How My Blog Got Me a Bonafide Travel Job

Mom, Dad, and long time readers: You've seen me struggle to satiate my passion for movement for over three years. I've blogged about this love of travel and my desire to get paid to live this lifestyle enough to make you and me both sick. It seemed like an impossible task, ...

Q&A: Traveling Alone

Q&A is a new series on Nomadderwhere that uses questions posed by readers and commentators to address topics of travel, alternative lifestyle design, blogging, and other interests. You can expect this series one or two Saturdays a month right here on Nomadderwhere.com. To send in your questions, contact me or send ...

The Travel Pose

I have four types of travel poses: the ones I take at arm's length, the ones with sunglasses staring into the distance, the ones with my head resting on a surface, and Mighty Mouse. [gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="rand"] Allow me to explain...

Journeys of a Lifetime in April

Welcome back to my new monthly series on Nomadderwhere, one which highlights the incredible trips one could take in that current month - thanks to a vibrant book called Journeys of a Lifetime by National Geographic. Each month I pick a couple adventures from each section in the book in order ...

Reviewing J. Maarten Troost’s Getting Stoned with Savages

These days I have an unwavering compulsion to read every strong travel narrative under the sun about the destination I'm next approaching. Sadly, since I'm not always heading to Paris or New York, I often only have one choice in novel, and Fiji was no exception. The only book that reached ...

Interview a Traveler: The Russian Environmentalist

He's blazed the powerful Rio Grande in a canoe and survived 40 miles of strike-blockaded roads to get to Machu Picchu. He's determined to impact the world positively, because the world has been good to him. Let's check him out. Igor is a fellow Indiana University grad and a helluva guy. ...

When in Raki, Dive Like the Locals Dive: Day 31

This is what we woke up to. [This post is a continuation of Breaking Away to Rakiraki.] httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUaFNu9O-vQ Garrett awoke me with a cheer, but I could barely move. Having not shifted an inch the entire night, my hardening body was attempting to fuse with the modest mattress like a mother to ...

And a Flying Fox in a Palm Tree: Day 25

There's only been one other time when my Christmas wasn't filled with earmuffs, slick roads, and airings of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. And the night we left for Maui with the rest of the holiday escapists was a tad doleful as we left winter in our contrail. Two Bellies Churning [caption id="" ...

Good Global Citizen

After running across ProjectExplorer.org a couple months ago, I've been contemplating this topic in hopes I could really tap into the depths of my beliefs. What does it mean to be a good global citizen? Part of me wishes that would mean having the coolest passport ever - or I guess a ...

Bracing for the Cyclone: Day 13

Various news publications reported Cyclone Mick as a battering, vicious storm, causing a lot of devastation to Viti Levu in December of 2009. BBC showed disheartening video footage of the aftermath. Al-Jazeera accentuated the death count. The Telegraph wove together an anthropomorphic description of Mick using beastly adjectives galore. ...

Posts Tagged ‘GoBackpacking’

Oct 31

Photos of the Week: Uganda

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In the spirit of my GoBackpacking.com debut, I thought I’d published a few photos from my adventures in Uganda from August 2008.
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Oct 29

Nomadderwhere is on GoBackpacking.com

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Nomadderwhere is a wee, yet passionate, travel website for those looking for inspiration, advice or conversation. However, today marks the day 2 of spreading the NMW love across the internet via a fantastic resource called:
GoBackpacking.com

David Lee, editor and long-term independent traveler, will be posting some of my travel stories in the coming weeks, including my [...]

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