The last 10 years on the road have been one happy accident after another. When I think back on all the things I’ve experienced, I count myself blessed. In honor of my ten year anniversary as a nomad, I’m sharing my favorite life changing moments from a decade on the road.
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Morocco Travel Guide
Chaotic. Colorful. Eye-opening. Visiting Morocco is an intense experience. My time there was challenging, but it was also a reminder that the best part of travel is embracing the uncomfortable. Once part of the Carthaginian Empire, the first independent Moroccan state emerged around 225 BCE as the Berber kingdom of Mauretania. That kingdom eventually became […]
A Map for Saturday: An Interview with Brook Silva-Braga
Updated: 10/9/20 | October 9th, 2020 A few weeks ago, I reviewed the movie A Map For Saturday. As you know, I loved the movie. I got in contact with the director/star, Brook Silva-Braga, and fresh from his trip in Africa, he was kind of enough to give me an interview. Nomadic Matt: You took […]
How to Go Trekking with Gorillas in Uganda
Last Updated: 1/25/23 | January 25th, 2023 This is a guest post from Marcello Arrambide of Wandering Trader. When I moved to eastern Africa, I had an opportunity to experience something that only a handful of people get to do every year: see some gorillas. And I wasn’t leaving the continent until I did! Gorilla […]
A Guide to Exploring Colonial New York City
Last updated: 8/17/23 | August 17th, 2023 As a history nerd, I love taking a deep dive into a destination’s past. I’m a firm believer that if you don’t understand where people have come from, you’ll never understand where they are now. It’s a big reason why I love museums so much. As one of […]
Life on the Road as a Gay Couple
Updated: 12/03/19 | December 3rd, 2019 One thing we haven’t focused on this site is LGBT travel and, as we bring in a wider range of reader interviews, I wanted to highlight LGBT readers as I’m curious to learn about their experiences traveling around the world, as many countries have strict anti-gay laws. So when […]
Women Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Travel Alone
Updated: 02/03/2020 | February 3rd, 2020 This is a guest post by Laura of A Wandering Sole. Laura has been a solo female traveler for several years and has journeyed everywhere from Jordan to Namibia to Egypt. Laura will be writing a column on female travel for this site every other week. As much as […]
14 Things to See and Do in Detroit
Last Updated: 2/1/24 | February 1st, 2024 In this guest post, my former Creative Director Raimee of Raimee Travels shares her tips and advice for visiting Detroit, one of the country’s most underrated cities! Just north of Lake Erie’s western end, Detroit, Michigan, is a sprawling metropolis home to over four million people. Haunted by […]
7 Awesome Things to Do in Tofo, Mozambique
Mozambique isn’t a country on the typical backpacker trail, but it’s peaceful, very affordable, and there are a bunch of fun and interesting things to do there that you can’t do anywhere else. In this post, Kristin Addis shares 7 awesome things you can do as a solo traveler in affordable and uncrowded Tofo, Mozambique.
How to Spend Your Time in New Orleans
Last Updated: 4/11/24 | April 11th, 2024 New Orleans. NOLA. The Big Easy. A city by many names, all conjuring up the jovial “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” (“Let the good times roll!”) attitude the city is famous for. New Orleans is filled with Creole and Cajun food, live jazz, street performers, history, beautiful architecture, […]
Malta Travel Guide
Malta is one of those countries that usually gets passed over by travelers. It’s a popular summer destination for Europeans but, for everyone else, it’s mostly ignored for other places in Europe. While the country has seen a surge in tourism in the last few years (those British retirees were on to something!), it’s still […]
Marrakesh Travel Guide
Marrakesh is the fourth-largest city in Morocco and is usually on every traveler’s itinerary when visiting the North African country. My time visiting Marrakesh was everything I thought it would be: a modern mix of Moroccan and international culture, delicious food, and beautiful architecture in the medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1070, […]