No-Man’s Lands: One Man’s Odyssey through The Odyssey
As a solitary traveler, with a backpack and no set plans, you place your trust in help – from other travelers, from locals, from the gods. “It doesn’t matter,” you say to yourself. “There’s always room for one more – no matter how busy the town, how crowded the resort, how inauspicious the time of year, how late or unexpected my arrival, there will always be one more room for me, and I will always manage to find it.”

The Four Corners Region: Exploring the Mysteries of Hillerman Country
Three years ago award-winning mystery writer Tony Hillerman endorsed a special “Hillerman Country” tour offered by Scottsdale-based Detours of Arizona. This laid-back literary road trip takes travelers through miles of high desert mountain lands and rocky canyon paths that fictional characters like Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn have covered dozens of times in Hillerman’s stories....

Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal: Change on the Horizon
Cars and roads are still a fairly recent phenomenon in Nepal. Just ten years ago, Kathmandu was a sleepy little city of a few million people running around on foot, bicycle and rickshaw. On any given morning outside of the monsoon season, clear views were to be had of the distant Himalaya. Today the place is choking in traffic, fumes and smog, and the new new road promises to bring more of the same to the Annapurna Sanctuary...

Fogo Means Fire: A Cape Verdean Road Trip
Our first trip to Chã das Caldeiras had been in an air-conditioned tourist bus. Four months later, almost to the day, we were on our way to Chã once again in the back of a pick up truck filled with shouting children, squeaking chickens, and food provisions that would become dinner that night. Our heavy boxes, loaded with books and school supplies for the kids in the village, were the reason for our return to Fogo....

New Orleans is Back and Better Than Ever
Consistently rated as one of the world's top culinary destinations, New Orleans has more restaurants open today than before Katrina. The French Quarter is where you'll find many of the well-known destination restaurants, as well as spots frequented by locals. See GoNOMAD listings for budget hotels in New Orleans .

How to Avoid Altitude Sickness
You are overlooking the most breathtaking scenery in the world and the valley below looks like a tiny, indistinguishable speck. You begin to sway, have a headache, feel light-headed and dizzy and your legs begin to tremble. You think you’re about to toss your cookies and you can’t seem to think straight. Is it a heart attack? Are you dying? Chances are, you are experiencing altitude sickness...

Borders Teams Up With Frommer's
Determining where your next trip will take you requires a lot of planning. Where to go, when to go, how to go, with and the list goes on. Fortunately, residents of Ann Harbor, Michigan, and soon people all over the United States, will have the ability to answer many of these questions right at their fingertips. Borders Books has teamed up with Frommer's, the world's best known guidebook company, to make decision-making easier...