A few months ago I was in a slump. After 4 years on the road, I was a bit burnt out. Since my last “rest” I’d been traveling for 11 months solid. That’s a long time to go without a breather. I wrote about how I had lost the wonder of travel. [...]
Tag Archives: Random Musings
Some Overdue Housekeeping
August 16, 2010 – 11:50 am
Since many of you who read my site via e-mail or RSS might be unaware of the changes and improvements, I’m constantly making to this website, I thought an update was overdue. I just want to touch upon so housekeeping stuff and a few announcements:
My travel guides section continues to expand. I have over 150 [...]
This Non-Nomadic Life
August 8, 2010 – 7:36 pm
I picture my addiction meeting to go something like this:
“Hello, my name is Matt and it’s been 50 days since I last traveled somewhere. Everyday gets a little harder than the last. I’ve almost booked a flight three times this week. I think next time I’ll hit the buy button.” Around me, the other [...]
Meeting People Here and There
August 5, 2010 – 3:26 pm
One of my favorite parts of traveling is meeting so many people. Meeting them in hostels, on tours, on buses, sitting at cafes, or at bars. On the road, it’s easy to make new friends. So easy that sometimes you feel like you have friend overload. On the road, you find very little pretense. No [...]
Chasing Ghosts
July 15, 2010 – 10:26 am
Last month, I was having drinks with a well-known traveler writer and like two soldiers discussing battle wounds from the same war, we discussed the cycle of travel, being out on the road for years at a time, the highs, the lows, and everything in between. We came upon the topic of friends and re-visiting [...]
Changing Attitudes
July 9, 2010 – 2:55 pm
Last night I spent the evening with two close friends, Jamie and Geno. I’ve known them for ten years. We all met while we were in college and now, they’re married with kids. We don’t see each other often because they stay in one place and I never do but last night I went down [...]
Love and Romance on the Road
June 23, 2010 – 1:28 pm
People often ask me “Isn’t it hard to have a relationship when you are traveling all the time?” Yes, yes it is. It’s very hard. I wrote that one of the major downsides to long-term travel is the perpetual singleness. When you are always on the move, you are never in one place [...]
It’s My Birthday
June 12, 2010 – 5:56 am
Today is my birthday. Actually, today is two birthdays- my own and my blog’s birthday. Two years ago, I turned a little, poorly coded, ugly website into a Wordpress powered machine. Since that day, my blog has continued to look a lot better, be easier to use, and grown substantially. Moving to Wordpress early was [...]
Of Americans, Canadians, and Flags
May 10, 2010 – 8:03 am
Last week, I had to (unfortunately) wake up early to reserve my bed for the night at the Flying Pig in Amsterdam. While there, I saw a Canadian girl checking out of the hostel. The girl had not one but TWO Canadian flags on her backpack. As the summer backpacking season begins in Europe, you’re [...]
Change is Coming
May 4, 2010 – 11:12 am
They say the only constant is change and here at Nomadic Matt it’s time to change again. Over the next two months, I’ll be making a few changes to the website. You’ll be noticing these things:
New Travel Guides Section
I’ve been diligently putting together a travel guides section for this website. In an effort to expand [...]
