Personal Blog Posts

20 Random Facts about Me – Another self explanatory title. This good post gives insight into me.

The Death of Nostalgia – This article is about how places change and we can never go back to the way they once were and how that was a big realization for me.

When Life Gave Me Lemonade and I Became an Author – The story of how Penguin books decided to turn one of my ebooks into a print edition.

That Time I Lost My Passport – I think the title explains it all.

The Beginning of the End – The end of my travels is near.

The People who Shaped My Life – My travel life has been shaped a lot by 5 people. This is who they are, what they did, and what these people mean to me.

How I Became Nomadic Matt – How this website was born, with a picture of my original design.

The Day I Quit My Job – The day I quit my job to begin my life as a traveler.

I Travel for Me – In response to a comment about where I need to go, I write about how we should all travel for ourselves and no one else.

Coming Back Home – We may not remain in places forever but often times places forever remain with us.

Travel Tips and Articles

My Oktoberfest Guide – The ultimate guide to making the most of your trip to Oktoberfest.

The Ultimate Travel Hacking Guide – The best guide to saving thousands of dollars when you travel. This post went viral on the internet and was featured on the Consumerist as well as Lifehacker.

The Galapagos Islands in Pictures – This year I went to the Galapagos Islands and it was the travel highlight of the year for me. I took amazing photos here (it’s hard not too) and these are some of the best.

How to Avoid Bank Fees While Traveling – I think the title explains it all. Save money on bank fees when you travel because the banks already have enough money.

My Big Fat Greek Festival – Locals in Greece took me to a traditional village festival that gave me more insight into Greek life than my previous 2 visits.

Five Destinations Under 30 USD – Five places around the world where you can travel cheap but still comfortably.

How to Overcome Your Fears – How you can overcome the fears that are holding you back from breaking out the cubicle, quitting your job, and traveling the world.

My Biggest Travel Regret – The biggest regret of my life is related to travel.

This one time in a hostel… – Funny stories from 5 1/2 years sleeping in hostels.

How to Safari in East Africa – An excellent guest post on how to take a safari in Africa on a budget.

Finding More than Dracula in Romania – I went in search of Dracula but found out Romania has much more to offer.

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. This will be my last post of the year. I’m taking a break from blogging to spend more time with my friends. They came all the way over from the US to see me and deserve my full attention. I’ll be back in 2012 with a ton of new content. I’ve been writing up a storm lately.

Have a happy new year everyone!

The creator of my favorite backpacker movie, A Map for Saturday, has a new movie out about life in Africa. It just came out and is worth the watch. You can find out more at One Day in Africa.

Anil from Foxnomad has an ebook out about overcoming you travel fears. I haven’t read it but it is based off the blog posts he did for his own site and those were good. Find out more about the ebook here.

I’ve stumbled across a lot of new bloggers lately. I particularly like the travels of Aaron and Georgie from Happytimeblog, Velvet Escape, which is not new but I’ve never highlighted it before, Two Backpackers, who have changed their site to be focused on video and photos and it blows me away, Technomadia, Nomad Backpackers, and Go See Run Eat Drink.

Eyeflare has good tips on capturing silhouettes while the vacation gals help you get over your fear of flying.

Lastly, as a reminder, don’t forget about October’s travel contest. I am giving a a FREE iPod Touch to the ebook affiliate that sells me the most ebooks and 3 nights at a hostel for one lucky RSS subscriber.

As for me, I’m currently in Stockholm, Sweden where I grossly underestimated the temperature. I’m seeing my breath and I don’t like it. I’ll be moving down to Germany in a week and then my last stop, Vienna. From there, it’s one month in Thailand then New Zealand. I’m looking forward to moving on to cheaper pastures.

Christine from Almost Fearless gave up her corporate job to become a writer. Check out her latest post on whether or not you need a travel blog.

Cody from Thrilling Heroics runs a great site about social media marketing. He leveraged his great networking skills into a business. We both lived in Bangkok but oddly, we didn’t meet until we both happened to be in KL at the same time.

Corbett runs a website on lifestyle design, which is simply that catchy phrased coined by Tim Ferriss. Corbett’s site, Free Pursuits, gives some good practical advice on creating time and breaking free from the cubicle. I especially like his post on how it’s not a lifestyle for everyone and the discussion that ensued.

Dan from Voyagner is another lifestyle designer but seeks to be able to travel more. The website is tilted more towards travel than other sites.

