My alarm clock goes off at five. It's been about four hours since I fell asleep. I’ve woken up to go to the early-morning festivities for a neighborhood circumcision ceremony which is locally and collectively referred to as one of several Uzbek “weddings”. I have been a Peace Corps...
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San Francisco is a city where residents have historically lived by their own set of rules and is brimming with an unflinching independent spirit. Where else can you find zombie flash mobs, public pillow fights, an enthusiastic bike and skate culture, a great music...
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I want to address the fact that, although GoMad Nomad readership is primarily budget, independent travelers, they are NOT all broke twenty-somethings. So I want to talk about the Couch Surfing Project, and how it’s for all ages. It is, however, only applicable for...
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When planning your trip between Central and South America, whether you're a backpacker or a luggage puller, Darien National Park must be discussed and crossed. The Darien is an...
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GoMad Nomad contributers share their top travel destinations for 2010
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I was never really interested in France or French, preferring to study a less bourgeois language like Spanish in school. Not that my language prejudice mattered, because like most...
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There is no better way to experience Palestinian culture and get an inside look at life under the Israeli occupation then to go to the West Bank as a...
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My mother crossed the border of the United States for the first time in her life two years ago. It was to visit me during one of my off-season...
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An international aid worker arrives in Rwanda for the first time and wrestles with the lingering aftershocks of the country’s 1994 genocide while trying to re-build present economic conditions...
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In this world there are mountain people and there are beach people. This one is for the mountain people and for the mountain people who don’t know they’re mountain...
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Like Saul, I greatly anticipated my arrival to Damascus, an ancient city even in his day. I, however, was not coming to persecute Christians, but to retrace his important...
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European correspondent Gilbert Carlson takes us through his hometown--Paris--so you can dodge the tourists, save money, and experience the City of Light as Parisians do.
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Usually the camino follows dirt roads, but at times I suffer the unforgiving impact of the pavement. Occasionally my way narrows into single-track, and I savor those moments. Wildflowers...
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A wealthy, sterile, modern, and homogeneous society. These were some of the misconceptions I had about Oslo before spending three days there.
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Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Foder’s, Frommer’s, Rick Steves’, Let’s Go, Blue Guides, Bradt...With a multitude of guidebook publishers, choosing the best guidebook for your next trip can be challenging....
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