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Mind the Gap

COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7710]

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

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

WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4895] | 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 >

Bye bye Secrets Capri

MEXICO | Fri, 2 May 2008 | By damitsu | Views [3238] | Comments [4]

Hi guys... After a while we finally updated our blog... but only with the hotel pictures and people from the staff. Yes we had a camera problem so and it has been such a pain to get it back so now we will be able to make pictures again!!! The following ... Read more >

Fish foot spas and beauty parlours

SINGAPORE | Sat, 23 Jun 2012 | By hanna | Views [3170] | Comments [1]

I don’t usually let fish nibble at my feet, but a visit to a local beauty parlour or hairdresser is always on my travel itinerary. While on assignment for Rough Guide at the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari, I had time to kill between the Zoo closing ... Read more >

Iceland's Ring Road: The Home Stretch

ICELAND | Wed, 28 May 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2321]

WE COULD SEE A TONGUE OF THE VATNAJOKULL GLACIER from our hotel room in Hofn. Of the five glaciers in Iceland, Vatnajokull is by far the largest, perhaps as big as the other four combined. One hundred miles later we were still driving on ... Read more >

Kamakura 1 - Nikko 0... J suis intime avec Bouddha maintenant! Yatta!!

JAPAN | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By angeours | Views [1886]

C est clair, ya pas photo, j ai carrement prefere Kamakura a Nikko. Plein de monde me dit que je suis fou, mais heureusement, Saorie et quelques amis a elle sont du meme avis que moi.... Bon faut que je vous en parle sinon vous allez pas savoir de ... Read more >

Wedgwood China Through the Ages

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 19 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1459]

You can be forgiven for not knowing the names Titus Salt or Richard Arkwright despite their contributions to the industrial revolution. You don’t see the Salt label on woolen goods or find Arkwright’s name on your jeans. But only a Luddite ... Read more >

Curitiba

BRAZIL | Fri, 18 Jan 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1273]

Curitiba seems like a wonderful place to live, that is if you speak the lingo. Portuguese, we have been told, is difficult even for Brazilians. Language aside, Curitiba is clean and progressive with lots of parks, long wide pedestrian malls ... Read more >

Azores - Wildlife Galore

PORTUGAL | Sat, 28 May 2011 | By shaz | Views [936]

What can I say about the Azores... Beautiful sealife. Amazing whales! Nice and friendly locals. I learned how to get in and out of a wetsuit without giving myself a hernia and not looking like a whale. I learned that dolphins aren't that friendly, ... Read more >

NYE In Paris

FRANCE | Wed, 3 Jan 2007 | By worker | Views [878]

After departing Chamonix we picked up Ange in Geneve and drove up the country to Paris for NYE. More to come ....

Tags: Party time

Row, row, row your kayak...

JAPAN | Mon, 26 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [871] | Comments [1]

...gently down the sea! Last weekend we decided to drag ourselves out from underneath the A/C unit, brave the heat and humidity, and go to the beach. Since we're not big on just laying out at the beach (I need a book or something to write on or to ... Read more >

Manono

SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [835]

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 >

On to the Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [816]

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 >

DAY 4. My First NZ Rain

NEW ZEALAND | Sun, 30 Oct 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [785]

I got up around 9 and saw Alison and David before they went off to church. I had some breakfast then took a shower. Their shower is interesting, there is no separate tub or stand up shower; it's just a room with a sink, a shower head and a drain. (The ... Read more >

Butterfly Rat Anyone???

CHINA | Tue, 23 Jan 2007 | By faygo | Views [735]

Yangshuo was a culinary experience, believe you me. After “Losing Face” in a drinking game with our hotel host, Larry, we all decided to take a stroll and have a look for a bar. Pretty pissed, we arrived at the market and it was buzzing.... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Yes, a final morning Bath

UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 29 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [672] | Comments [1]

Yesterday I started the day in one sort of new place and ended in a completely different place. I finished up my time in Bath by taking a long walk up into the hills on a beautiful sunny morning. I wanted to find a place decscribed in a brochure of ... Read more >

Abfahrt aus Bangkok

THAILAND | Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [654]

Wir stehen heute etwas gemütlicher auf, packen und gehen dann frühstücken. Es ist etwas bewölkt und windig, aber immer noch 25 Grad warm. Wir haben den ganzen Tag zur eigenen Verfügung und besuchen morgens den Wat Pho Tempel, direkt über die Strasse ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok, thailand

Memories

ARUBA | Thu, 27 Jun 2013 | By danieljoseph | Views [628]

After tagging along on a charter boat in the beautiful island of Curacao, we arrive hours later at the nearby island of Aruba. The weather is perfect, close to 25 dergrees celsius, and the wind is strong which is perfect for our expert expert Kitesurfer ... Read more >

Tags: aruba, beach, blue, board, chill, kite, ocean, surf, surfer, water

Roy is the king of negotiation and I have a new studio!

ARGENTINA | Sun, 1 Nov 2009 | By royandania | Views [618]

After we have returned back to Buenos Aires both me and Roy have been ill. For Roy we are talking one of these nasty stomach illnesses, with effects that are not worth mentioning here. I got it too, but my version of it was not so bad on ... Read more >

Here at last! Flights and Bangkok day 1 & 2

THAILAND | Sun, 24 Nov 2013 | By aydenmunns | Views [565]

So after leaving the house in England at 7.30am, we finally arrived in Bangkok at 6pm the following day. Instantly we picked up our bags and had a well deserved Chang beer at the bar. It soon occurred to us that we still needed to find ... Read more >

MAG day

LAOS | Thu, 21 Jul 2011 | By braynroni | Views [532]

Sorry for the lack of pics lately people - in Laos the land of slow/no internet we are still taking pics but can't put them up! On our first day in Phonsavan we set out earlyish to find the Tourism Info office. It turned out to be 45 minutes walk ... Read more >

Life’s easier when you have people around you with the same goals – Kilimanjaro Blog

TANZANIA | Sat, 9 May 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [419]

A while ago I talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, most recently on the Kilimanjaro TrekPrep weekend, I realised the importance of surrounding yourself with people with the same goals. It also helped me understand ... Read more >

Tags: challenge, charity, frustration, fundraising, hard work, hiking, killimanjaro, mid life crise, panic, summit

Instantly Istanbul

TURKEY | Fri, 17 Feb 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [395]

. . . AND JUST LIKE THAT, OUR MAGIC CARPET flew us to Istanbul! Actually it was Etihad Airlines and it took eleven hours in the air plus ten on the ground in Abu Dhabi. But we are indeed in Istanbul, the city formerly known as Constantinople and before ... Read more >

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GOOD EXPRINCE as no as well from sarvodaya video center

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Countdown - 5 days to go

USA | Sun, 16 Jun 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [335] | Comments [2]

Chicago: Last BBQ before I leave for SE Asia. I can't believe I ate that whole thing! Not really...but it sure looks like it from this photo! I guess I will be going on a diet tomorrow!