World Nomads journals & writers

African Access – Too Limited to the Rich and Famous?

BOTSWANA | Tue, 1 Feb 2011 | By responsible-travel | Views [3704] | Comments [2]

Botswana is an Africa success story in many respects.   In a continent littered with political turmoil, corruption, famine, and disease, Botswana has emerged as a diamond in the ruff.   In fact, it is diamonds that have brought stability, infrastructure, ... Read more >

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 2 Jun 2011 | By hippie-on-http | Views [3363] | Comments [14] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I’ve couchsurfed around the world, and the many experiences I’ve had have changed me forever. During my stay at Bear’s (the Double Rainbow Guy) organic farm in Yosemite, I was inspired to record everything around me. He was always so excited, addicted ... Read more >

Tags: #2011video, travel documentary scholarship 2011

Greg Carr, The Savior of Gorongosa

MOZAMBIQUE | Mon, 16 Sep 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [2196]

Greg Carr is a multi-millionaire, maybe even a billionaire – we haven’t run a D&B on him.  He is single-handedly funding the infrastructure development and re-stocking of Gorongosa National Park.  Even the park guards stood ... Read more >

The Holy Island of LIndisfarne: Proceed With Caution!

UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 4 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1771]

“There once was a comely young lass          Who stood in the sea to her ankles” It doesn’t rhyme now but it will when the tide comes in! This old limerick stuck in my mind as we traversed the mudflats on our way to ... Read more >

Newcastle to Port Stephens

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By silverlady | Views [1656]

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 >

Falling in love, then fleeing.

AUSTRALIA | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 | By homeless_harry | Views [1585]

Ahhhh, Fremantle. The place where hippie hang out meets playground of the mining rich. A suburb who's every individual aspect is retained as the very definition of conurbation. (Surely I must win something for being able to use that word in a sentence?) ... Read more >

Tags: art gallery, fremantle, friends, hobart, love, moving

Day 88 - My own personal city tour of Porto Alegre

BRAZIL | Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By lani | Views [1574]

My friend Luciano lives here in Porto Alegre, Brazil has been many things in his life. A pilot. A sushi chef. An acrobat in the circus. An actor. A model. A models & actors agency owner. A travel agent and much more. Today, it was his turn to be ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

What to Do at Iguazu...When You're an American

ARGENTINA | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 | By caitiegoddard | Views [1573] | Video

Brazil rejected me. No nice words, no attempt to make it work, just a solid rejection. Arriving in Iguazu during the holiday weekend means if you don’t plan beforehand and you are American, Canadian, Australian or Japanese, you are not ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, iguazu falls, travel

July 11th , Friday

BELGIUM | Fri, 11 Jul 2008 | By l-a-u-r-e-n | Views [1319]

We have arrived in Gent, Belgium as of 5:15am this morning. Yesterday we got dropped off in Winchester at about 9am and then waited with my cousin Iona and the dog Chaz in Starbucks for a few hours because we had luggage. That waiting is ok though, ... Read more >

Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park

AUSTRALIA | Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1271]

Tasmania is the adventure capital of Australia, a land of roaring rivers, temperate rain forests, sparkling lakes and hundreds of kilometers of hiking tracks, where rainfall is plentiful and it can snow at any time.  Nearly one-third of Tassie is national ... Read more >

Simply jaw dropping scenery

USA | Fri, 4 May 2012 | By dianaandmalcolm | Views [1118]

You must think we have been quiet for a while and been wondering what we have been up to.  Well, we have been having such adventures and returning to our lodgings each night absolutely tired, eager to look at our photographs capturing the highlights ... Read more >

Oh my god, I can`t believe it! I`ve never been this far away from home!!!

THAILAND | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By katl | Views [1004] | Comments [11]

Die Reise nach Bangkok, war eine emotionale Achterbahn, gezeichnet von einigen Ups and Downs... Meine Top5 Ups: Die beinah menschenleere Wartehalle in Berlin waehrend der 4stuendigen Wartezeit zum eigenen Wohnzimmer machen und die Zeit vollkommen ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok

Arriving in Bogota, March 1st and 2nd

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 >

Please don't let the bedbugs bite

USA | Fri, 1 Jul 2011 | By dianasaurus | Views [852]

Last vacation destination before coming home! I caught a morning flight today to Newark. I completely overestimated the amount of time that it would take me to get to the airport. It was a very smooth and beautiful morning in Boston. I walked ... Read more >

Texas & Mexico

USA | Mon, 1 Mar 2010 | By embtravelgirl | Views [800]

So, after my Peru journey, I was in a wedding in Atlanta and had Christmas with my parents and brother in Tupelo. Then, it was off to North Carolina to visit family and go snow tubing.  After that, I decided to spend the next month or so in Texas, thanks ... Read more >

On the Sacred Inca Trail: Raiders of the Lost Inca World, Monotaxis and Eucalypti

PERU | Wed, 14 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [799]

This morning I was scheduled to go on the first part of the Sacred Inca Trail tour. I was collected early at my hostela by someone I would come to call Braces Guide  # 1, she took me to my coach for the Inca Trail trip. We stopped on the way out ... Read more >

My Scholarship Entry: A 'Place' I Have Visited

PHILIPPINES | Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By simplyserica | Views [641]

Some people say that finding that one true passion or the so-called "calling" takes years. In some cases, it can even take a lifetime.   I've taken on different line of works in different industries - from writing for magazine publications ... Read more >

Tags: a place i have visited, bohol philippines, serica, simply serica, travel photography scholarship, world nomad

Swazi and Kruger

SWAZILAND | Sun, 20 Mar 2016 | By tiltingwindmills | Views [569]

6 days into the tour and having a great time. I can’t believe a week has nearly gone by; it makes me glad I’ll be on tour for 30 days. I arrived in Joburg last Sunday and joined up with the Tucan Tour in Pretoria. I only had a few hours ... Read more >

Tags: kruger national park, swaziland

Q First Class Lounge

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 21 Aug 2008 | By jaybeen | Views [517] | Comments [1]

grasshopperadventures.com/tour-aplv08.php I am told this is not a tag so here it is again.  Took the Skybus on a drizzly Melbourne day - good service but manhandling luggage on trams to get to Spencer St had its moments. Check-in no gret hassle ... Read more >

Meeting the Berbers

MOROCCO | Sat, 12 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [454]

Lahsen picked us up at the riad to start our journey into the real Morocco - Fazia from Journey Beyond mentioned that we had booked a more 'rustic' itinerary than most people do (at Alan's excellent suggestion - this meant that we skipped Fez and Rabat ... Read more >

Hammam

MOROCCO | Fri, 11 Apr 2014 | By nncysf | Views [440]

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 >

Mykonos Sunday September 13

GREECE | Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By colandscott | Views [362]

Scott woke quite early this morning to the roughest part of the trip so far.  The seas were only 2 1/2 metres, but compared to the slight seas we had been experiencing, the ship was rocking. It felt weird being rocked in bed! Col slept through ... Read more >

Cosmic Flow

USA | Wed, 2 Sep 2015 | By mrose11 | Views [327] | 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

Day 176: Ulaanbaataar

MONGOLIA | Sun, 10 Jul 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [323]

Arrived Mongolia at 7am, staying in Modern Mongol Hostel for the night. Dave our new honcho (complete with black eye from a fight he had with the group last week...something about a guy dancing with a local girl and it didn't end nicely hahaha). Anyway, ... Read more >

Hitch-hiking Colombia 101

USA | Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [277] | 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 >