Countries Visited

    Australia
    Austria
    Bahamas
    Belgium
    Belize
    Bermuda
    Cambodia
    Canada
    Cayman Islands
    Costa Rica
    Czech Republic
    England
    Greece
    Guatemala
    Italy
    Japan
    Laos
    Malaysia
    Mexico
    The Netherlands
    Norway
    Singapore
    Spain
    Thailand
    United States
    The Holy See
    Vietnam

    Travel Goals

    1. Climb to Everest Base Camp.
    2. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro.
    3. Learn to Scuba Dive.
    4. Visit every continent.
    5. See the Galapagos Islands.
    6. Sail down the Amazon River.
    7. Climb Ayer's Rock.
    8. Travel on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
    9. Go into space.
    10. Throw tomatos at La Tomintina in Spain.
    11. See the sunrise from Mt. Fuji.
    12. Try to figure out the Buddhist messages at Borobudor in Indonesia.
    13. Visit the Pyramids
    14. Safari in East Africa for 3 months.
    15. Go to the World Cup!
    16. See Macchu Picchu.
    17. Join the Century Club. (100 countries visited)
    18. Join the Mile High Club. (Hey why not?)
    19. Do development work in a 3rd world country.
    20. See Petra Jordan.
    21. Backpack the Eastern Block.
    22. Go back to Alaska and see the Northern Lights.
    23. Vegas Baby! Vegas!
    24. Greek Island hop.
    25. Cycle Tuscany.
    26. Visit India.
    27. Lounge forever in the Seychelles.
    28. See Morocco.
    29. Oktoberfest!
    30. Caravan across the Sahara.
    31. Visit Tibet.
    32. Go to the Cannes Film Festival.
    33. Go to the Sundance Film Festival.
    34. Eat a sushi meal at NOBU
    35. Pacific Island hop.
    36. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel in Sweden.
    37. Go to Israel.
    38. Carnival!!!!
    39. and it's slightly less cool cousin, Mardi Gras!
    40. See Glacier National Park before the glaciers melt.
    41. Fly first class on some long international flight!
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WIN FREE STUFF

July 11, 2008

Nomadic Matt is having a contest. You just need to answer this question in 400-500 words:

“What does travel mean to you?”

Answers can be slightly shorter but please don’t make them longer!

First place prize gets any TWO of these:

  1. A one day pass into a FIRST CLASS lounge on the airline of your choice.
  2. A copy of the backpacking movie A Map for Saturday.
  3. One Lonely Planet guidebook.

Second place gets the prize not picked by first.

Submissions must be in by midnight (US Eastern) on August 1st. Winners will be announced a few weeks later and their responses will be posted on the website.

Guidelines: None! Write whatever you feel. I’ll be choosing the one that best articulates travel. A piece that is really compelling, well written, and moving will be something that might win. Please spell and grammar check before you send it to me. Points will taken off for responses that require me to translate your work into something readable.

E-mail submissions to: Nomadicmatt (at) nomadicmatt (dot) com

Carnival of Travel Blogs

I haven’t done it in awhile so I am overdue for another blog rond up. This week we’ll highlight some stories I like instead of just blogs I read:

Nerdy Nomad wonders if commenting on websites gets you readership.

Vagbonish has tips on finding a travel companion for solo travelers.

Upcoming family travelers talk about teaching their children on the road at The Wide Wide World.

Julie at Collazo Projects talks about how to work at home.

The Life Nomadic is highlighting weird hotels of the world.

The Corporate America Runaway talks about travel vs. motherhood. (guess which wins!?)

Carrie tells you how to improve your English.

Finally, Christine at Almost Fearless gives a great tip on how to travel long term and still get your mail.

Feedback

This website is now over three months old. I think the newbie phase is over and I’ve recently made some changes to the site. I’d love to know what you think. If you have any comments over the design or content, let me know. This site is for you as much as it is for me so if you suggestions for improvement or things you would like to see on the site, I’m all ears!

You can e-mail suggestions to: Nomadicmatt (at) nomadicmatt (dot) com

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Comments

9 Responses to “WIN FREE STUFF”

  1. Cuckoo on July 11th, 2008 7:07 pm

    Great idea of having this contest. We’ll get to know of different views form people all over the world. If I remember, I will also try to participate in it.

    And your blog looks better now. It has more readability, pleasing to eyes and attractive as well.

    Keep writing.

  2. Will on July 11th, 2008 11:17 pm

    Free stuff?!? I’m in!

    seriously though…this is a great idea and I look forward to seeing what everyone’s idea on travel is!

    oh..and thanks for the link!

  3. Julie on July 12th, 2008 5:01 am

    This is an amazing plan.
    Waiting and keeping an eye on what people have to say about it.

  4. lakshmi on July 12th, 2008 7:43 am

    great contest and I will send you my version as well ..incidentally I did this soul searching in another blog of mine a while ago and asked a few questions..mainly rhetorical .. check it here http://hermonologues.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-do-i-travel.html

  5. NomadicMatt on July 13th, 2008 6:06 pm

    @all: you all better send something over!

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