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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4917] | 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 >
THAILAND | Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By homeless_harry | Views [4627]
All the ingredients were there on Ko Pha-Ngan for the perfect beach holiday, white sands, warm turquoise waters, cheap bungalows, a handful of travelers. Unfortunately, Melbourne's uniform gray skies followed me across the globe. Apparently, the monsoon ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
INDIA | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1815]
WE WERE HOODWINKED - OR MAYBE IT WAS HORSWOGGLED - by the guidebooks. Both Lonley Planet and Frommer raved about a houseboat tour of the Kerala Backwaters. LP went so far as to rate it the #2 top experience in India, ... Read more >
USA | Tue, 20 Feb 2007 | By worldnomads-on-tour | Views [1802]
Welcome to LA LA Land!!! Hi again friends of World Nomads, it’s time again for another expo update!! Our presence around the world continues at full steam!!! The office was vacated this time by the always lovely ... Read more >
Tags: backpackers, expo, free t-shirt, los angeles, on the road, party time, world nomads
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 | By lex | Views [1794] | Video
So, Thursday I arrived in Alice Springs... and the second I stepped off the plane, and felt my skin burning under 45degree heat (at 5pm!!!) I regretted it!!! Man... it was hot, and sandy, and my bag had managed to get soooo much heavier during my stay ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
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 >
INDIA | Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By tjrossi | Views [1623]
Late last year it was my privilege to attend a field trip in Southern India with Milaap; a social credit organisation based in Bangalore. Milaap was set up to provide easier access to credit for the working poor of India. They work with ... Read more >
Tags: developing world, india, loan, tamil nadu, village, volunteer
FRANCE | Mon, 27 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1345]
We are in the final days of our clockwise circumnavigation of Paris by visiting several World Heritage sites a day. It’s a lot of driving but we are having a great time. First stop, Mont St. Michel. ... Read more >
CHILE | Sun, 16 Mar 2014 | By margitpirsch | Views [1247]
January 30th 2014
A big wood stove in the middle of the dining room - bedrooms upstairs with an overheated bathroom. Hot soup with chunks of meat and three smiling women serving us tea after serving us lunch. Quiet, clean and plenty to eat - feeling ... Read more >
ETHIOPIA | Sun, 3 Feb 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1200]
Ethiopia at long last!!! A large "Welcome to Ethiopia" sign greeted me as I stepped off the plane. I can't believe I'm finally here! And it's harder to believe I'm finally in Africa. Officially I've been to five continents; just two to go! Addis Ababa ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Mon, 19 Dec 2011 | By yellowducks | Views [1149] | Video
When the all-girl Korean band Wondergirls released there
soon-to-be pop classic Nobody in
2009, somehow I doubt they’d envisage it would become a pole dancing anthem.
Just like marvelling at the Borobudur Temples in Java, watching
the ... Read more >
PERU | Thu, 22 May 2008 | By alpiner84 | Views [1059] | Comments [1]
Location: The computer room of Churup Hostel. No view from here, but the upstairs living room with the fireplace is very nice indeed! Most recent meal: Banana and cheese sandwich with guanabana yogurt Mood: Enlivened ... Read more >
ITALY | Sat, 5 May 2007 | By tracy_r | Views [981]
Italy is like a dream, or a fairy tale. It's so beautiful it doesn't seem real! I finished up the ski season on Saturday with the official staff party- after a week of partying in Meribel after all the guests had left. It was crazy, but a lot of fun.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By hey_marquee | Views [924] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I wanted to create a strong in-your-face visual narrative of the “my kind of adventure” theme and convey a sense of discovery. My kind of adventure is experiencing a new culture actively and with an excitement, namely, relating through the land, customs, ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarship 2012
COLOMBIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [915]
After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >
SAMOA | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [862]
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 >
NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 19 Aug 2009 | By clfreitas | Views [846]
Petone eh uma cidadezinha muito simpatica perto de Wellington. As cidades se veem atraves da baia e, de onibus, levei cerca de meia hora. Foi meu primeiro passeio fora de Wellington e amei descobrir o lugar. Eh pequeno, com aquela cara de “rua principal ... Read more >
Tags: cidadezinha, little town, petone
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [809] | Comments [1]
Well it has been an exciting last couple of weekends as we went on a couple of Sunday drives...yes we were the old tourist that drive really slowly, looking at everything and holding up the traffic. We can't believe how close everything is here, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
WORLDWIDE | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By royjayanta2 | Views [656] | Video
–- Gajon Festival. Have you
ever seen People Dancing with the Decayed Dade to Appeasing the God? -- Gajon festival, held in
West Bengal, India on the last day of Bengali year on the occasion of worship of Lord Shiva,
you ... Read more >
Tags: people dancing with different parts of human dead
VIETNAM | Mon, 28 Mar 2016 | By bhs_vietnam | Views [590]
The day started with a 6am wakeup call. After a delicious breakfast, we set off to the worksite for another morning of hard work. We were split up into multiple teams, some people were bending and straightening wires, others were mixing the cement for ... Read more >
ITALY | Thu, 8 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [496]
I have the feet of a traveller, a pilgrim. Covered as they are in blisters, sores and dirty. A permanent ‘X’ embellishing them even when they are bare, a mark of the time spent in my sandals on dusty roads. Each weary step takes me forwards, ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, italy, pilgrim, umbria, walking
MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [441]
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 >
USA | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By karenleslieburns | Views [388]
Our last evening in Udaipur at the beautiful Lake Palace was topped off with the most amazing dinner party you could imagine. We were transported by boat to our royal barge as the sun was setting over the lake. After finding our comfiest ... Read more >
USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [328] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration. This inspiration has led me to the pristine wonders of varied countries. At age 17, I sailed throughout the Caribbean, earing my PADI certification and coral reef conservation credit. It was ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
USA | Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By smithtravel | Views [326]
We left our group on Wednesday at the Johannesberg airport. Rented our car and braved the roads to our B and B in the south of Joberg (as the locals call it). Just a few wrong turns, Denise working at navigation and John driving on what feels ... Read more >