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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 5 Oct 2010 | By scholarships | Views [10227]
Amy Palfreyman, winner of our 2010 Travel Writing Scholarship has just received her first travel writing commission - writing for the Australia Guide for Rough Guides no less!
She will be updating the South Australia chapter in its entirety.... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7734]
To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful
air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >
Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona
PHILIPPINES | Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [5240] | Comments [5]
Mon 5th Jan - The plan today was to head north to Banaue. There are some long
distances to cover and the roads are apparently not as good as the south, so
expect some uncomfortable times ahead. It is also going to be colder due to the
altitude ... Read more >
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4913] | 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 >
COLOMBIA | Sun, 26 Sep 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [4149] | Comments [2]
Medellin was notoriously known for being the most dangerous city in the world during the 1980’s and 90’s because it was ruled by Pablo Escobar 's Medellin cocaine
cartel. Today the city is a thriving place and safe for travellers and the ... Read more >
Tags: arequipe, barichara, bogota, botero, gold, guane, medellin, pablo escobar, san gil
TANZANIA | Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By miss_tanzania | Views [1439]
I did say I would write later about Zanzibar...I didn't think it would be when I was back in rainy London. But here I am, sat on my sofa at home with rain lashing down outside (well its not ACTUALLY raining right now but it makes for a better story) ... Read more >
Tags: relaxation
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By homeless_harry | Views [1380]
We all know that certain things are contagious. Yawn and you'll see everyone in the room do likewise before long. Sneeze with the flu in an elevator and you'll halve your office's workforce for the week. SDbjijberf saajsdbkj......Sorry, that was a battle ... Read more >
Tags: friends, missed flights, on the road, wineries
LIBYA | Sat, 3 Jul 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [944]
...or so we hoped. After weeks of colour variations on a theme (sand-coloured, beige, light brown, dusky pink) and days of passing landscape that really didn't change much (sudden cries of "ooh look! there's another camel/burnt out car/animal corpse"... Read more >
VIETNAM | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 | By ericadawn | Views [912]
The bus station in Nanning is quite far from the center of the city. It took a good 45 min in a taxi! Glad i didn't take the bus. Standing on a crowded bus with my backpack on for an hour would have been kind of lame. The taxi was well worth the Y50.... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wed, 13 Jun 2012 | By kamzam | Views [908]
And so it's already been nearly a month of a quiet life at Kilombo. The time just seems to fly here even though on the surface not much seems to happen.
As soon as I arrived I really felt like part of the community here. It was ... Read more >
Tags: bahia, brazil, capoeria, kilombo, salvador, valenca
SPAIN | Thu, 12 Aug 2010 | By alexxdiep | Views [852] | Comments [2]
Sorry for the long delay before this article, my laptop crapped out and I am forced to type this on a public computer. It's not so bad unless there are people queing behind me to use the computer... So unfortunately, this will be a very short article.... Read more >
MEXICO | Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [713]
Our first week has taken us down the center of Mexico from Cuidad Juarez to Zacatecos with a side trip to Barranca del Cobre or Copper Canyon. We are averaging just over 250 miles a day, not bad considering the 50 mph speed limit most of the way.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
GERMANY | Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By bettinath | Views [702]
House 326, Nucetu, Romania. Nucetu is a small village on the Romanian countryside. The majority of its young and able to work inhabitants left their village in search for a better future. Left behind are the old people who didn’t want to leave ... Read more >
Tags: happiness, mobile phone, old woman, romania
INDONESIA | Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By andikabakti | Views [676]
I am a communication science student at University of Sumatera Utara, one of the biggest university in Sumatera . I am a photographer editor at SUARA USU Student Press that publish tabloid monthly, magazine, and news online. Even I must study hard ... Read more >
Tags: graphic design, photography, reading, travelling, writing
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 | By carjam | Views [646]
First thing this morning, Michael and I got the metro to a market for some souvenir shopping. The metro at rush hour was mad - a sea of people, and the trains come about every 30 seconds. I read in a guidebook that more people use the Moscow metro ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sat, 12 Jun 2010 | By adventurers | Views [559]
We've booked tickets to Sumatra, Indonesia. We leave next month! We're gonna see orangutans!
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 11 Jan 2013 | By lisaj72 | Views [532]
Well, been here almost 2 weeks and already done so much! After being ill at home for 2 weeks, developing sinusitis and worrying if I'd be able to fly, I arrived bang on time in Sydney on NYE, went to stay in Normanhurst, a suburb of Sydney, courtesy ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [500] | Comments [1]
Or the long and dusty road.
This the last of our walks in NZ and the only one in the north island. It was a complete contrast to all the others as it was like walking in a primitve landscape where there was no visible sign of life. That is except ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Sep 2013 | By sophsimages | Views [496]
On the 4 th of February I embarked on an adventure that was truly one of the best experiences of my life. I was chosen, along with 5 other Deakin students to volunteer in Tanzania, alongside a Canadian volunteer company ABCD. (Art Building Children’... Read more >
Tags: #tanzania #moshi #serengeti #africa #serenity #ma
NEPAL | Wed, 9 Apr 2014 | By high_altitide | Views [489]
For the flying cognoscenti it was SAN-ORD-LHR-BKK-KTM.
Three hours to Chicago with a slightly early arrival for a tight connection to London. The only inconvenience was having to walk from C to B terminal. I forgot to mention that naturally ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [437]
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 >
JAPAN | Fri, 15 Nov 2019 | By supergg | Views [428]
Fuji to Tokyo
We enjoyed one of the best hotel buffet breakfasts, so far on this tour, this morning. Well fuelled for another busy day. We made our first stop at Gotemba Peace Park. The park has a large white stupa dedicated to Buddha; And is protected ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wed, 8 Oct 2014 | By changstein | Views [333]
Early in the night, already looks ridiculous.
Fire and booze. Great combination.
Tags: phangan, thailand
USA | Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [330]
We woke up around 8am to eat breakfast before our long day on a trip to Bruge and home. We left the B&B and headed to Bruge, which took only about 2 hours, I believe. Once we got there, we explored the town. It has been virtually untouched since the ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 11 Nov 2015 | By vixscalapanza | Views [205]
So I decided to go around the world in less than 90 days to loose weight and take a break after 11 years of hard hard work.
Preparing is exciting. I bought light quality stuff, which is not easy.
Finding shoes took 8 days. At the end I found the ... Read more >