SPAIN | Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 | Views [4701]
The 1st truck drove through the 20,000 anticipating attendees and dumped its load of over-ripened tomatoes onto the streets. In bursts of elation the crowd surged towards the missiles and began throwing them at whichever hapless soul happened to fall ... Read more >
Tags: bunol, festival, gopro, la tomatina, spain
MEXICO | Wednesday, 29 Oct 2014 | Views [3195]
If you think Taco Bell is awesome Mexican food, chances are your nationality is other than Mexican and have never tried any authentic food while visiting Mexico.
Taco Bell is an American company that tired of waiting for line cooks to heat up each ... Read more >
Tags: authentic, cooking, eating, food, mexican, mexico, taco bell, travel
INDIA | Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014 | Views [3993]
India - the land of blinding colours, incredible smiles, honking cars, warm people, littered streets, mighty Himalayas, naked hermits, a million gods, gorgeous women and spicy food.
[Yeah, the snake charmers are passé!]
All of us have ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, curry, india, recipe, travel
CAMBODIA | Friday, 26 Sep 2014 | Views [5430]
The bowl is steaming hot. I deeply inhale the lemongrass and galangal and immediately start salivating.
And as soon as I put a spoonful in my mouth, my tastebuds "rush into a frenzy" - the original Malay meaning of the word "amok".
... Read more >
Tags: amok, cambodia, cooking, cooking class, cooking class, fish, hotel, recipe, siem reap, travel
ECUADOR | Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 | Views [6188]
Travelling along the La Ruta del Sol (The Route of the Sun), which is a scenic coastal route on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, our small group stopped at a village called Salango.
The population of this village is around 3,200 with ancestral roots, ... Read more >
Tags: barnacles, ecuador, food, travel
KENYA | Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 | Views [3209]
As a traveller – or even worse, as a tourist – it can be very difficult to come face-to-face with the normal, day-to-day life of a place, especially if faced with barriers of language, culture and ethnicity. Having been lucky enough to spend ... Read more >
Tags: connect locally, guesthouse, kenya, travel
KENYA | Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 | Views [5479]
As travellers, many of us are in constant search of genuine cultural experiences. This is especially true – and especially tricky – for that particular breed of travellers who want to capture such wonderful moments using various digital ... Read more >
Tags: goat meat, kenya, maasai, photography, singing, sweet tea, travel, wedding
KENYA | Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 | Views [2210]
If you spend two years in close proximity to wildlife, developing strong bonds to the oddest animals - from squabbling hyena pups to wallowing warthogs - is perhaps inevitable. Despite that, nothing had prepared us for our meeting with Nicky.
Nicky ... Read more >
Tags: learn new skills, photography, travel, wildlife
INDIA | Tuesday, 21 Jan 2014 | Views [15568] | Comments [10]
In the sprawling mass of Old Delhi – its hidden mosques, giant gates and crumbling mansions – are a handful of eateries that have locals and visitors coming back for more.
This is the biggest bazaar of them all, home to some ... Read more >
Tags: delhi, food, india, photography, street food
BRAZIL | Monday, 6 Jan 2014 | Views [6450] | Comments [1] | Video
Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil with over 250,000 inhabitants and is located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Unlike its wealthy neighbouring districts, Rocinha has experienced decades ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, dj, education, favela, music, rio, rocinha, travel, youth
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 20 Dec 2013 | Views [4491] | Comments [1]
Mangos, turkey with stuffing, fresh prawns and yorkshire puddings floating in rich homemade gravy. How can all of these flavours represent the same tradition world wide?
We've asked the staff here at World Nomads "What does Christmas Taste like to ... Read more >
Tags: christmas, culture, family, food, traditions, travel
ICELAND | Friday, 8 Nov 2013 | Views [5003] | Video
Iceland is famous for its geothermal spas and open-air ‘hot pots’ that offer a luxurious retreat from the icy temperatures outside.
So when an opportunity to meet with a local Reykjavik swim club popped up I jumped at the chance. I thought ... Read more >
Tags: blue lagoon, cold, crazy, geothermal, hot pots, iceland, just go, ocean, swimming, travel
BRAZIL | Friday, 27 Sep 2013 | Views [5770] | Video
Going to Rio de Janerio for many people means a non-stop party, and while I had a great time of getting amongst the infectious atmosphere of Carnaval, I wanted to discover the other side of Rio that laid up the mountain, inside the Rocinha favela.
... Read more >
Tags: assignment, beaches, brazil, carnaval, culture, festival, film, filmmaking, rio, travel
SOUTH KOREA | Monday, 9 Sep 2013 | Views [10427]
It is Saturday morning at 1 a.m. and I am sitting at a folding table outside the GS Mart, a ubiquitous convenience store in my little neighborhood of Seoul. Next to me is my boyfriend, Hudson, and across from us are Ik and Jiny: a young Korean couple ... Read more >
Tags: food, hangover, hangover cures, pork, seoul, south korea, travel, trekking
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 6 Aug 2013 | Views [4289] | Video
In February 2013, I had the absolute pleasure of travelling to Rio for Carnivale with the winners of World Nomads Travel Film Scholarship . Not only was it a great opportunity to mentor two young aspiring filmmakers, it also gave me the chance to indulge ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, pedro do sal, rio, rio music, rio travel, samba, samba music, world nomads
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | Views [5323] | Comments [1]
A tale of inappropriate (un)touching on the road.
It was a cultural faux pas of epic proportions!
The old women of the village looked like they wanted to throw us into the nearby volcano. The young women giggled behind their hands. It was clear ... Read more >
Tags: bali, connect locally, inappropriate touching on the road, mount batur, travel
GREENLAND | Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | Views [7697] | Video
3 years ago I started to have a recurring dream. I was standing on the edge of a boat, somewhere in the arctic, ice creaking, the sound of water running beneath me.
Every breath I took felt as if my lungs were reborn, the stains of car exhausts, cigarette ... Read more >
Tags: greenland, greenland videos, travel greenland
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 5 Dec 2012 | Views [2450] | Video
Hanna Butler , the winner of World Nomads 2012 Travel Writing Scholarship , travelled to Southeast Asia to immerse herself in the local culture and write about her experiences.
In Bali, Indonesia, Hanna seeks out and finds a traditional ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, magic, scholarship, travel, writing
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2012 | Views [13369] | Video
Hanna Butler , the winner of World Nomads 2012 Travel Writing Scholarship , travelled to Southeast Asia to immerse herself in the local culture and write about her experiences. In Penang, Malaysia, Hanna decides to seek out the exotic and polarising ... Read more >
Tags: durian, food, malaysia, penang, scholarship, travel, writing
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2012 | Views [3005] | Comments [2] | Video
Hanna Butler , the winner of World Nomads 2012 Travel Writing Scholarship , travelled to Southeast Asia to immerse herself in the local culture and write about her experiences. In Bali, Indonesia, a simple afternoon drive took an interesting ... Read more >
Tags: bali, cremation, indonesia, scholarship, travel, writing
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