Trip: It happened to me
There are [89] stories from my trip: It happened to me
SPAIN | Sunday, 12 Jul 2009 | Views [126]
I had been walking the El Camino de Santiago trail in Spain and was trying to finish it in one month. Somehow I made it almost the whole month without an injury! During the last two days my foot started hurting. I was due in Argentina the day after ... Read more >
Tags: spain, foot injury, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
THAILAND | Friday, 10 Jul 2009 | Views [124]
I was on a boat trip south of Thailand and the boat almost capsized when it hit some rocks that ruptured the outside. The boat started leaning heavily to one side and my suitcase happened to be on deck because we were leaving that day. All the ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, boating, baggage, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
THAILAND | Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 | Views [159]
I was on vacation in Thailand when I developed this nasty outer ear infection. Within 3 days I developed 2 abscesses which had to be removed. I went to the hospital for each abscess removal and was put on 2 different courses of antibiotics.... Read more >
Tags: ear infections, antibiotics, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
CANADA | Monday, 6 Jul 2009 | Views [90]
I was on the first day of my ski vacation, walking out to the shuttle that takes you to the mountain. The driveway was snow-covered and icy, so it wasn’t surprising that I fell and twisted my left ankle and couldn’t ski the whole weekend. ... Read more >
Tags: skiing, ski vacation, ankle injuries, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
CANADA | Saturday, 4 Jul 2009 | Views [134]
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, true claim stories, ski accident, snowboard, travel insurance, world nomads, whistler, ski patrol
FRANCE | Thursday, 2 Jul 2009 | Views [102]
My partner and I were working as cooks for the outdoor kitchen at the Pari-Dakar bicycle race. I put my laptop (in its bag) inside a tall kitchen locker one evening. Someone opened up the locker and the laptop and bag fell out of the locker and on ... Read more >
Tags: laptops, electronics
ISRAEL | Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009 | Views [263]
I was crossing the street in Jerusalem, Israel when a police car moving 80 km/hr flew through the cross-walk and hit me. I flew 10 feet into the air and landed on a metal pole in the middle of the traffic island. The ambulance came right away and ... Read more >
Tags: car accidents, emergencies, hospital, police car, travel insurance, world nomads, jerusalem, israel, ambulance
LEBANON | Sunday, 28 Jun 2009 | Views [184]
I was in Beirut for work and for 2 days I had an acute pain in my abdomen. I thought it was a stomachache that would pass, but by the night of the third day the pain was so bad I couldn’t sleep. I went to the emergency room and it turns out ... Read more >
Tags: stomachache, cysts, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, beirut, lebanon
FIJI | Friday, 26 Jun 2009 | Views [115]
I was snorkeling in Fiji and I tried to get back on the boat while it was powered on. I dove down to get the fin I dropped and my head nicked the propeller. I was taken to shore straight away and had to get 7 stitches plus a tetanus shot. ... Read more >
Tags: snorkeling, sea, boat accidents, tetanus, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, stitches, propeller
USA | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [110]
Long story short- I was camping in Los Angeles, California while on a cross country trip of the USA. I had the opportunity to do laundry at the campsite for the first time in quite a while, so I washed everything I had, including my cell phone that ... Read more >
Tags: cell phone, camping, laundry, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, mobile phone
ITALY | Monday, 22 Jun 2009 | Views [170]
My friend and I were trekking around Italy in this beat-up junker clunker of a van. We were stopped in Casal Borsetti for the evening and sleeping soundly in the back. Around 4 a.m. we were awakened by someone breaking in to the front of the van.... Read more >
Tags: italy, theft, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, road trip
FRANCE | Saturday, 20 Jun 2009 | Views [114]
During a Europe excursion I had a sudden Angina attack. I had to be treated and stabilized which included Oxygenotherapy, Nitroglycerine & Cardiac Monitoring. How World Nomads Helped Claimant’s medical record indicated previous symptoms relating ... Read more >
Tags: angina attack, cardiac problems, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
EGYPT | Thursday, 18 Jun 2009 | Views [153]
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: egypt, health, chicken pox, infection, true claim stories, world nomads
CANADA | Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009 | Views [132]
