Senior Travel Editor Kent St. John
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GoNOMAD Writer Profiles
Kent St. John -- GoNOMAD's Travel Connoisseur
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1: EXPERT; especially : one who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art 2: one who enjoys with discrimination and an appreciation of subtleties
Kent St. John has been GoNOMAD's Senior Travel Editor since the website was founded in 2000. During that time he has circled the globe many times, visiting more than 80 countries.
Kent enjoys travel "with discrimination and an appreciation of subtleties," always finding a way to capture the nuances and essences of a destination, whether he's whale-watching in Nova Scotia, riding the rails in Australia, bungee jumping in China or worshipping the sun on a beach in Brazil.
Kent owned a tour company in Arizona for many years before returning to his roots in Cottekill, New York, where he lives with his wife Lisa, a high school English teacher and a published poet, and his son Chance.
He was also a Contributing Editor for Transitions Abroad magazine and remains a correspondent for Around the World Radio, which broadcasts on ten stations in California and on thirty throughout Australia. He frequently writes for Travel International, MSNBC, PreviewMA magazine. as well as several other media outlets.
His narratives have appeared in several books such as Travelers’ Tales Ireland, Pilgrimage and The Best of Travelers’ Tales. His blog, Be Our Guest is about the Travel Press life and was chosen as one of the 100 best travel-related blogs in the world by Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine.
He is a member of the North American Travel Journalist Association. Over the last eleven years he has traveled on assignment to 82 countries, many several times. He is currently working on a book titled covering the travails and treats of travel writing.
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Kent has written dozens of articles for GoNOMAD:
On the Contemporary Art Trail in Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Sleeping in Castles in Northeastern Germany
Vermont Fall Foliage Gallery
Letting it All Hang Out In Rincon, Puerto Rico
A Northern Ireland Primer: Moors, Mountains and Sea
Rounding Cape Horn: The World's Wickedest Waters
Northern Ethiopia: Traveling Through Beauty, Back in Time
St. Martin: Paradise With a French Twist
Athens: Worth All the Marbles
Deep in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea: A Diver's Paradise
Up the Coast of Brazil: Salvador to Recife
Calgary Stampede Photo Gallery
A Return to Le Marche: Palaces, Painters and Pilgrims
Australia: Visiting Three Queensland Islands
France's Burgundy Region: Wining, Dining and Biking in Beaune
Belgium: Wandering Through Wallonia
The Champagne Region's Hidden Treasures
Merry Christmas from Sweden: A Kent St. John Photo Blog
Bartlesville, Okalahoma: A Unique American Destination
Warsaw: A City on the Rise
The French Alps: Spring Snow in Val d’Isere and Chamonix
Among the Sámi: A Visit to Finnish Lapland
Switzerland, Austria, Germany: The Three Faces of Lake Constance
Nairobi to Mombasa: Kenya's Safari Trail
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: A Pirate's Dream
Two Views of Puerto Rico: The Indiana Jones - James Bond Tour
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A Railway Tour of Sweden and Finland
Fes, Morocco: History and Mystery
St. Lucia: Adventures and Relaxation on Coconut Bay
France's Rhone Alpes Where Food is King
Nevis: The Queen of the Caribes
Marrakech, Morocco: A Step Back in Time
Sydney, Australia: A Date with the Cinderella City
Byron Bay: Australia's New Age Wonder Beach Town
France: Cruising on the Canal du Midi
Finding The Perfect Summer Rental: Cozy Harbor, Maine
Singapore and Batam: A Perfect Couple
Northern Croatia: Castles, Character and Wine
An orangutan in Singapore
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Norway's Viking Voyage: The Hurtigruten
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Croatia's Istrian Peninsula: Full of Flavor
You Can Go Home Again
