A Tale of Two Koreas: North and South
David Rich his visit to North and South Koreas, contrasting the crackling energy and vitality of South Korea with the rigid, desolate lives of North Korea
GoNOMAD Travel articles about Asia.
David Rich his visit to North and South Koreas, contrasting the crackling energy and vitality of South Korea with the rigid, desolate lives of North Korea
Ladakh, India: a 34-hour journey from Delhi to the city of Leh, Ladakh, including spectacular scenic views, washouts, and other adventures.
By Rina Galaktionova Where? The Republic of Karelia is situated in the North West of Russia, just to the east of the Finno-Russian border. Its capital Petrozavodsk is about 300 miles to the north from St Petersburg. Why go? Karelia has about a million hectares (about 2.5 million acres) of…
Volunteering in Vietnam By Megan Tady It wasn’t the response she had in mind when she asked the class if there were any questions. But then again, Vietnam had been full of surprises for the new teacher. One more wouldn’t hurt. After a short silence from the students, a girl…
Tips on getting a Tourist visa for places like Australia, Russia, China, Vietnam, India, Tunisia, Morocco and other countries who require it.
Building Trails, or Trying To, In Baikal, Siberia Story and Photos by Joshua K. Hartshorne The first trail at Lake Baikal in Siberia was built by inmates of Stalin’s GULAG prison system. Despite the best efforts of local bureaucrats, my experience in June of 2004 compared favorably – despite the…
Northwest Vietnam’s Genuine Hospitality By Siobhan McGeady Vietnam is a beautiful country that evokes strong images for many people who have never been there. The reasons behind this lie in a vision of Vietnam that is indelibly linked to war, and one which suffers in the West from a legacy…
By Ryan Cole Once long ago there was a Shinto god and goddess, Izanagi and Izanami. They were bored. There was nothing around. So they did what any self-respecting nature deities would do in their situation; they made love, and lots of it. The sex was voracious, lasted days, weeks,…
By Jessica P. Hayden We woke up early, at least by vacation standards, to make it to the Sunday Animal Market in Kashgar. Showered and more or less awake, our group of three (none of whom speak Chinese or Uighur) jumped into a taxi and managed to point to the…
A motorcycle tour from Hanoi to Saigon, Vietnam down the venerable Ho Chi Minh trail is not for the faint of heart–but what better way to discover Vietnam?
Story and photos by David Rich The Spiti Valley and its neighboring valleys are among the most remote in the world, lying on the border with Tibet in a seldom-traveled corner in the far north of India, smack-dab in the middle of the mystic Himalayas. The valleys are accessible a…
Adventure writer Antonio Graceffo began his eight month long odyssey by living with forest monks, studying kick boxing in Thailand’s last Muay Thai Temple. He rode his bicycle to Burma, walked to the top of Chiang Mai’s tallest peak, and was the first to attempt to trace the Doi Saket…