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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 >
ECUADOR | Tue, 20 Dec 2005 | By ldeutch | Views [4504] | Comments [2]
The first question I was asked when I told the director at the school that I was going to Isinlivi, was Where is that? and second, ¨How do you pronounce that? well the first I can now answer.. the second still remains unclear exactly. I decide to ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
PHILIPPINES | Sun, 21 Mar 2010 | By jeffbrad | Views [3222]
Sat 6th Mar – As we were going to be on the move early tomorrow and it
wa my birthday, we had a small birthday gathering at the house with some
friends of Shiera’s and her parents and sister Kaye. They had bought me a
birthday cake, ... Read more >
JORDAN | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 | By krodin | Views [1884]
Moses, Monuments and Mosaics – A Journey Through Jordan
The Queen Alia International Airport lies about 30km south of Amman. I picked up the rental car, which was conveniently located inside the terminal and headed south to Madaba, ... Read more >
Tags: archeological site, city visit, museums
NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 9 Mar 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1784] | Comments [3]
We quit the bus, cold turkey. After a grueling 9 hour ride from Queenstown to Christchurch, with less leg room than the back seat of a Miata, and staring down the barrel of two more ten hour rides, PLUS a ferry ride (which gives Jake night terrors), ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1657]
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 >
CHILE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [1551]
Santiago Sloths
The original plan in Chile was to head straight up the Andes and do a weeks skiing, However the associated costs and it being fully booked had conspired against us. We did manage to find a budget option but not until the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By sophieollie | Views [1488]
Paris, France . From Amsterdam we travelled to Paris and had an excellent four nights being tourists and visiting the big sights. We did not enjoy the coach trip much again. The driver made me feel car sick, took a 45 minute coffee ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
TANZANIA | Tue, 7 Jul 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [1464]
13 years ago on Friday 3 rd May 2002, I had finished for the day and was working in the garage on my Triumph Herald. My friend and housemate in my first house, Darren (Daz) came into the garage and said he was going to West Bay on his motorbike, a ... Read more >
Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, hard work, killimanjaro, panic, panic, summit, trekking
JAPAN | Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By klynne | Views [1033] | Comments [1]
When we were looking into coming to Japan at the end of July, I was in charge of the packing, JN was in charge of finding lodgings. As we have done during our long trips to Australia and San Francisco, JN organized home exchanges for us. For those of ... Read more >
RWANDA | Sun, 6 Nov 2011 | By klnjaa | Views [1016] | Comments [1] | Video
After Stone Town we spent three days at a Nungwi beach on the northern tip of the island. I wish I had a lot of interesting stories to tell of our stay there, but I'm not going to lie, we spent a lot of our time relaxing, reading, eating and sleeping.... Read more >
SPAIN | Thu, 29 Aug 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [1003]
Seville
Given that we had pre-purchased tickets to the Alhambra in Granada with only a few days ahead to spare, our time in Seville was short. We arrived early evening and were pleasantly surprised, again, by the location of our “hostel”... Read more >
THAILAND | Fri, 14 Nov 2014 | By dinagosse | Views [909]
Today after class, our teacher Dot arranged for a group of us to travel outside of the city to the San Kampaeng hot springs. We were told it's a fifty-minute drive from the city, but a thirty-minute return trip due to less traffic later in the day. Aaron ... Read more >
Tags: san kampaeng hot springs
BOLIVIA | Tue, 14 Apr 2009 | By kaplan | Views [843] | Comments [1]
Tras visitar el cementerio de trenes me dirijo a la Isla del Pescado haciendo la famosa parada en medio del salar donde todo el mundo experimenta con los efectos ópticos que la falta de perspectiva ocasiona. El Salar de Uyuni es el mayor desierto de ... Read more >
Tags: highlights
FRANCE | Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By connaughty | Views [839] | Comments [1]
I can hardly believe it...been working towards this moment for the past 8 days. Pam & Maddog Madden saw me off on Kauai Thursday, Sept. 6, spent 48 fun hours in Playa Del Rey (thanks Marlene & Happy 80th B-day Jack!)then on to NY to hang with ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [839]
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 >
ICELAND | Thu, 17 Apr 2014 | By kurenai | Views [823]
Jökulsárlón is almost at the other end of Iceland when you travel from Reykjavík. Situated at the edge of the Vatnajökull National Park on the lower east side of Iceland, it is an amazing lagoon full of powder blue glacial ... Read more >
Tags: glacial lagoon, glacier, ice, iceland, jökulsárlón
NICARAGUA | Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By moley | Views [778]
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Spanish : Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional ) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on the broad leftist principles of the popular front . It led a revolution that in 1979 overthrew ... Read more >
Tags: People
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By drmitch | Views [658]
A week to kill and a friend who came from Jersey Island, a little island much like my home island of Wiaheke, was too much of an opportunity to pass up. So in July I joined her for a trip to the island of Jersey, slap bang in the channel between Britain ... Read more >
Tags: durrell zoo, france, gorilla, jersey island, st malmo
NETHERLANDS | Mon, 1 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [490]
I did a lot of laundry today. My bed is next to a window and is perfectly set up for my clothesline. While waiting for it all to dry, I went down to the Van Gogh museum where the line was much shorter than the other day. The exhibition was enjoyable.... Read more >
Tags: amsterdam, canal, i amsterdam, netherlands, van gogh
PUERTO RICO | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By transplantedtatar | Views [441]
Pigeon, that at once annoying and endearing vermin, is a common sight wherever you go . In San Juan's Old Town, though, their presence is particularly hard to tune out: Pigeons are every where. There is even an entire park devoted ... Read more >
Tags: old san juan, parque de las palomas, san juan bay, urban birds
USA | Wed, 28 May 2014 | By sailor1girl | Views [361]
We are in the final prep phase now...having silly conversations with each other, like how many pairs of underwear are you bringing, just so we can stoke each other's excitement. To get in the right turkish frame of mind I am reading 40 Rules of Love ... Read more >
PALESTINE | Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By shaz | Views [343]
It was raining when I landed in Tel Aviv. Passport control was easy but getting cash wasn't. None of my credit or debit cards worked in any of the atms I tried in the airport. I knew the only cash I had was 5 euros so I was wondering how I was ... Read more >
MEXICO | Sat, 23 Aug 2014 | By sanchez83 | Views [338] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Mi interes de incursionar en los medios visuales ha sido con la finalidad de documentar conocimiento, creencias, rituales, costumbres y demás practicas que tienen que ver con el mundo indígena como un legado para las futuras generaciones.
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
INDIA | Tue, 8 Jan 2013 | By eliza3514 | Views [285]
So my move to India qualifies as the most abrupt lifestyle change yet. After some major issues courtesy of China, I arrived in Delhi a few hours before New Year’s Eve. Walking out of the airport, there were several huge dogs sniffing around, and ... Read more >