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Worst Hiking Day Ever - Misty Mountains

Excited from climbing Bartle Frere in Northern Queensland the other day and the beautiful Blue Mountains in New South Wales, I eagerly planned the next hike. I decided to focus on “The Misty Mountains” south of Malanda near Cairns again in Northern ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4898] | 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 >

Vang Vieng

LAOS | Wed, 8 Nov 2006 | By deena_and_gary | Views [3125] | Comments [3]

Whenever we spoke to other travellers about Vang Vieng, we always got the same reply, ‘Oh, everyone goes there… it’s so touristy… there’s more falang (foreigners) there than locals’ (sounds like Dubai!). In the guide book it was a similar opinion. We ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

India - North

INDIA | Sun, 19 Sep 2010 | By ivanci | Views [2881]

Amritsar has mainly two attractions to offer: Golden Temple and Indian-Pakistan border ceremony, two totally incomparable events. Being the holiest Sikh’s shrine in India, Golden Temple is truly majestic and beautiful. Time flies fast here and ... Read more >

Stepping Into Postcard Paradise

AUSTRALIA | Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [2809]

Arriving in Airlie Beach after a 14 hour bus trip, I am more than a little grateful to be met by the minibus from Backpackers By the Bay. It’s only a short ride to the hostel, but as anyone travelling with heavy luggage will know, the less it needs ... Read more >

Tags: airlie beach, australia, backpacker by the bay, sailing, stunning whitehaven beach, sv hammer, whitsunday islands

Windmills and Rune Stones

SWEDEN | Tue, 14 Aug 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [2014]

Copenhagen will have to wait! We returned our rented car in Copenhagen, hired another and took off for Sweden. The popular myth that rail travel is the best way to get around in Europe is busted – especially in Scandinavia. And our new ... Read more >

Zurück in Deutschland

GERMANY | Thu, 8 Jul 2010 | By franzi_tina | Views [1700]

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1648]

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 >

O'Higgins!!!!!!! (February 7th)

CHILE | Fri, 25 Apr 2014 | By margitpirsch | Views [1477]

We set out in a leisurely manner - O'Higgins (saying it out loud in a british sort of way is kind of fun....try it!). The sun was out and what looked like a drowning world only yesterday was looking new and hopeful this morning on February 7th. We reached ... Read more >

Tales from a Sleeper Bus

VIETNAM | Sat, 3 Feb 2018 | By mirlingabroad | Views [1312]

Riding the bus across Vietnam, there's a strange pattern, an ebb and flow. In my opinion, for travel to be worthwhile there needs to be enough time in a place to settle in, get to know the lay of the land, and have a couple of nights to get the ... Read more >

Tags: bus, cross country, on the road, sleeper bus, vietnam

2 - Trip to Oz

NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1108]

At the beginning of this year when I was booking our flights for our USA trip there was an advert for cheap flights to the Gold Coast and I booked a flight over our Labour Weekend in October to have a week with Corrin. Luckily my employers are great, ... Read more >

I wake up in the morning

GEORGIA | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By haveblood | Views [911]

and i raise my weary head......I got an old coat for a pillow, and the earth was last night's bed........I don't know where i'm going, only God knows where i've been.......I'm a devil on the run, a six-gun lover, a candle in the wind..............Well, ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [844]

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 >

Sailboat and beyond...

MEXICO | Fri, 13 Jul 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [785]

Thursday the 28th of June. James and I left the little beach Playa Requeson a beach at 6:30am and counted down the kilometer at the "mile"markers starting at 95 . Though feeling pretty grungy, when the cool early wind sweeps through ... Read more >

Missin The Hostel

UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [761]

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 >

(belated) Day 21- Final day in Paris

FRANCE | Fri, 21 May 2010 | By escape | Views [741]

This is a little late but some belated entries I forgot to post but have recently rediscovered! -------------- I’ve lost count and it’s my final day in pretty Paris. Even without doing the big attractions of Paris ... Read more >

Tags: eiffel tower, fountainbleau, hawkers, paris

Australia Entry 5 of Journal 03/13/13

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By jewraider | Views [635]

Dear Journal (and to all my readers) The last couple days have been filled with a lot of work, and a lot of fun! Staring with the work part, i got to do a lot of cooking for the catering company have been working at, and it's ... Read more >

Tags: basketball, friends, fun, wedding

Clothes to Grow Into

NICARAGUA | Sat, 20 Jul 2002 | By tinamurty | Views [539]

I memorized all English-language warnings before I left. Keep your important documents in a money belt close to your body. Bring change so you don’t have to pull out a large bill. Don’t wear jewelry or nice clothing.... Read more >

Tags: central america, child labor, nicaragua, poverty, shoeshine boy

NYC

USA | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By nncysf | Views [508] | Comments [3]

am back in the USA after over 2 months on the road - truthfully, I could have spent 2 MORE months travelling if I could have afforded it but now that I'm in America again, I'm actually getting antsy to get back home to SF and will probably wind up spending ... Read more >

Celebrating SongKran in Thailand

THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By christinedrage | Views [450]

Somehow, when this specific time of the year comes, the whole of Thailand transforms into a giant water fight between, kids, teens and grownups. No point in holding back your inner child when SongKran comes around! We all bought water guns, preparing ... Read more >

Tags: phuket, songkran, thailand, waterfight

Australia - Day 7-3

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By changstein | Views [402]

Ciders here are pretty delicious. They taste just like juice until you try and stand up. We happen to be enjoying these at Melbourne's oldest brothel, now converted to provide slightly different services.

Tags: australia, melbourne

Vietnam - Day 4-4

VIETNAM | Fri, 26 Sep 2014 | By changstein | Views [324]

So according to certain readers, I've been a bit negligent in updating my posts. To them I say "look at Captain Travis". Also, it's off to Hai Phong today.

Tags: vietnam

Palestinian Experience Dec 2016

PALESTINE | Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By shaz | Views [319]

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 >

The long and sweaty journey to Bangkok

THAILAND | Sat, 15 Nov 2014 | By morganne | Views [317] | Comments [2]

Made it safe and sound to Bangkok after 22 hours of flying and a 5 hour layover in Tokyo! At the airport we ate real Japanes sushi and a million cups of green tea yumm!!

Hitch-hiking Colombia 101

USA | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [254] | Comments [2]

Turns out hitchhiking in Colombia is really easy - just stand on the side of a lonely stretch of highway and wave frantically at passing trucks. The third one stopped, after as many minutes. Nice. So at this point you are probably wondering why I ... Read more >