Posts Tagged ‘ alternative travel ’

Couch Surfing Over 50

February 21, 2010
Couch Surfing Over 50

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 people who are interested in meeting other people. Aren’t I too...
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Gangkharka village, Nepal Slide Show

November 16, 2009

A slide show from Nepal and Gangkharka village
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Volunteer in a Himalayan Village in Nepal

November 15, 2009
Volunteer in a Himalayan Village in Nepal

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 people. There aren’t a lot of chances to live in an honest-to-God Himalayan village these days. Here’s one: Village Environment Community Gangkharka (VEC), a small...
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John C. Campbell Folk School

October 1, 2009
John C. Campbell Folk School

Learning vacations are now more popular than ever; from Thai cooking schools to studying Spanish in Guatemala to practicing meditation in India. But how about somewhere a little closer to home and a place you can still get a rich cultural experience as well?
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Getting Beyond the Backpacker’s Scene

September 1, 2009
Getting Beyond the Backpacker’s Scene

We’ve all been there. The crowded hostels of Europe. The well-beaten path along the Turkish coast. Khao San Road or Jalan Jaksa’s traveler’s ghettos. You’re getting tired of spending so much money to be so far away from home only to fritter away much of your time drinking and talking your next travel move...
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Carefree Travel on the Cheap

June 22, 2009
Carefree Travel on the Cheap

Super “careless” traveler Gilbert Carlson takes us on his overland journey from Palestine to Paris showing us how to free ourselves from the oppressive worries that keep us stressed while traveling.
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