While snowboarding in Whistler, Canada I fell on a groomed run dislocating my shoulder. I boarded down to the base of the mountain and caught a Taxi ride to the local hospital where x-rays were taken and my shoulder was relocated. How World Nomads ... Read more >
Tags: ski accident, shoulder injury, canada, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
FRENCH POLYNESIA | Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Views [101]
I was on my honeymoon in Tahiti, and of all things to go wrong I got a vaginal infection! I went to the hospital and thank goodness they were able to nip it in the bud right away with antibiotics so it didn’t completely ruin my trip! How World Nomads ... Read more >
Tags: vaginal infection, tahiti, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
IRELAND | Friday, 12 Jun 2009 | Views [93]
I was on vacation in Ireland and fell down in the super slippery bathtub at my hotel. I twisted my back but didn’t think anything of it at first. A few days passed and the pain became so bad I couldn’t walk. I went to the hospital, which then referred ... Read more >
Tags: ireland, bathtub accident, backache, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
MADAGASCAR | Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 | Views [222]
I started to feel some lower abdominal pain while on vacation in Madagascar. It got worse over the weekend, so I went to a gynecologist because I suspected it might be Pelvic Inflammatory Disease due to the IUD I use for contraception. I’m a doctor ... Read more >
Tags: iud, pelvic inflammatory disease, antibiotics, madagascar, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
SWITZERLAND | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009 | Views [160]
My daughter and I were on vacation in Switzerland, and on our very last day there my daughter developed a fever and red spots early in the morning. As the number of spots rapidly increased, we had no choice but to take her to the hospital. After medical ... Read more >
Tags: chicken pox, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, switzerland
SWITZERLAND | Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 | Views [83]
I had just had a lesson on the Bunny Slope and thought I’d be daring and try it without my instructor the next day. Halfway through the day I fell and got all twisted up in my own skis! There was a huge gash in my right leg from my left ski, and I ... Read more >
Tags: skiing accident, stitches, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
CANADA | Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Views [112]
I was on a ski holiday practicing my downhill when a snowboarder collided with me out of nowhere. Both my shins caught the sharp edge of his board and cut me right through two layers of pants! I made my way to first aid, and they immediately sent me ... Read more >
Tags: ski accident, canada, snowboarding, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
ZIMBABWE | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Views [102]
While on our trip to Zimbabwe we took a "Walk with the Lions." At one point I stopped to pat a lion cub on the head when it reared its head and caught my wrist slashing it open. I was taking by van to the local clinic and given 8 stitches.... Read more >
Tags: lion attack, safaris, true claim stories
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 6 Jun 2009 | Views [107]
While on my trip through Australia my passport decided to take a trip of its own: through the wash. Soaked, tattered and in multiple pieces the Australian consulate informed me I would need a new passport to continue on my way. How World Nomads Helped ... Read more >
Tags: passport, australia, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 5 Jun 2009 | Views [128]
While horseback riding in New Zealand, we experienced riders had the opportunity to canter along towards the end of our ride. Being an experienced rider I jumped at the opportunity. However, an abrupt stop sent a shooting pain into my lower back leaving ... Read more >
Tags: horse back riding, riding injuries, back pain, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
UGANDA | Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 | Views [119]
I was supposed to go on a two month trip to visit 10 countries throughout Africa. My first stop was Uganda, and on my 4 th day there I got a call from my mother to tell me that my step father had collapsed from a heart attack and doctors predicted ... Read more >
Tags: family emergency, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, heart attack
BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 3 Jun 2009 | Views [160]
I was in the middle of a trip to Bolivia when I got this massive headache and my body felt like it was freezing even though it was hot outside. I began to shiver uncontrollably, and my chattering teeth almost caused me to bite my tongue off. I went ... Read more >
Tags: true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, dengue fever
THAILAND | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [852]
Intestinal worms are parasites that love the gastrointestinal tract.
