Posted on 10 January 2012
Photo by leo.prie.to The other day, a good friend had posted her status on Facebook as: Looking to do a Costa Rican yoga retreat… Any recommendations? What a brilliant idea. But wait. What if I’m not Facebook Savvy? Why not Ask GoMad NoMad? If you “don’t do” Facebook or Twitter, that’s why I’m here. You [...]
Tags: advice, learning vacations, yoga
Posted on 15 October 2011
Dear GoMad Nomad, My friends and I are planning to visit Jeju Island in South Korea in March 2012. But I forgot that it is the end of winter! Is it a bad time? My friends and I love beach hopping, so our main goal is to swim. Is this a bad time? We would [...]
Tags: Asia, independent travel, South Korea
Posted on 07 July 2011
Dear GoMad Nomad, My wife and I have been retired for a few years and have done a bit of traveling in Europe and South America. Our sights have now turned towards Asia and thinking about places where healthy retirees could go far on savings. My wife has always been interested in India, but from [...]
Tags: Asia, budget travel, independent travel, India, Malaysia, retired
Posted on 15 March 2011
Dear GoMad Nomad, My fiancé and I are looking into trying to teach English in Asia –our short list at the moment is Japan, China, and Korea. This is a new and exciting idea that just popped up a few days ago, so I don’t know a lot. I know that we would want to leave [...]
Tags: Asia, english teaching, living abroad, South Korea, working abroad
Posted on 10 December 2010
Dear GoMad Nomad, Have you ever been to Iceland, or would ever consider making the trip? My wife listened to the audio book Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer and ever since has been hooked! How much money do we need to save? How long would you recommend we take to [...]
Tags: budget travel, Europe, hitchhiking, iceland, independent travel
Posted on 29 November 2010
Dear GoMad Nomad: Currently I am living in Donostia, Basque Country, with my girlfriend. At the end of the month we are likely to move to Madrid, to hunker down over winter. My problem is that neither of us have more than a tourist visa, which entitles us to only three months in Spain. I remembered that you [...]
Tags: english teaching, Europe, living abroad, Spain, visa, working abroad
Posted on 13 October 2010
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 [...]
Tags: independent travel, mexico, safety
Posted on 26 August 2010
Dear GoMad Nomad, I have a lot of time but not very much money. I’ve got a reliable car and want to take a road trip in the U.S. Do you have any suggestions to keep my costs low and extend my travel as long as possible? -Ready to Hit the Road Dear Ready to [...]
Posted on 05 July 2010
Dear GoMad Nomad: I’m low on cash but still want to travel, what should I do? Go into further debt and live life in the moment, or do the prudent thing and save up my money? -Broke In Brooklyn Dear Broke in Brooklyn: My first advice is to get the heck out of Brooklyn! You’ll [...]
Tags: alternative travel, budget travel, cultural immersion, hitchhiking, independent travel, volunteering, working abroad
Posted on 16 June 2010
Dear GoMad Nomad: My husband and I are going to England in two weeks. We have four days planned in London, but for the rest of the trip (6 days), we don’t really have plans. I’ve been reading books and trying to figure out what to do. Ideally, we’d like to take the train out [...]
Tags: England, independent travel, the UK
Posted on 06 November 2009
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