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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4916] | 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 >
INDONESIA | Wed, 11 Feb 2009 | By cedric_c | Views [4882] | Comments [5]
Lors de mon tour à
Ubud, j'ai mentionné la vue sur le mont et le lac Batur
(prononcé « Batour »). Il s'agit d'une
immense cuvette de verdure où l'on peut apercevoir des traces de
coulées de lave lors de la dernière ... Read more >
Tags: bali, batur, indonésie, source chaude, trekk, volcan
PANAMA | Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [4739] | Comments [1]
We had a long journey back
from Panama City to David, and after another stay at Hotel Toledo, we took a
chicken bus north into the highlands, to the town of Boquete. Although the town
itself hasn´t got much to shake a stick at (not quaint, and ... Read more >
Tags: boquete, cloud forest, coffee, resplendant quetzal, senderos los quetzales, volcan baru, white-water rafting
SOUTH AFRICA | Mon, 28 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [4130]
The Garden Route lived up to its name as we headed towards Plettenburg Bay, it really is very scenic and green. It didn’t take us long to reach Plett and we soon located Nothando Backpackers. Now backpackers seems to have a different connotation ... Read more >
ICELAND | Fri, 18 Apr 2014 | By kurenai | Views [3165]
Blue Lagoon is justly famous in Iceland. It is also probably the most touristy place you will visit on your journey. Not to say it is a bad thing but just be ready for waves of people coming in on large tour buses going either to or from the airport.... Read more >
Tags: blue lagoon, geothermal, hot springs, iceland, keflavik airport, reykjavik
BOLIVIA | Mon, 28 Jul 2008 | By caspar | Views [2679] | Comments [5]
“O, o, o,
Even rustig ademhalen
O, o, o,
Lijkt alsof het regent als altijd
Maar het regent, en het regent zonnestralen...
Een week geleden, in een park in Amsterdam
Had 'ie z'n leven overzien en schrok zich lam
Hij was een man wiens ... Read more >
SERBIA | Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1990]
Connie already had a plan for our first day in Belgrade, the capitol of the former Republic of Yugoslavia, but she kept it a secret. After we checked into an overpriced hostel less than a block from the Moskova Hotel, a really overpriced one, she ... Read more >
CANADA | Wed, 29 Jun 2011 | By michelefacciotto | Views [1844]
Saturday 25 June 2011, begin the 2nd part of my adventure. I have dinner with Soo, a kind and nice girl from Toronto I met on Couchsurfing. At 22:00 I leave with the train, destination Vancouver. The train is pretty comfortable, I have two seat for ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Mon, 18 Aug 2008 | By rarakaki | Views [1810] | Comments [1]
My favorite day in Guatemala is when we rode 8 zip lines. We were harnessed in but it was still scary. We were really high up so you could see the lake called Lago de Atitlan really well. The first ride when I braked my glove flew off so I rode with ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1656]
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 >
VIETNAM | Tue, 8 Mar 2011 | By annanderson | Views [1409] | Video
3/8 International Women’s Day 2011 – let’s
celebrate awesome girls (like those in this video from Room to Read's program in Nepal) & women all over the world! Embrace those in your life!
March 8th is not only International ... Read more >
Tags: girls, international womens day, room to read, women
PERU | Wed, 26 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1259]
As we moved north from Lima we traveled back
in time with the cultures that pre-dated the Inca. A 9-hour bus ride took us to Trujillo, an oasis in the
coastal desert, and to the Moche culture from 200 AD. The Moche people constructed their ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thu, 29 Apr 2010 | By colleen_finn | Views [1154] | Comments [1]
I did run into Buddha several times today, and he wasn't wearing a red shirt. Instead, he was decadently adorned with gold leaf or carved from green jasper. Buddha must've been a fancy guy. I began my leisurely search for Buddha by taking a boat ride ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, sightseeing
ARGENTINA | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [1097]
Calling something legendary tends to overlook the fact that 36 hours of spine bashing discomfort on an unpaved road through the middle of nowhere is very few people´s idea of fun. We should have known when the bus we were travelling on dissapeared for ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bus, bus journey, coach, condors, on the road, route 40, ruta 40, travel
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1046]
Or otherwise entitled, When nobody wants to take responsibility for the decision making process because I’m easy going and I don’t mind what I eat, but…. Put two indecisive people together, three streets of restaurants, a rather ... Read more >
Tags: dining, relationships
CROATIA | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By maria_brett | Views [974]
Wanting to escape a poor Prague
summer, Brett and I headed for the pristine waters of Zadar, Croatia
for 10 days. Zadar is my home away from
home but this time it was even better as my parents and cousin Klaudia were
going to be there ... Read more >
INDIA | Thu, 13 Mar 2014 | By bonnie | Views [941]
The World Nomads 'Footprints' program provided finances for peAk's latest educational resource project which was rolled out gradually over the end of 2013 into 2014. PeAk would like to thank both World Nomads and travelling community for enabling ... Read more >
Tags: education, khati, kumaon himalaya, library, peak
COLOMBIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [915]
After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 8 Jun 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [881]
It seems that no matter where I go in this world, I always end up back in New Zealand. I'm back now for what could be an annual winter sojourn to Queenstown. This time I flew from Melbourne to Christchurch. In all the time I've been in Australia and ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [773]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 11 Dec 2012 | By pauline | Views [715]
Left Port Gibbon at 7am to avoid the heat. I rode along the gravel for about 6kms before reaching the Lincoln Highway. Brian, a friend of Stephen's flagged me down on the highway to give me a bag of chocolate munchies. Such a lovely idea! These kept ... Read more >
INDIA | Sat, 18 Jan 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [712]
The city formerly known as Bombay, Mumbai has been described as frenetic, gritty, glamorous – in short, a beautiful mess. And Mumbai is our introduction to “incredible India.”
We have heard that you can’t consider ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 24 Jul 2019 | By vagabonds3 | Views [638]
VIETNAM VETERANS OFTEN BEMOAN THE LACK of fanfare upon their return to the “Land of the Big PX.” And I guess I’m no exception. I returned from Vietnam on 24 July 1969, 50 years ago yesterday and, damn it, I deserved a celebratory ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 5 Nov 2011 | By angiel | Views [545]
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 >
USA | Mon, 29 Dec 2014 | By excellentadventure | Views [285]
Coffee @ Woodcat and food shopping for stir fry night. http://www.woodcatcoffee.com/#about Headed to Santa Monica Pier, elissa tested out a few camera features...the colours change so beautifully as the sun sets. ("Well excuuuuuse ... Read more >