Trinidad: Off The Beaten Path
Five off the beaten path places to visit while traveling the island of Trinidad.
Alternative Travel
What is alternative travel, anyway? To us, it means zigging instead of zagging, traveling to the less visited, less known about, less familiar. GoNOMAD explores the places that are forgotten, and not as on the radar. Here is where some of the best stories happen. Enjoy reading about working abroad, living abroad as an expat, teaching, and volunteering. All alternatives to the typical trip, and all richly rewarding.
The Togean Islands: Endangered Reefs
Indonesia’s coral reefs off the coast of the Togean Islands have been bombed and bleached, but one local is working to protect them.
Thailand: Swimming with Sharks Phi Phi Island
Swim with Sharks in Beautiful Thailand By Andrew Neal There are many things that kill more people each year than sharks – dogs, cows, and lightning. Trying to follow that logic was important as a blacktip reef shark, longer than I am tall, swam towards me in the open water…
Utah: The Majesty of Grand Staircase
Canyon Chronicles in Utah Field work in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument By Maisie Schwartz I let out a deep breath and scanned my summer home. Sliding windows on either side, a roof attachment over my head, four tires below my feet, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd eight track blasting…
Thailand: Saving Dogs from Becoming Dinner
Thailand: At the Soi Dog Foundation in Bangkok, volunteers can help save dogs from becoming dinner. Helping out a good cause.
Brazil: A Young Explorer’s Amazon Journey
Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a 17-year-old went to the Amazon jungle with adventurer Mike Horn to work with locals on a water project called Pangaea in Brazil.
India: Apple Harvest Volunteering
Apple Harvest in India: Volunteering during the Harvesting Season By Priya Krishnan Das Apples aren’t my favorite fruit. But the very thought of climbing apple trees and plucking apples seemed very romantic, so I set out looking for volunteering options for this year’s apple harvesting season. I found Banjara Orchards…
France: Exploring Cevennes Nat’l Park
A Locavore’s Tour of Cévennes National Park — MEET  offers exclusive experiences with local experts on food, wine,  and culture. By Ginger Warder When I was invited to test an eco-tourism itinerary titled Hiking Up a Gourmet Appetite in Cevennes National Park in France I wasn’t sure what to expect. But I was…
Travel for Health at Fitness Retreats
Fitness retreats for women around the world are explored.
Jamaica: Volunteering to Help Save the Reef
Oracabessa Jamaica trip: Volunteers clean the reef to try and bring it back to a healthy state on Jamaica’s north coast.
South Africa Travel: A Unique Road Trip
Africa Travel: A New Kind of Road Trip Across South Africa By Eleanor Harte A new road trip across South Africa allows visitors to see the sights and do some good in the process. If you’ve always wanted to swim in Kosi Bay or learn to cook dinner with a…
France: MEET Brings Ecotourism to Provence
MEETing A Different Provence–In the busy South of France, we travel lightly By Max Hartshorne, GoNOMAD Editor This story is about MEET…or Mediterranean Experience of EcoTourism and one of their soul-enriching trips to destinations all over Europe and next to the Mediterranean sea. Luca Santarossa, the organization’s founder, met me…