God only knows how I got them, maybe from unwashed food or dirty water,
but I didn’t really care, I just wanted to get rid of them! I ended up
in hospital in Chiang Mai, in northern ... Read more >
Tags: intestinal worms, parasites, doctors, hospitals & health, thailand, chiang mai, world nomads, true claim stories
CANADA | Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Views [737]
What started out as a garden-variety ear infection turned into an emergency dash to Casualty. Intense pain & excessive bleeding from my ear led me to seek urgent medical treatment from a nearby hospital. The doctor told me I had a ruptured ear drum ... Read more >
Tags: ear drum rupture, canada, world nomads, true claim stories
CANADA | Friday, 9 May 2008 | Views [353]
It’s cliché but true: accidents happen all the time but you never count on one happening to you. I was skiing in Canada when I took a fall and injured my left knee. I was taken from the slopes to a local Emergency Centre, in great pain, where they ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, injury, medical, skiing, snow, canada, x-ray, true claim stories
FRENCH POLYNESIA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [612]
I was in a small dinghy travelling back to our yacht — which was anchored in a bay in Bora Bora, French Polynesia — when my luck headed south. I had been taking photos of my friends surfing so I was carrying my digital camera inside its waterproof case.... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, yacht, boat, accident, camera, true claim stories
INDONESIA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [570]
I was really looking forward to scuba diving in Bali. Not long after I arrived, I signed up for a dive with a local company, who promised to take me out to a dive location in a new speed boat. They had just renovated the boat but had not yet installed ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, indonesia, bali, hospitals & health, true claim stories, diving, scuba
NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [587]
"Women's problems" are rarely talked about, but they are wide in scope and often happen at inconvenient times — like when you are travelling. In my case, I was diagnosed with a "Bartholin cyst", which is, apparently, a lump filled ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, netherlands, hospitals & health, true claim stories, cyst
FRANCE | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [760] | Comments [1]
Never trust French men who try to flatter you. My friend and I were sitting in a café grabbing a bite to eat. My friend left the table to go to the bathroom and a man came up to me and stroked my face, saying something to the effect of: "Beautiful ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, france, stolen, scam, true claim stories
INDIA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [532]
Standing on the street in Mysore, India, I was surprised to find a dog licking an open wound on my leg. Soon after, I heard that the same dog was roaming the streets, crazed and rabid, and had bitten several people. The dog was found dead later in the ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, india, hospitals & health, true claim stories, dog, rabies
TANZANIA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [462]
I began experiencing stomach cramps and a constant headache for a number of days whilst in Zanzibar, which is not far from the Tanzanian coast. As soon as I returned to the mainland, I headed straight for the hospital in Dar es Salaam. The doctor who ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, tanzania, hospitals & health, true claim stories, parasite
PERU | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [522]
It was early in the morning and my wife and I were walking around the centre of Nazca. Two men who looked to be in their early twenties approached us; they were trying to tell us something but we couldn't understand them. Suddenly one of the men snatched ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, peru, stolen, mugged, true claim stories, knife, camera
USA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [570]
I was out mountain biking in the element... when a tree got in my way. On impact, the handle bars of my bike twisted, bluntly jutting into my ribs before I went flying. I was in a lot of pain but there was no external bruising. I figured that even if ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, usa, hospitals & health, true claim stories, bike, cycling, accident
FIJI | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [534]
I have had hundreds of mosquito bites before, but this one was different. I had recently arrived in Fiji when I noticed quite a few mosquito bites on my legs — but one was very red and painful. Throughout the day it turned a deeper red and became swollen, ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, fiji, hospitals & health, true claim stories, spider, mozzie
THAILAND | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [749]
Here's a tip: never pat a monkey, even if it's on a leash: they can be vicious. I was out wandering with a friend on Haad Rin Beach, Koh Phangan Island, when we ran into a local walking his pet monkey. My friend bent over and patted the monkey and the ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, thailand, hospitals & health, true claim stories, monkey, rabies
CHINA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [477]
Everyone I regale my story to tells me I should be thankful that they didn’t steal my wallet, mobile and camera as well, but I’m still mad I lost my iPod to an invisible thief. I was travelling on a bus from Hong xu Lu to Zhenning Lu and remember checking ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, china, ipod, stolen, true claim stories
CANADA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [451]
There is nothing quite like being robbed to sour the end of an otherwise inspiring trip abroad. It was a week before I was due to fly home from Canada and I was out with friends at a nightclub. It was freezing outside, so I had worn my Burton snowboard ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, passports, canada, true claim stories
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