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Author Archives: NomadicMatt
Nomadic Matt’s Travel Secrets
Everyday my inbox is flooded with travel related questions. Where is good to go? How is this itinerary? Any suggestions on how to work overseas? What should I do before I go away? How much do things cost? How do I stay safe? The list goes on and on. After over 3 ½ [...]
Posted in Travel Blog Ebook Tagged ebooks, how to travel the world, travel, travel books, travel secrets, Travel Tips, world travel 18 Comments
The Weekly Photo: Royal Botanical Gardens
The Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
This Person is Off to Costa Rica
There were a lot of good applicants for the free trip to Costa Rica. After reading them all, I realized that I really wanted to go to Costa Rica. It’s been years since I went so I picked myself to go. I’m the winner of my own contest. Well, I was for about five minutes [...]
Is This Really Travel?
For the last three months, I’ve been traveling around Australasia visiting New Zealand, Fiji, and Australia (for the second time). I’ve noticed something interesting- a lot of the travelers I see are young (18-24) gap year kids and most never consider leaving “the beaten track.”
Don’t get me wrong- I am happy to see people [...]
Posted in Random Musings Tagged Australia, backpacking, blogsherpa, flashpacking, New Zealand, Random Musings, travel, travel philosophy 71 Comments
Budgeting in New Zealand
When I went to New Zealand, my goal was to live within a budget. After paying $15 dollars for lunch I knew New Zealand was going to be more expensive than I had originally though. While I work and travel and could afford $15 dollars for lunch, I wanted to live within a budget that [...]
Posted in New Zealand Tagged blogsherpa, Budgeting, bungy jump, hostels, nevis, New Zealand, travel budgets, waitomo 24 Comments
When My Website Was Down…
On Sunday, my website down for about 24 hours. I’m not 100% sure why but, according to my hosting company, there was an issue with the domain name and to the servers it pointed to. I’m still confused about the reason and will soon be switching companies because of what occurred. There is [...]
New Zealand’s Backpacker Buses
One of the biggest ways travelers get across New Zealand is by backpacker bus. These buses offer a hop on/hop off service allowing travelers the flexibility to go at their own pace but also the convenience of having travel and activities organized for them. New Zealand has three major hop on/hop off buses: Kiwi Experience, [...]
Posted in New Zealand Tagged backpacker buses, buses, kiwi experience, New Zealand, stray travel, transportation 9 Comments
Hiking the Tongariro