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Buy, extend and claim online even after you've left home. World Nomads travel insurance is available to people from over 150 countries and is designed for adventurous travellers with cover for overseas medical, evacuation, baggage and activities such as skiing and snowboarding.

You can always extend while you are away

Scholarships

Travel Documentary Scholarship - Closes August 1st !

Travel to the Ecuadorian Amazon with Gap Adventures and HostelWorld.com and be mentored by our professional documentary Filmmaker, Trent O'Donnell.

Film your documentary and you could have it broadcast on Nat Geo Adventure. APPLY NOW !

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Gap Adventures Nat Geo Adventure
Hostelworld.com

Give a little back when you travel

At World Nomads, we believe travellers have an obligation to contribute to the communities in which we travel. Our Footprints program lets you do that:

LATEST PROJECT REPORT
Opthalmic Nurses undergoing training in the classroom

Train Community Eye Health Workers

More than 350 nurses were trained to help prevent avoidable blindness in South Africa's Eastern Cape

DOCUMENTARIES
Positive Footprints Vietnam Village Trek

Positive Footprints - Vietnam Trek

A group of healthcare professionals bring medical care to remote villages in the Mai Chau Highlands, Vietnam.
More Positive Footprints

Stay informed on the road

Get specialist independent travel safety advice on where you're going. Available for World Nomads members - join for FREE!

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» Conflicts & civil unrest
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Travel. Contribute. Experience.

Turn your passion into a career and build your skills with professional mentoring as part of our travel scholarship program !

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What are scholarships all about?

Find out how scholarships began, what you can apply to and stay up to date via our mailing list!
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Scholarship News
 Antarctic Scholarship

Anna Returns from Antarctica !

Anna Zhu, our 2009 Photography Scholarship winner returns from the Antarctic. Check out her stunning photographs !

iPhone Language Guide Apps

Learn the lingo on your iPhone/iPod

We've launched our Spanish PLUS Language Guide iPhone App with over 550 spoken audio phrases. This is available to download from iTunes for only USD$1.99

Including sections on: safety, health, shopping, eating, at the bar, flirting & 10 min language lesson

REVIEWS

#1 free language app MSNBC.com

Price is right… well designed Gadling.com

THE COMPLETE LANGUAGE GUIDE SERIES

Swahili is just one of the 25 languages available

Destination: Mexico

Mexico is a traveler's paradise, crammed with a
multitude of opposing identities : deserts, mountains,
big cities, colonial towns, glitzy resorts and quiet
beaches. This mix of modern and traditional, clichéd
and surreal, is the key to Mexico's charm.

TRAVEL TIPS

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Going to Mexico

Ay, Caramba! You’ve gone to Mexico and all of sudden you are 1. sick, 2. robbed, or 3. stuck alone on a roadside! What to do?

Off the Beaten Path: Mexico

Sanchez Jalapeno divulges a beach side haven away from the pasty gringos and more

Spanish Language Guide

Need more than hola? Learn some lingo before you go

ITINERARIES

Itinerary: Southeastern Jungles

This trip from highland Chiapas to the Caribbean coast provides close encounters with exotic wildlife and visits some of Mexico’s most exciting archaeological sites.

Itinerary: Central Overland

This 1740km trip from the US border to the Mexican capital crosses the northern deserts and passes through the fertile Bajío region with its colonial cities

  Learn the Lingo on your iPod - Our free language guides

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