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SPAIN | Tue, 11 Nov 2014 | By connectlocally | Views [4701]
The 1st truck drove through the 20,000 anticipating attendees and dumped its load of over-ripened tomatoes onto the streets. In bursts of elation the crowd surged towards the missiles and began throwing them at whichever hapless soul happened to fall ... Read more >
Tags: bunol, festival, gopro, la tomatina, spain
VIETNAM | Tue, 29 Oct 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Views [4379] | Comments [2]
Our 13 hour overnight bus journey turned into a 24 hour nightmare!
We departed from Hoi An around 5pm. Our "sleeping" bus was very unusual. It had bunk bed style seats with two levels, where your legs are stretched out into a cubby hole under the ... Read more >
TAJIKISTAN | Mon, 26 Aug 2013 | By krodin | Views [2617]
Tajikistan Impressions:
The border crossing was a better experience than the one from Turkmenistan into Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks had a few people in line, so they didn’t need to single us out, just check to make sure all the ... Read more >
USA | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By tk_inks | Views [1693]
New York City. NYC. The Big Apple. The Greatest City on
Earth. These are just some of the many names given to this wonderful place on
the Eastern Coast of the United States of America.
We had been to NYC once before, a couple ... Read more >
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 >
ARGENTINA | Wed, 29 Dec 2010 | By sobrea | Views [1515] | Comments [2]
Our trip has changed quite a bit since the last time I
wrote! We have been spending a lot more time outdoors. We bought camping gear
when we were in Santiago and since then have camped for the last 9 nights. At
first it was hard to get used to the ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bike tour, lujan de cuyo, malbec, mendoza, vineyards, wine tasting
VIETNAM | Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By seesea | Views [1342]
Lynn and Hector dropped us at the Days Inn near DIA on Friday night so we could catch our 6AM Saturday flight. We flew to Dallas, changed planes and headed westward. Thirteen hours, three movies and two and a half meals later and it is 3 PM Sunday ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By felix_and_stephanie | Views [1156] | Comments [2]
The clock is a ticking! I have 15 minutes to type this blog.... =) Greetings from the hot and humid... land of smiles, Bangkok, Thailand! Felix and I are now on the 6th leg of our trip, and getting used to travelling with all our belongings on our back ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
CAMBODIA | Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [1146] | Comments [3]
Kia ora Everyone! We arrived in Cambodia yesterday afternoon (Friday) and were greeted at the airport by a staff member from our guest house. Walked out to the roadside and while our driver brought the tuktuk over to us ( I will take a photo of a ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tue, 9 May 2017 | By journeyjane | Views [1047]
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 05/09/2017
"It's not how well you do the pose but who you are when you do it".
I decided to stay in Ubud another week to delve into yoga or asanas a little further. Let me first just say that I use the word asana to ... Read more >
Tags: personal growth, ubud, yoga
NEW ZEALAND | Sun, 16 Apr 2017 | By guild_family_of_3 | Views [972]
NATURAL WONDERS
New Zealand is so full of beautiful places, it truly is as incredible as it seems. Also full of hedges. Not sure what that’s about, but the entire island is covered in hedges. And I don’t mean cute ornamental lawn hedges.... Read more >
Tags: devils punchbowl, natural wonders, penguins, seals
SINGAPORE | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [946]
Wednesday 16th January I once more set out on a mission to see more of the cultural and historical side to the city. Since I didn't get round to eating breakfast, I made my way back to Orchard Street – I just couldn't avoid the place, and was starting ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 9 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [805]
Stephanie is the last of the
Uganda group we wanted to look up.
She is the one we knew best, because for six months she was our boss at
the Jane Goodall Institute despite being half our age.
Her new passion is dog agility
training ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sun, 27 Apr 2014 | By iwy | Views [803]
I have seen a lit of crazy foods in my life - from Mutton Brain to Scorpion. At some point I promised myself that I would try most of it.
I will never eat dog or horse because I love them too much, and I will never ever set foot in a restaurant that ... Read more >
Tags: food, hanoi, scorpion, street food
SPAIN | Sun, 23 Aug 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [793] | Comments [2]
Part
2
Europe
Friday
21 st August
Barcelona,
Spain
It's
9:00pm and we have both had our first taste of the Northern
Hemisphere twilight. We ... Read more >
NEPAL | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [783] | Comments [1] | Video
Video we made a long, long time ago after visiting our friend Raj's villages outside Kathmandu. ENJOY
INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thetravelicious | Views [752]
If people ask me what is the right sentence to describe Purwokerto, I would shout clearly that it is the most charismatic city ever. Several people may say it is just a city, underdeveloped and nothing special, but readers, you should believe me it is ... Read more >
Tags: joved, purwokerto, unsoed
GREECE | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By adora | Views [656]
Who said the best way to see Greece is in winter anyway ? there right. If getting up close to the locals and setting into there way of life doesn't excite you then take a walk with the many goats who run free on the Island of Symi. If you're a photographer ... Read more >
Tags: beach, rocks
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 28 Oct 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [557]
The Queen wandered around my home country last week which I suppose it was only fair after I’ve been wandering around her home country for the last couple of months. Hearing about the Queen’s visit from a British point of view really makes me wish we ... Read more >
PAKISTAN | Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By mubashirtaqi | Views [467]
I'm Pakistani and 20 year old.I live in Multan city heart of culture and civilization,One of the oldest city in Country and worl.I started photography when I was 17,three years back back and recently started on professional level.I just stated my ... Read more >
Tags: places, portrait
ECUADOR | Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By duracell | Views [458] | Comments [1]
First of all apologies that this has taken me so long to get around to... the first week as you could probably all imagine has been extremely intense and hectic! My first day basically consisted of flying (eurgh) and didn't arrive into Quito til about ... Read more >
CANADA | Sun, 14 Feb 2010 | By michy | Views [412]
We started work the other day as cleaning supervisors which is pretty shit, although it's getting better now. We are now supervising more so cleaning less which is way better. The people we work with either can't speak english or stress out at everything.... Read more >
INDIA | Wed, 18 Nov 2009 | By brad | Views [371]
At home in California, Fall is coming on and my garden's flowers are fading into Autumn hues. With the approach of Winter they'll soon be brown and I'll soon be in India.
NORWAY | Sun, 19 Jun 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [308] | Comments [1]
Took a stroll around the tiny town of Flam. Lots of tourists come in either by bus or cruise ship and head out to the valley of Flam - Angela did it when she was 21, sending photos of her old photos. Hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane Ang :) ... Read more >
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Mon, 20 Jul 2015 | By curly_me | Views [274] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am a passionate filmmaker, and Ive always loved telling stories of people around the world. I started working as a producer of documentaries for AlJazeera, but later decided to launch my own website www.mydubaimycity.com, telling the stories of the ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia