It’s the people you meet that make travel the rich, vibrant experience that it is. They shape our memories more than the locations themselves. They can make a bad place good, or a great place bad. They teach us about what we like or don’t like in others. They shine lights on our ignorance and [...]
Tag Archives: travel stories
The People Who Shaped My Life
June 9, 2011 – 5:00 pm
By NomadicMatt|Posted in Random Musings|Also tagged friendships, people, Random Musings, travelers|Comments (33)
Your Worst Travel Experience
June 8, 2011 – 5:00 pm
Last week, I lost my passport. It was by far the worst thing that has happened to me while traveling. Sure, getting hospitalized due to food poisoning in Costa Rica was pretty bad but emotionally, losing 9 years of stamps is worse. So I thought it only fitting that has we get half way through [...]
That Time I Lost My Passport
June 6, 2011 – 4:42 pm
I’m a man of routine. Whenever I fly, I put my boarding pass in my passport, and then put both of those in the magazine pocket in front of my seat. I flip through the bad in-flight magazine. I put it back. I tune out to my music. Grab my passport and exit the plane. [...]
This One Time While in a Hostel…
February 4, 2011 – 11:33 am
Someone recently told me I must have a lot of funny, weird, happy, and interesting hostel stories. After all I’ve been traveling for 54 months. Lots of crazy things have happened to me over that time period. Hostel life can be a crazy life. After thinking about the last four and half years, some of [...]
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This one time, while traveling….
July 20, 2010 – 11:30 am
Last weekend I met some old friends from college I haven’t seen since graduation. They wanted to know one thing about my travels: “What were my crazy stories? What were the wild things that have happened to me?” I don’t often think about the crazy things that happen while I’m traveling. To me, they are [...]
By NomadicMatt|Posted in Travel Lists|Also tagged backpacking, crazy stories, travel, Travel Lists|Comments (30)