Audrey and Dan from Uncornered Market have been traveling around the world for three years now. They work online and are photographers. They run a great blog and are currently exploring South America.

Colin from Exile Lifestyle is a new convert to being a “digital nomad” and his new site is out there to help him prepare for his upcoming world trip. He does web programing and design which gives him the flexibility to work anywhere.

Craig and Linda from Indie Travel Podcast run this award winning travel website. They both hail from NZ and used their production and editorial skills to teach English around the world as well as launch this great website.

Marina from Travel Experta gave it up to run a tour company in Costa Rica. What a dream job! You get to travel around your favorite country and get paid to do it! Maybe one day I’ll open a tour company. I think that would cool.

Lola from Geotraveler’s Niche uses her amazing photography skills to travel the world. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Fodors, Forbes, and more I can’t remember. She is also the awesome editor of Matador Goods on the Matador Travel Network.

This is just the tip of the iceberg really. There are many more working nomads out there that I probably forgot. (Wasn’t intentional!). I hope these people can be used as an inspiration. No matter what your age is or where you are from, everyone has a the ability to be their own boss.

Sherry from Ottsworld is off to Mongolia.

Kristin went to Orlando and found that it can be fun for adults too!

Lots of people are off to TBEX, including Debbie from Delicious Baby, the good folks at Travellious, and a few bloggers who are doing a TBEX roadtrip. I’ll also be there and I’ll be speaking at the event.

Marta and Christian are roaming New Zealand.

In2travels finally started their adventures and will be meeting Gary, Two Backpackers, and I in NYC for dinner on Monday. If you are in NYC, you are more than welcome to join us.

Dave from GoBackpacking is in Bogota before coming back to the US.

One Giant Step took a few giant steps up the Inca Trail while making me insanely jealous.

Barbara from Hole in the Donut just did a great podcast interview about her round the world trip.

Ant from Trail of Ants is reflecting on two years of travel. Had I know he had been gone so long, I would have included him in my perpetual nomad list!

Dave is helping you deal with illness on the road, which is great advice because if you travel for a long time, you are bound to get sick once.

For all of you going to TBEX, it will be great to see you all. As for me, I’ll be heading out of Boston on Sunday to go to New York City before I head to Chicago. It’s good to travel a bit and meet so many of the travel bloggers I have been communicating with over the past year.

Pam, Peter, and Kelly are blogging their way to the TBEX travel bloggers conference with “The TBEX roadtrip” blog. For more info on TBEX, check out the information here.

I did two guest posts recently: One on Thai Food for Travel Blissful and the other on traveling in Asia for My Several Worlds.

Travel Blogs wonders if female travelers have it easier.

Unearthing Asia has a great article on one of my favorite places in the world- Ko Phangan.

Almost Fearless talks about the power of Twitter and Iran.

Tripbase has some funny menus in English. Rude chicken anyone?

Brilliant Trips has 10 great things to do in Greenwich Village.

I stumbled across this great new blog by Isabelle. Check out Isabelle’s Travel Guide from some good tips!

Beth from Wanderlust and Lipstick helps you avoid being a trashy tourist with these good tips.

Dan from Dan’s Adventure is making plans to travel the world and live the good life in New Zealand.

Have a great weekend! Travel somewhere good!

Nora Dunn wrote a great article about how to travel the world on 14,000 dollars. It’s become something of a viral hit and is a must read!

Figure out what sort of adventurer you are with tripbase. It’s a funny survey too.

Anil at Fox Nomad has some tips for writing if you haven’t traveled in a long time.

IbackpackCanada has a great like of 10 things to do in the canadian rockies.

Got one day to spend in London? Over at A Singaporean in London, he has the best way to spend one day in London.

Corbett from Free Pursuits and Location Independent are dong a survey about digital nomads. Head on over and help them out!

Also, spend some time checking out these interesting blogs:

The Brooklyn Nomad- This is a good website for people looking for travel news, information, and flight deals.

Travels with Sandy- A travel blog by…Sandy.

Happy Hotelier- All the best hotel information from the world’s best hotel owner.

Brooke vs the World- Brooke has been going against the world for awhile. She’s an eternal nomad like myself currently residing in Sydney. At least, until she gets the bug again.

Couch 2 Globe- A couple who got off the couch and went to see the globe. They are currently in Peru.

