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All that glitters is not Gold.

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 23 Mar 2012 | Views [82]

I love the tropics. That hot stinking humidity that envelops every pore on your body. That wafting scent of thickness that only South East Asia can produce with muggy resolve. It was an ordinary night, so ordinary that it was abnormal. That strange ... Read more >


Bangkok Women Really Are Fellas

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 12 Mar 2012 | Views [73]

Now now, before you drift off into your repressed memory of how you woke up one morning nursing a hangover and regretting that old adage no-one’s ugly after 2am..., the topic at hand is NOT lady-boys. As we’ve all geared up and stand there ... Read more >


The joys of coming home - Dec 2011

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 12 Jan 2012 | Views [89]

OK…so a journal you say for this Dec KPI business!!! Hmmm!!! A little odd I thought at first. While I do see the whole point about people getting to know you a bit better I was still a little…well....reserved about the whole process.... Read more >


Photos: Vietnam

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Backpacking through Vietnam

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Views [145]

I spent three months backpacking through South East Asia earlier this year, spending three weeks in Vietnam. We moved from south to north, jumping on nightbus and tuk tuk and taxi and motorbike, making my way through all the usual backpacker ... Read more >


I want nobody nobody but you! [clap clap] I want nobody but you! [clap clap]

PHILIPPINES | Monday, 19 Dec 2011 | Views [220] | Video

When the all-girl Korean band Wondergirls released there soon-to-be pop classic Nobody in 2009, somehow I doubt they’d envisage it would become a pole dancing anthem. Just like marvelling at the Borobudur Temples in Java, watching the ... Read more >


Photos: Hawaii

USA | Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

Maui
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Getting Lost anywhere in the USA

USA | Monday, 28 Nov 2011 | Views [210]

We arrived in LA for our stop over after a long flight, we were lucky that our hotel would let us check in as we arrived early morning, despite the general rule about getting adjusted to the time difference, we fell asleep. ... Read more >

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WorldNomads October Staff Meeting & Treasure Hunt...

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 31 Oct 2011 | Views [77]

In the words of INXS... achtung baby! This month's Germany themed staff cultural presentation centred around Oktoberfest, jam-packed with beer wenches, great food, chicken dance competition and even a WWII themed treasure hunt. Special thanks ... Read more >


Photos: Ducks

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 28 Oct 2011 | Photo Gallery


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Curb your celebration!

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 28 Oct 2011 | Views [3540]

At World Nomads HQ, the Pond is lucky enough to be located on Level 6 - it's sunny and spacious and probably most important of all we love to celebrate. We celebrate Fridays, we celebrate staff meetings (usually with some form of ethnic food and dress, ... Read more >


Hawaii - ahhhhhhhh

USA | Friday, 28 Oct 2011 | Views [131]

Part 2 Hawaii 10 hours on a plane – no on demand entertainment and no food for free or for vegetarians! But we got there – Honoloulu...ahhhhhhhhhhh. New York was great, but we were ready to relax! I love Hawaiian airports, they are an ... Read more >


New York New York!

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 28 Oct 2011 | Views [129]

Part 1 New York, New York! After 32 hours of very unpleasant air travel I arrived in New York. I’d been subject to overbooked flights, nearby passengers who got drunk and sick (gross), a side trip to Boston where we sat on the tarmac for ... Read more >


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