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NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By liam_omalley | Views [8757]
Wow! what a rush!
On the 27th May I decided that walking past the Skydiving shop in Queenstown without going in had gone on to long so I decided to face my fear and jump out of a plane.
Considering that the three things I like the least ... Read more >
Tags: jump, new zealand, plane, queenstown, skydive
COLOMBIA | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7751]
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
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By scholarships | Views [4918] | 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 >
JAPAN | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [3164] | Comments [4]
As I was surfing the Net for some crafting inspiration the other night, I stumbled across an announcement that the sequel to the cookbook, "Hello, Cupcake!" that my sweet cousin Mel had sent me was now available. "What's New, Cupcake?"... Read more >
CHILE | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [2940] | Comments [3]
I will begin this story with a quote from our blog ¨What´s the Point¨: ...down here, what you see everywhere, are stray dogs. I am the first person to say that you have to help people before you help animals, but this is ridiculous. You see animals ... Read more >
Tags: Work
MEXICO | Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [2518]
This is our trip and we reserve the right to whimsically change our plans. Rather than follow plan ‘B’ towards the Pacific coast and into Guatemala we reverted to our original plan and headed north east towards Xalapa (ha-la-pa) - also spelled Jalapa ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
JORDAN | Sat, 2 May 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [2517] | Comments [4]
L`Inde est un pays qui se definirait simplement par "trop", tout le temps et partout trop. Trop de tres pauvres, trop de tres riches, trop de gens, partout. C`est dur d`aimer quelqu`un dans une ville aux 5 millions de personnes qui s`entassent ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [2475]
The journey from Ko Phangan to the Perhentian Islands on the east coast of Malaysia was a bit of a nightmare.It consisted of the following ... Taxi, ferry, bus, mini van (arrived in Hat Yai), realised I was not going to make it to the intended border ... Read more >
Tags: amazing beaches, monitor lizards, paradise, scuba diving, sharks, snorkelling, turtles
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 >
ARGENTINA | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 | By lani | Views [1462]
Hola mi amigos! Well, my stay in Mendoza has come to an end and i´m sad to go! What a wonderful week i´ve had filled with Spanish classes, Hostel Lao, ice-cream, shopping and just relaxing! Onwards to Bariloche, down south, where its meant to be cooler ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
COLOMBIA | Wed, 19 Aug 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [1446]
Ich bin sprachlos (genießt diesen Moment, denn der kommt beknntlich sehr selten vor!), denn ich bin zurück von 4 unglaublich tollen Tagen im Tayrona Nationalpark. Nachdem ich hier in diesem Fischerdörfchen Taganga, welches eher Gringolandia als einem ... Read more >
Tags: tayrona
PERU | Sun, 16 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1149]
Laguna
Yarinacocha is much nicer when the sun is shining. We spend both Saturday and Sunday mornings cruising around in
Miguel’s peki-peki (the sound the
long-tail motor makes) looking for birds.
Miguel caught on quickly.
He slowed ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [1131]
La Fortuna Costa Rica July 24
The roads from Monteverde are
shocking-winding, narrow, potholed, rutted dirt roads. There have
been calls to pave them but there is resistance to this. The Quakers,
who have put Monteverde on the ... Read more >
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Wed, 8 Jun 2011 | By princess2802 | Views [1091] | Comments [3]
In teaching, every now and then you have one of those days
where it feels like it’s all worth it and that they’re actually listening.
Today is one of them. I’ve fled through a stack of fifty papers in the past two
days, all creative writing, and ... Read more >
USA | Sun, 7 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [987]
I left the motorcycle rally after muscling in on the group pancake breakfast and headed towards La Garita on paved Rt. 285 – an easy 23 miles with no headwind. I had a 2 nd breakfast at the small restaurant – a very tasty egg and sausage breakfast ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tue, 30 Nov 2010 | By jgl97 | Views [915] | Video
Hoy es todo o nada, voy a intentar entrar!! Vamos a ver como sale el negocio de la reventa.
Se suponia q volvia hoy pero total vuelvo manana, Dios quiere que vea el partido! Actualizacion: EXTRAORDINARIA EXPERIENCIA, Barca 5 - Real 0, espectacular! ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By royandania | Views [719]
We have been on the south
island for many weeks now and it has been so intense so I have not
prioritised to write for the blog. Since we had to be in Christchurch
about a week before our departure from NZ in order to sell the van,
we only ... Read more >
CANADA | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By iiavet | Views [678]
August 13th-17th
This week Kona and I spent away from each other. It was the first time Kona has ever spent any real time away from her direct family.
Monday morning I left Kona in good hands - Isabelle. Her cousin and I worked out a deal ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
USA | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 | By fieldnotes | Views [647]
We first visited Sanibel and Captiva Islands just after the spate of hurricanes in 2004, really bad timing on our part. It looked like a war zone; roofless houses, utility poles snapped in half and trees uprooted. The few people we saw walked around ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tue, 16 Dec 2008 | By seesea | Views [601]
Schedules suck! But now that we have made up our minds not to extend our 14-day Thai visas we have to keep moving to squeeze in everything. Sunday afternoon, our day last in Chiang Mai, we visited two more wats and got foot massages at the Sunday ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [551]
Friday 19 th – Monday 22 nd
August - Paris then off to the Netherlands
Ahhh
Paris….we’re staying once again with David and have been pulling down his
hedge. How do you put a 10m x 3m hedge
in the trailer to take to the tip in Paris? ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sat, 9 Feb 2013 | By smhnash | Views [514]
Hello
So after the excitement of seeing the gorillas this week has been a little more chilled out. I have spent time around the camp here with the odd visit for a nice beverage at one of the fancy lodges and also a run up there, on which ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By christinedrage | Views [472]
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
FRANCE | Sat, 11 Dec 1999 | By kellywouter | Views [443]
Onze eerste vakantie samen was naar Parijs. Henk had vliegtickets voor ons geregeld, zodat we lekker relaxed naar Parijs konden reizen. Voor Kelly was het haar eerste vlucht en wat voor één! Vlak voor de landing mocht ze een kijkje komen nemen in de ... Read more >
Tags: arc de triomphe, champs-élysées, cockpit, eiffeltoren, montmartre, parijs, pigalle, sacre coeur
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