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FRANCE | Fri, 4 Sep 2015 | By kakimono | Views [352]
Tuesday we met for a walking tour of part of Marais. “Marais” being French for “when I was a kid, the entire city used to a swamp, and we had to go to the Latin quarter just to be on solid ground.” It was led by Guillaume, an ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, class registration, tour, transport
BELGIUM | Sat, 20 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [555]
Throghout my travels, I have been utilizing public tranporation, where in Europe is generally very good. The only other transport besides public bus, train, tram (or plane), has been walking.
Here in Brussels, there is one thing that I was wondering ... Read more >
Tags: brussels, transport
THAILAND | Wed, 29 Apr 2015 | By emiliepb | Views [340]
Due to our checkout time and how it lined up with the train times we faced ourselves a 3 hour wait in weather I wasn't adjusting very well to. As we had overslept breakfast I went on the hunt for food at the train station, proudly returning with a tube ... Read more >
Tags: food, night market, surat thani, transport
INDONESIA | Sun, 1 Feb 2015 | By homeless_harry | Views [663]
After my close encounter of the non-consensual kind in the last journal, I wasn't feeling as suspicious of Indonesians as what most people would. So far, I would rate them pretty highly in the friendly stakes with the other Asian countries I have visited.... Read more >
Tags: city, jakarta, language, locals, monuments, transport
BANGLADESH | Sat, 15 Jun 2013 | By kirsty_nz | Views [2487] | Comments [1]
After a week in beautiful, sleepy-green Chandpur, returning to Dhaka is an assault on the senses. As the ferry approaches the city, the first thing to hit you is the smell rising up from the water… a sulphurous, putrid mix of chemical and organic ... Read more >
Tags: bangladesh, dhaka, transport
PERU | Mon, 13 May 2013 | By travel-tips | Views [4177]
Alicia Smith is the Programs Marketing Manager at World Nomads and recently travelled to Peru. She is a nomad who knows, so check out her Peruvian advice before you go!
A nomad knows to never skip on purchasing passes to Wayna Picchu.... Read more >
Tags: cusco, food, machu picchu, nomads, peru, south america, transport, travel
INDIA | Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [11089] | Comments [1]
Upward of 5 million foreign tourists flock to India every year. 5 million . That’s like if the entire population of Finland boarded airplanes and all flew to another, already over-populated, country. With such a figure in mind it can be difficult ... Read more >
Tags: india, off the beaten path, transport, travel
USA | Thu, 10 Nov 2011 | By nomads-survival-kit | Views [5788] | Comments [3]
This year I travelled across America on the AMTRAK. Beautiful sleeper cabins, a dining cart with cocktails and white linen table clothes and service that would put top restaurants to shame. I thought this would be a beautiful way to see the country.... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, chicago, san fran, transport, usa
UGANDA | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By sharoncrean | Views [554]
Okay, in essence, they watched while my daughter and I played last card while they sussed it out. We were on our way to Gulu, in Northern Uganda to check out water projects our donors had given to as well as some speaking appointments. Two hours into ... Read more >
Tags: africa, transport, uganda
INDIA | Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [16427] | Comments [1]
Rich in history and culture, India is an incredibly fascinating
country to visit. It has so much to offer in terms of astonishing World
Heritage Sites, delicious cuisine, as well as some amazing shopping. A great
place to start exploring this captivating ... Read more >
Tags: cuisine, food, getting around, india, northern india, people, taj mahal, transport, travel, travel 101
TANZANIA | Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3294]
Did you know that the mortality rate from
the bite of a black mamba is nearly one hundred percent? Or that it only takes
twenty minutes for a bitten person to die from the neurotoxins delivered in the
venom? Three years ago neither did I. Yet somehow ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, africa, danger, motorbikes, tanzania, transport, travel, true travel tales, wildlife
ARGENTINA | Tue, 1 Mar 2011 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [5355]
I shoulder my bags and step off the bus into a blaze. The
mid-afternoon sun limns my body in sweat as I scan the sky for the Teleférico.
The cable cars bob up to Cerro San Bernardo, hanging from the line like crab
apples. It is the first step in ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, beauty, cafayate, cafes, couchsurfing, entertainment, farms, salta, south america, transport
VIETNAM | Wed, 20 Oct 2010 | By homeless_harry | Views [1143]
Sleeper
trains are such a good idea I can't believe they aren't used for
commuting. You wouldn't get jolted awake every 20 seconds and people
could dribble on a pillow instead of their neighbours shoulder. For
long distance travel, not only do you ... Read more >
Tags: hill tribes, scenery, transport
INDONESIA | Wed, 29 Sep 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [2396]
There's no place like Toraja: huge funerals that last days, public buffalo sacrifices, and unique boat-shaped houses. All this with the backdrop of lush rice terraces.
Tucked in the highlands of South Sulawesi, Toraja is far off the Indonesian ... Read more >
Tags: bali, funerals, gifts, guides, indonesia, off the beaten path, sulawesi, tana toraja, transport, travel
THAILAND | Sun, 27 Dec 2009 | By supercozi | Views [1192] | Comments [4]
Aan het eind van mijn tweede bezoek aan Zuidoost Azie kan ik goed zien hoe het hier veranderd is ten op zichte van 8 jaar geleden. En ook hoe ik zelf veranderd ben. Luxer reizen Als budgetreiziger destijds moest ik het 5 maanden uitzingen met heel ... Read more >
Tags: animals, budget, fear, resort, sensitive, thailand, transport
VIETNAM | Sun, 20 Dec 2009 | By dondealban | Views [1544]
According to the Lonely Planet guide on Vietnam, one could take a bus from Noi Bai airport in Hanoi to the Old Quarter; it's even the cheapest airport run probably in the world, it said. So when I was planning my trip I decided to give it a try when ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, hanoi, in transit, transport, travel, vietnam
SPAIN | Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [433] | Comments [1]
finally out of pitlochry, reach the airport at about 11h30, my flight go in the morning at 8 (check in at 6) so find a bench where to sleep, seem all good till the decide to make some dam fire test, did carry on till 2 am easily, so i have sleep maybe ... Read more >
Tags: airport, transport
POLAND | Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By peregrin | Views [790] | Comments [2]
I had no idea what to expect from Warsaw. My good Polish friends had looked worryingly disappointed in my chosen destination in Poland. They maintained that Warsaw wasn't all that special and not altogether attractive. Landing here, in the endless rain ... Read more >
Tags: transport, warsaw