some people caught connecting flights ... Read more >
UKRAINE | Thu, 29 Oct 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [1041]
A while ago on my journey, on a trip from Kotor, Montenegro to Tirana, Albania, I met two ladies from Utah who we're on vacation. They we're on the same shuttle bus from the hostel that I and a few others we're on between the two cities. They weren't ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Fri, 10 Aug 2018 | By krodin | Views [1007]
Ulan-Ude
Our first surprise came when the taxi driver who picked us up from the train station didn’t take us to the hotel I had booked through booking.com, but to another one. I kept trying to show him the paper with the reservation, ... Read more >
Tags: cities, religious sites
CAYMAN ISLANDS | Tue, 15 Feb 2011 | By melissa_wynn | Views [846] | Comments [3]
Hey guys, so as of today I have been living in Grand Cayman for a month exactly… Nope ok that was weird, I just remembered I arrived on the 24th so that’s a lie… I have only been here 3 weeks, and it feels like I have been here for ages!! Anyway, the ... Read more >
JAPAN | Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | By peter_allen | Views [791] | Video
My screening is done. There was a guy from Pixar and an Oscar nominated actress in my group. There's a video link to a Q&A from after the screening. I kind of take over the mike and start interviewing the guy to my left a little. The audence were ... Read more >
CHINA | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By aemaus | Views [747]
Today was Thursday and Day 4 in China ~The Update
I have been waking up between 5 and 6 AM everyday. I thought
the first few days, I wasn't going to have any Jet Leg but I have since been
proven wrong. Pretty positive I haven't been ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
SPAIN | Sat, 11 Dec 2010 | By lenuka | Views [728]
Hola a todos! Los ultimos 4 dias los hemos pasado en el Caribe. Primero fuimos a Tortuguero y ahora estamos en Cahuita. El viaje desde La Fortuna hasta Tortuguero transcurrio en un 90% por carretera asfaltada lo cual fue gratamente acogido por nuestros ... Read more >
USA | Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By nat_and_chris | Views [718] | Comments [1] | Video
Finally the LA you read about and see on TV and movies ... it's Santa Monica. A better hostel, beautiful beach and busty babes ... giggity giggity. Hostel International was exceptionally clean with 5 bunks to a dorm, people coming and going all the ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By snowy | Views [699]
After a long Train ride to Ko sok national park we checked into the most amazing place at the edge of the jungle. The little resort consisted of these little beach style bungalows surrounded by palm trees. We went Tubeing down the river, it was awesome ... Read more >
Tags: krabi beaches and malaysia
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By chloe | Views [681]
We have been very lucky to enjoy 2 weeks of calm and warm days...a real treat after the terrible summer! But alas the winds are back, so much that Robert's (the owner of Star Castle) fishing boat 'Gallos' broke her moorings and a cute but teeny seal pup ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thu, 27 Jul 2017 | By kimswim | Views [641] | Comments [1]
One of the truly unsolved mystery's in the world today has its beginning close to where we are in the very posh little town of Carnac. Close to 7,000 years B. C. a group of people began cutting and moving heavy pieces of granite around the area. Because ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 5 Nov 2015 | By wheresmypants | Views [633]
I don't even know where to start. This has truly been one of the most amazing days of my life.
But I guess I should start before today, with yesterday, which will be part 1. (Read that last sentence in a Winnie the Pooh voice). I had smooth bus ride ... Read more >
Tags: books, ha noi, libraries, new zealand, wellington
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 1 Jan 2011 | By gemmahu | Views [633] | Video
Did I mention I have a gentlemen friend now? So I arrived in Sydney on 01/12/2010 and I'm living Marrickville with Sir James of Cox in a very smart IKEA filled apartment. I'm working for an agency which has me working for.......the council! Yay! ... Read more >
CHINA | Sat, 4 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [518]
Up early and on the bus to Newark airport, we began our adventure. Meeting a pleasant young man from Beijing, we began the halting, laughing, pausing rhythm of speech that is sure to follow for the next month! He looked up words on his phone to talk ... Read more >
Tags: arrival, departure, technology
WORLDWIDE | Sun, 19 Aug 2012 | By honeysqueeze | Views [501] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Let's do this, but with a proper team with a sound recordist, a camera and night vision tech. Ayahuasca. Holy crap.
Tags: travel film scholarship 2012
USA | Fri, 30 Jul 2010 | By beth2271 | Views [445]
Family reunion tomorrow! We are out of UT and hot weather and back into sweat shirts. We are going to go home and expect fall to start and we still have at least 2 months of summer left in Atlanta! The kids are so excited to see family and especially ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [429]
Sunday was a work day for me. We had a couple of shorter than usual classes in the morning and then there was the school 'marathon', which was only a 2.2 km run, but that's what they called it. I took a bunch of photos, just a few are here. It was freezing ... Read more >