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USA | Mon, 13 Mar 2017 | By bryantabbott | Views [571]
In less than three months, I embark on an epic two-week journey that will take me to the land of Zimbabwe. I have paid my deposits, am in the process of paying for my trip, booking my flight, and purchasing travel insurance. Things are in ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, africa, blog, health, journey, lions, motivation, solotravel, volunteering, zimbabwe
NETHERLANDS | Tue, 24 Feb 2015 | By homeless_harry | Views [1146]
Amsterdam is a Utopian wonderland for your average teenage stoner. Drugs are either legal or tolerated. Bikes are the main form of transportation so it's easy to go get munchies without being busted DWI. Dutch potato chips enjoy world renown. Prostitution ... Read more >
Tags: amsterdam, churches, health, netherlands, weed
THAILAND | Thu, 29 Jan 2015 | By mondorock | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients Ingredients (makes about 6-8 Tasties): 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander/cilantro 3 tbsp lime juice 1 egg white 250grams lean chicken mince (beef, turkey or pork if preferred) 2 tbsp fresh grated ginger Pinch of black pepper 1 tsp chilli ...
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Tags: 2015 passport & plate: sri lanka, chicken, health, healthyeating, mondorock, receipe, thai, thaifood, thailand, wellness
CAMBODIA | Tue, 18 Feb 2014 | By escape | Views [838]
To the health center we go. This is my second outing so far. I’m off to observe the outreach work my organization does in the community. We’re going to three health centers today, and they are the ones farthest away from our office.
We ... Read more >
Tags: aid and development, cambodia, countryside, field trip, health, health center, kampong chhnang, rural, tonle sap
INDONESIA | Wed, 9 Jan 2013 | By sharingandinspiring | Views [1355]
For some people in the Javanese society who lives in Yogyakarta, traditional medication is still favored and considered better than modern treatment. One of the most common is by drinking a herbal medicine so called Jamu, like the ones known in a local ... Read more >
Tags: culture, health, people, traditions
USA | Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By jamesshanks | Views [1024]
That is pretty much how I feel at the moment. I'm not wild in the sense that all I do is party and get drunk, but I am constantly reminded of how "different" I am. I don't actually feel young anymore... In my previous job at Vision I did, ... Read more >
Tags: free, health, quick update, short entry, wild, young
CHINA | Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Views [634]
Your average Chinese person does not understand anything about health. I don't say this to be stereotypical. It's just true. Most of my Chinese friends' knowledge seems to be largely based on old wives' tales and sorcery. At least in America, I ... Read more >
Tags: china, culture, disease, health
USA | Fri, 10 Dec 2010 | By annanderson | Views [994]
Movie coming soon - FORKS OVER KNIVES http://www.forksoverknives.com examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our ... Read more >
Tags: food, health, nutrition, plant-based diet, vegan, vegetarian
VIETNAM | Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By homeless_harry | Views [2685]
I
woke up to darkness. An all pervading black. I knew it was daylight
because I could hear Vietnam doing what it does best on the roads
outside the hotel window. The cacophony of commuting traffic had been
singing in disharmonious accord for an hour ... Read more >
Tags: health, hospitals, scenery
THAILAND | Sat, 8 May 2010 | By lisamorrison | Views [1224]
Recently I became an advocate of medical tourism. Medical tourism is the relatively new, yet rapidly expanding, practice of traveling to another country to obtain health care. Typical services sought after are plastic surgery, elective procedures, complex ... Read more >
Tags: dental, health, medical tourism, surgery
VIETNAM | Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By positive_footprints | Views [9588] | Comments [1] | Video
Positive Footprints - Vietnam Village Trek - tells the story of how a
group of committed healthcare professionals gave their time and
expertise to bring medical care to remote villages in the Mai Chau
Highlands, Northern Vietnam. Supported by local ... Read more >
Tags: documentary, footprints, health, medical trek, positive footprints, trekking, vietnam, volunteering, voluntourism, world nomads
CANADA | Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2030]
I hit the terrain park at Whistler Resort and was a little too confident on my snowboard. The first jump I went off landed badly and I hurt my back. I was whisked away in one of those ski patrol sleds and ambulanced to Whistler Health Care Centre.... Read more >
Tags: canada, health, ski accident, ski patrol, snowboard, travel insurance, true claim stories, whistler, world nomads
EGYPT | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1427]
I was rudely interrupted on my vacation to Egypt by a mystery illness the first week I was there. I had a fever and rash at first and was initially diagnosed with Chicken Pox. They sent me to the hospital, where I was then diagnosed with suspected ... Read more >
Tags: chicken pox, egypt, health, infection, true claim stories, world nomads
BELGIUM | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By bkhk4fun | Views [689]
Patti: At this moment Amy and I are both in recovery mode. A few days ago when we were sharing a hostel room in Luxembourg with a couple from Slovakia, the woman kindly spread her germs and with the day of rain we rode in 2 days ago, one of us was bound ... Read more >
Tags: Health
THAILAND | Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [179208] | Comments [82]
Here is the recipe for the Gallbladder Cleanse. My own experience of flushing out of the bile ducts sure sold me on the need for it!
This cleanse did take a good bit out of me for about 4 days, though I think that depends ... Read more >
Tags: alternative, gall, gallbladder, gallbladder flush recipe, healing, health, party time, stones, surgery, therapy