My ebook on traveling blogging has had good reviews lately. Matador travel wrote a review as did Carrie from My Several Worlds. Louise from Travel and the World has a long and detailed summary of the Travel Blog Ebook. There are also a lot in my comments section. So if you are interested in making money from your travel blog, my book won’t disappoint you.

Well, that’s it for this Friday. Enjoy your weekend!

For those interested in birds, here are some great birds in Peru on your next trip.

Looking to make a difference? Take the Geotourism Challenge and help award travel operators who practice sustainable tourism.

Max at Istanbul Travel teaches you how to take a cab in without being cheated.

No Debt Travel has some good travel deals.

Indie Travel Podcast has good accommodation tips.

If you are looking at catching flight deals, Go Green Travel Green also has an ebook out to help you. Check out her guide to how to find cheap airline tickets.

Sara from Our New Office tells you the 8 signs you are in Panama.

The Planet D talks about some really scary situations that happened to them on the road.

I’ve highlighted lots of posts recently but there are also some good blogs worth highlighting:

The Longest Way Home is walking home. Yes, I said walk.  He’s been at it for four years already.

Cool Travel Lists has some cool travel lists. They’re interesting and make for a light funny read.

Wild Junket is a great blog by Nellie who is based out of Singapore.

Dream a Little Dream is the travel blog of a Canadian couple about to head out on the road.

If you want a post or blog highlighted in one of my blog carnivals, send me a message and I’ll look it over. This is all about giving exposure to other bloggers!

Theresa and Jeff found elephants in Africa. I’m super jealous that they are in Africa. I want to go on safari. Now.

Travel Experta has some good tips for seeing a kid friendly Costa Rica. She’s an expat living there so she knows her stuff!

Go Green Travel Green has some tips for using travel flight search engines. They are also going to be producing an ebook soon.

Indie Travel Podcast helps you to stick your accommodation budget because sticking to your budget is one of the hardest things to do on the road.

Nancy Brown had a fun 48 hours in Eugene, Oregon. It’s seems like a unique place.

A Singaporean in London gives you tips on Singapore’s Chinatown. This article made me hungry and brought back lots of good memories of Singapore.

Four Suitcases is finishing their trip in New Zealand and telling you about their Auckland highlights. Lots of good pictures too!

Brave New Traveler has a a great article about how to reinvent yourself while traveling. It’s insightful and humorous all at once. I’ve done it sometimes. Sometimes you just have to have fun with it because really, how many times do you want to answer the question “where are you from?”

Want to win a free trip around the world? Hostelbookers is giving one away. Go sign up for their competition and win a free trip!

Lastly, you can find out about my life and what I’m doing besides traveling at my new blog post on my life. I’m all over the place lately!

Here’s so goodies on the web this week that will help you get by until I post again:

Hostel Bookers is giving away free stuff via a Twitter contest. You can win a free trip to Amsterdam.

Lives of Wander continue wandering and have hit Africa. They offer some good advice on ways to afford a safari.

My Several Worlds is telling you why you should get fly with air miles to save yourself a lot of money.

Geoff has finally start his round the world trip and has landed in Mexico City.

Deb is running to fight cancer. Help her make a difference.

Leif has a good post about guidebook gigs and the work cycle of the experience.

While not travel related, Nicole’s post on dealing with heartbreak was wildly appropriate and funny and made me feel better.

Christine from Almost Fearless is a lot like me- she too has found she is spreading herself too thin with too many projects. But if anyone is interested in the National Writing Month, she’s the place to go.

You can find over the web too with an article on Jet Set Life about Bangkok and on EuroCheapo about staying in touch when you travel.

Go Green Travel Green have some great places on where to eat healthy food in the world.

If you haven’t seen their blog, come check out One Giant Step. Gillian and Jason are getting one step closer to their adventure.

Craig from Indie Travel Podcast has some good tips on podcasting equipment.

Jack at Eyeflare gives you lowdown on the easyJet credit card.

Globetrotting Bride has some information on weddings Paris if anyone is getting married.

If you are looking for a great resource for some adventure travel and trips, check out Brilliant Trips. They are good resource and the site is very well designed.

Hungry? Well, if not, then this post on BBQs around the world from Matador will make you hungry. I love BBQs. How I was a vegetarian for 3 years I’ll never know…mmmm meat.

Lastly, the Alternative 9 to 5 has the pro’s and con’s of business travel. It’s an interesting read.

My next post will be about how to make your money last while on the road. It’s a goody. Check back on Sunday.