Avery grew up on a small farm in north Florida where she cultivated a love for barefooted living. As an adult she took this lifestyle to a remote island on the edge of Everglades National Park owning and operating an organic cafe and gallery. The seasonal business allowed for summer travel, ultimately leading to the decision to sell and travel even more.

Since then she’s been getting by as a yoga teacher, writer and recently added cycling guide to her occupational summary. After living a year in sunless Normandy with her French husband, Avery successfully lobbied to set up camp further south. She and the Normand now live in a small village in the south west corner of France sandwiched between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. When she travels she looks for the simple and natural.

She blogs at Avery’s Typewriter.

Avery’s posts on GoMad Nomad:

Learning French in France

The Same Dirt

Stephen Bugno has been writing about travel ever since his mother made him keep a travel journal at the age of 9 on a family vacation to the southwestern United States. Since then his travels have taken him to four continents and his writing has been published in more than ten online and print publications including the San Francisco Chronicle and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He specializes in off-the-beaten-track destinations, budget and independent/alternative travel and travel narratives.

He temporarily resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia, freelance writing in addition to editing the GoMad Nomad Travel Mag.

He blogs at Bohemian Traveler and  Blog of a Modern Nomad

Reach him at stephenbugno [at] gmail [dot] com

Emolyn Liden has been volunteering, working, and traveling her way around the globe for almost a decade. When she’s not traveling she’s at home in the mountains of western North Carolina. She’s a writer, knitwear designer and avid fiddler. Read her knitting blog at Emolyn Knits

She blogs for GoMad Nomad at Emolyn’s Travel Snapshots

Emolyn’s recent posts on GoMad Nomad:

Teaching English in Madrid

Gomad Nomad’s European correspondent Gilbert Carlson has crossed the continent countless times, usually with his thumb up. From Syria to Norway to Morocco and all the places in between, he blogs on Gomad Nomad’s Follow Gilbert and resides in Paris when not on the road.

Follow Gilbert Travel Blog

Gilbert’s posts on Gomad Nomad:

The Parisian’s Paris

To Say We had been to Kosovo

Carefree Travel on the Cheap

Jett Thomason works for the U.S. government managing small agricultural development projects in Africa. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan, he has worked in Afghanistan and Iraq and traveled extensively in Latin America and the former Soviet Union. In his current job, Jett copes with responsibility and limited time for indulging wanderlust by writing the occasional blog entry and travel story.

Jett’s posts on Gomad Nomad:

On the Water in Guinea: Part I

Notes from Lamu, Kenya

Working Notes from Rwanda

A Mother’s Medicine

Minarets and Pigeons

Of Rice and Rams: A Boy’s Circumcision Ceremony in Uzbekistan

The Country that doesn’t Exsist: Trandniestria

Ramadan in Kandahar

A Swim in Lake Tanganyika