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

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 >

TRAVEL NOTES - Hydromania

ITALY | Tue, 2 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [3144] | Comments [5]

This story is dedicated to Terry Summerbell. 5 nights in Rome is quite a while so we thought a day at the local waterpark might be fun. Travelling is about doing stuff,we were told, rather than simply seeing stuff. So we set off on our journey - i´d ... Read more >

Dog attack

VIETNAM | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2363]

A friend and I were walking along the main road in Sapa, Vietnam, when two dogs attacked us. One bit deeply into my calf so I threw my bag at the dog and fled. How World Nomads helped Treatment in a Hanoi hospital for two days where they administered ... Read more >

Tags: claim, dog, hospitals & health, medical, rabies, true claim stories, vietnam, world nomads

Kakadu du du definitely do!

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 27 Dec 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2038]

It's been over two months since I have updated this journal. Life in Darwin is flying by. The seasons are beginning to change and the periods of thumping heavy driving rain are becoming more frequent. We are now on the cusp of the "the big wet"... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

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 >

The Real Jurassic Park

AUSTRALIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By cvanwyk | Views [1640]

Dinosaurs fascinated me a kid. I can remember when I was a kid, shortly after moving to Australia from New Zealand, my aunty, always happy to oblige my curiosity of the natural world, brought me to the QLD museum. Looking at the gigantic reconstructions ... Read more >

Cairo: Into the Heart of the Pyramids

SYRIA | Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [1528] | Comments [1]

Arrived Cairo this morning one and a half hours late due to delays at OR Tambo last night. This cut seriously into our Cairo sightseeing. However, we decided to forego breakfast at the Movenpick Pyramids Resort for breakfast boxes, and get stuck into ... Read more >

Bunya Mountains National Park

AUSTRALIA | Sat, 26 May 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1475]

Queensland is the land of sun, surf and the Great Barrier Reef. But we are at 1000 meters in Bunya National Park in the interior of Queensland, which is an Equus caballus of a completely different hue. First of all it rained all day and most of ... Read more >

Should I get out and push?

ICELAND | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 | By dianasaurus | Views [1417]

Ah it feels great to sleep in. I was very energized all day today. I headed down for the breakfast buffet in the hotel this morning and spent a good 40 minutes getting second and third servings along with orange juice and coffee. Then I headed to ... Read more >

Firenze... non solo musei !

ITALY | Tue, 7 Jun 2016 | By luca | Views [919] | Video

Un video veramente ben fatto; un insieme di foto dei luoghi più tipici e di vita quotidiana di questa meravigliosa città. Merita la pena guardarlo!

Tags: firenze, foto, video, vita quotidiana

Spain - Part I

SPAIN | Thu, 1 Aug 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [883] | Comments [1]

Madrid OK, so I’m running about four weeks behind in my blogging – having too much fun and putting too many things on the itinerary to keep up with writing. Sorry it’s so late, but here it is. We made the three-leg flight ... Read more >

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [859]

Only a little more than a week I have left in Samoa. For the past couple of days I’ve been staying with John, Lagi, and family. They have four children: George, Frank, Mona, and Fina. Lagi made her first carrot cake last night; excitedly enough, ... Read more >

The wheels on the bus go round and round-all the way to Panama

PANAMA | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [836]

Bocas Del Toro To Panama City Monday 9 August 2010 It was a beautiful morning as we left Bocas by water taxi ($US4) at 7.30. It was still quiet in the streets-the vultures were out picking at the rubbish but even the ... Read more >

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [835]

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 >

A journey to the calm city, Purwokerto - Indonesia

INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thetravelicious | Views [783]

If people ask me what is the right sentence to describe Purwokerto, I would shout clearly that it is the most charismatic city ever. Several people may say it is just a city, underdeveloped and nothing special, but readers, you should believe me it is ... Read more >

Tags: joved, purwokerto, unsoed

Soccer game and the Market

Today is Day 5 at Xela and I already had taken 2 trips to nearby towns. On Wed, I went with my teacher Mynor and 3 other students to San Marcos for a soccer (or futbol) match. We took a bus and it took probably an hour to get there. Mynor is from ... Read more >

Tags: san francisco, san marcos

The hands on this Chechnyan could swallow a cabbage

GEORGIA | Sat, 21 Aug 2010 | By haveblood | Views [711]

In our first human contact for a week we find ourselves this morning in the company of a team, a troupe, a barrel of steamy shepherds. nearing the camp we contemplate which method to use to get past the dogs. Griet paws their ferocity with indifference, ... Read more >

Tags: shepherds, trekking

July 29th Rain

CAMBODIA | Mon, 29 Jul 2013 | By rtumicki | Views [676]

It has been raining for the last 4 hours and at some point I need to get back on the bike and pedal the 15 km to Kep Gardens. I know I won't melt but it is this clunky computer I am worried about even though I do have plastic bags to wrap it in.... Read more >

I heart crepes!

UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Views [633]

Staying near Parkside in Cambridge is great. It's so close to the city centre and there's always a game of football or cricket on. Gloria and her boyfriend Luca live near Parkside in a cluttered little apartment. Luca, being Italian, grows capsicum and ... Read more >

Tags: al casbah, cambridge, clares college, crepes, kings parade

Alms for the monks

LAOS | Fri, 1 Jan 2016 | By sweetcheeks03 | Views [629]

5 am comes very early when you are determined to stay up till 12. Still on California time I stayed up even later, adrenaline and lack of sleepiness keeping me wide awake, but I was not about to miss the next day's events. We awoke before the morning ... Read more >

Tags: alms, laos, mekong river, monks, morning market, silk worms, sunrise

Walking Tallinn, Skype's Home

NETHERLANDS | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 | By kimswim | Views [599]

Tallinn, Estonia is truly a gem. The entire old city, which is quite large, is a UNESCO, World Heritage Site (We walked over 8 miles in the “old city”). It is steeped in history and beauty. And you can see the different cultural influences ... Read more >

Walkin' in the rain

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 4 Sep 2015 | By shire_girl | Views [518]

I spent a warm, sunny day traveling from Avebury to the coast of north Devonshire over the course of about 5 hours. So far I had had decent weather almost everyday, except for my travel days. For some reason I think the weather gods got a bit mixed up ... Read more >

Sydney, Monday 25 June 2018

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 25 Jun 2018 | By europe2013 | Views [515]

Got up in Sydney and went for a walk – headed out on the walkway that is part of the Cahill expressway. Doesn’t sound exciting but it is about 4 storeys above Circular Quay, so they view are excellent – all around the harbour ... Read more >

My ascent of Ben Venue

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By addictedtoadventure | Views [515]

Hey all, Had a fantastic day recently when I went up the nearest mountian to me (right behind the hotel actually) called Ben Venue. Woke up unsure about what the weather was going to do and saw nothing but thick fog out the window but was so keen to ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Blue Mountains

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 18 Oct 2010 | By reza | Views [274]

This area is called Blue Mountain and it’s near Sydney.as it shows in the name of this area, there are mountains which have consisted of stones in this area, but there are a lot of trees that has grown on these stones. This picture shows how the tree ... Read more >

Tags: in the mountain