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All over Japan

All over Japan

I had a 24 hour stopover on the way to Japan. The weather was miserable but made the most of it and enjoyed my first taste of Asia! Quite humid, lots of skyscrapers!...
Member: Russell and Tanith

South Africa 2007

South Africa, this is a place which i didn't put in my 2007 traveling list at the beginning of this year. But, life is full of surprise, this trip is like a gift from god, i went there, and enjoy the wonderful weather in South Africa. This is a t...
Member: Catherine
USA 2006

USA 2006

We set out at 8PM for Washington DC from New York. Once again it was inevitable that we were going to get lost on the way. After eventually arriving after midnight, the lit up Washington Monument stood as a landmark, a reminder that we were in the Ca...
Member: Marko

South Africa 2008

Flight to Johannesburgh, Drive to Drakensberg Sun Hotel for a 4 night stay, wonderful hiking in the Cathedral peak area and Monks Cowl. Onto Islandwana battlefields stayed at Islandwana lodge a wonder place set in the iNyoni Rocks just below where the...
Member: Therese
Dec 06 - Jan 07 Christmas and Cape Town!

Dec 06 - Jan 07 Christmas and Cape Town!

Wow, I certainly remember why I love Cape Town! Flew down for Sue and Andrew's wedding, which was really unbelievable - can't believe they finally did it! It was also so much fun to see all the London kids again, as well as the CT ones!! I also had a c...
Member: Lyn
Knowing the place for the first time

Knowing the place for the first time

Just a few weeks after Clarens, we are in George visiting Vaughn’s mom on the way to the Grahamstown festival. George turns out to be much nicer than we thought, and Desiree and Rose entertain us 24 hours a day with drives in the mountains and wale-wat...
Member: Tamlyn

South Africa!!

As part of our mini South African road trip, Calan and I headed down to George, part of the infamous Garden Route. More importantly than being home to pretty mountains, nice beaches and a variety of adventure sports, the area is home to Calan's mum ...
Member: Kate
Local stuff - 2006

Local stuff - 2006

Photos courtesy of Melissa Fangueiro......
Member: Lyn
Argentina 2004/05

Argentina 2004/05

New year's day was dead, and we were off on a 17 hour bus trip to the north of Patagonia to a town called Bariloche, which lies in the heart of the Argentine lake district. To the veteran travellers of Europe in our group (Tanith and Rich), Bariloche w...
Member: Russell and Tanith
Malawi, Zambia, Namibia 2005

Malawi, Zambia, Namibia 2005

Two months in the summer of 05. I started in Jo'burg- jeez that place is a prison and got a 30 hour bus ride to Malawi. Going through Zim as a white guy was fine but the customs guys had a bit of a laugh at me. First stop in Malawi was Blantyre where ...
Member: Chris

South Africa 2008

On the way home from Howick we dropped in on the Monson's to check out their new farm in Clarens. The farm is currently undeveloped and the plans are to essentially build a holiday resort for orphans where they can spend a yearly holiday filled wit
Member: Calan
South Africa 2005

South Africa 2005

Went to Mkuzi then GSLWP for 4 weeks...
Member: Elizabeth
Gap Year 2004

Gap Year 2004

Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...
Member: Claudio
South Afrika

South Afrika

WAS A M A Z I N G !!! look at the pics ...
Member: Val
Elective 2006

Elective 2006

This week i moved from maternity to TB ward. It didnt start well - i kept feeling faint from the heat and the smell of serioulsy ill people. There was one woman who was no more that a skeleton with skin draped over her - she couldnt even lift her head ...
Member: liz
Southern Africa 2002/3

Southern Africa 2002/3

Had relaxing weekend in hills of Nyanga with other girls on Mutare team....
Member: Helen
World Travels 2007

World Travels 2007

Arrived into Melbourne today by train. After the tram journey to St Kilda, we tried to locate the backpackers. Walking around and getting more and more pissed off for not knowing where we are, we finally found the place and booked in. Entering our r...
Member: Morne Deborah

South Africa 2004

After a long flight from Heathrow via Frankfurt my brother and me arrive at 8:15 a.m. to Cape Town International Airport. Weather is great and hot already so early morning. Our contact was already there waiting for us (my friend Kevin I met a year ago ...
Member: Petr
My Journey

My Journey

Just passed through Ancona to get a ferry to Croatia... All pissed as newts...mad ferry ride.
Member: Anthony
South African Road Trip

South African Road Trip

A wonderful holiday road trip. We stop by the Karoo National Park on our way to Cape Town and have a memorable, if expensive, meal of Karoo lamb and Cape wine. The next morning we’re up early to finish the trip to CT, but before we leave we watch the r...
Member: Tamlyn

The world tour, for real !!!

Guess what ? I'm writing this from the Oregonian forest, from a camping spot with full option including, water, electricity and Wi-Fi ! Since we left Ottawa we had the chance to meet uncle Mike with whom we spent a day following him on his daily tas
Member: Emma and Gael
 Croatia and Belgium... Pizza, Ice-cream, Mussels, Beer and Chocolate

Croatia and Belgium... Pizza, Ice-cream, Mussels, Beer and Chocolate

I spent a week in Croatia on a boat with 22 friends (we had the luxury of occupying the whole boat!) and sailed the Dalmatian coast from Split down to Dubrovnik and back, stopping at a different island/coastal town every night. It is such a beautiful p...
Member: Lyn
Heading home

Heading home

Went to South Africa over Easter 2002 and went to Al and Renata’s wedding....
Member: Tamlyn
UK - April 2006

UK - April 2006

Wow, quite a whirlwind trip to the UK, but such fun to be back after so long! I can’t quite believe I haven’t been to London since I left three years ago! I landed at Heathrow at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning, having had a surprisingly good nig...
Member: Lyn
My lifes journey's so far

My lifes journey's so far

Back to Paris... How lucky am I!!! This time with a friend and a bit more time...
Member: Kirstin
To the Motherland

To the Motherland

Um...does anyone speak Xhosa? We could not get the students to speak to us. Either they were shy about their English or they didn't know it. So maybe we need to focus on higher grade levels, where older students may have had more experience speaking in...
Member: Melissa
My world

My world

Starting 12 May 2006 / Underwater pics of Tioman...
Member: Fabrice
End of Zim

End of Zim

I know I’m lucky. I’m lucky to taste life all around and also lucky to leave it behind and keep going right. I dove in, got my hands dirty even. I could empathize with problems but it seems so trite when I am able to board a plane and leave them all ...
Member: kari

Round the World in 40 Days 2008

We've been having a great time in Cape Town thanks to our awesome host Mark. The balcony of his house overlooks the famous Table Mountains, and when we first arrived the clouds enveloped the mountains like a beautiful tablecloth. We went up there for a
Member: Cari
africa 2005

africa 2005

We arrived in Johannesburg airport late afternoon. Unfortunately being rather dumb we had been standing at the wrong luggage carousel (duh!) and by the time we finally found out baggage our lift to the hostel had left! Panic!!! We ended up employing...
Member: claire

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