A sidewalk dentist in Marrakech

This month we really span the globe with stories from five continents and one enormous island. Our peregrinatious Senior Travel Editor Kent E. St. John does some time traveling with the snake charmers, monkey handlers and sidewalk dentists of Marrakech, Morocco and then keeps a longstanding date with the "Cinderella City" of Sydney Australia.

Editor Max Hartshorne reports on the powerful silence in the frozen reaches of Greenland, the world's largest island, and teams up with Cindy Bigras on a story about Gothenburg, Sweden, and its festive Christmas celebrations.

Mridula Dwivedi hobknobs with Chinese soldiers on the border of Sikkim, India's newest state, and Sony Stark gets a whirlwind tour of the historic town of Lincolnshire, England, from her trusty Blue-Badge Guide. David Rich gives us a report on the out-of-the-way historic sites in Egypt, including the Western Oases.

This month we introduce Gerald Burke, author of Let's Go Camping, who writes about a charming little desert campground in San Diego County, California. Another first-time contributor, David Wilkening, writes about a truly exotic destination: Cleveland, Ohio. He reports that it's a great city to visit.

We also introduce our new intern, Melissa Vitti, who brings you the lowdown on new passport requirements for travel from the US to Canada, Mexico South and Central America, the Caribbean and Bermuda, and Associate Editor Stephen Hartshorne explains how to save 60 to 80 percent on airport parking fees.

Just another month of top-notch travel writing at GoNOMAD. If you would like to receive updated stories each time we post, sign up for our RSS feed below. We don't want to send this email to you if you'd prefer to have the feed instead. Let us know what you think.