This shot was taken in Wadi Rum, Jordan, an incredible desert landscape that was used in the filming of Lawrence of Arabia. We took a jeep tour around the area and camped out in the open air for two nights with the Bedouin. The full moon was so bright it illuminated the serene desert scenery and [...]

By Sally Kay South America is a huge continent, and a lot of backpackers want to hitchhike through it.  But in this vast continent every country is different, so hitchhiking can vary quite a lot.  Here is a rough guide to hitchhiking in the different countries of South America. Argentina Argentina is a wonderful country [...]

Very little is known about the carved statues of San Agustin. Several of these have been unearthed in this archaeological park in the mountains near Popayan, Colombia that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Photo and text by Stephen Bugno   Submit your photo of the week to be featured at GoMad [...]

Dear GoMad Nomad, I see you were in Mexico for the Bicentennial on Sept 15th. I was thinking about traveling to Mexico for a few weeks, but was concerned about safety since people are calling Mexico the most dangerous country in the world. Is it really that bad? Isn’t most of the danger due to [...]

Uyuni Salt Flat in Bolivia is the largest salt flat in the world. The only way to see it is by going on one of these jeeps navigated by experienced drivers/guides through this otherwise disorienting landscape where every direction looks the same. The day was sunny but bitingly cold and there were many other jeeps [...]

By Danielle L. Krautmann It’s 8am and I am in my best mood, sipping coffee, sitting alone in the open-air lobby of the main lodge writing in my journal.  For almost a month now, I have gone to sleep and dreamed of spending my days walking through tangles of vines, trees taller than my apartment [...]

After an arduous journey by overnight train and long, bumpy van ride, we arrived in Svaneti, a region of the Republic of Georgia surrounded by huge mountain peaks. The region is inhabited by the Svans and is known for the stone watchtowers that fill the villages and for the recent wave of banditry. I wrote [...]