Beth Reiber, Author At GoNOMAD Travel

Beth Reiber

Beth Reiber’s career as a full-time freelance travel writer has spanned more than three decades and taken her to more than 55 countries, including years living in Germany and Japan. She is the author of nine guidebooks, including Frommer’s EasyGuide to Tokyo, Kyoto, and Western Honshu, and most recently contributed to Be More Japan: The Art of Japanese Living by DK Eyewitness. Visit her website to see her work.

Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens

Shinshoji Zen Museum outside of Tokyo is a place for contemplation and discover of inner peace through meditation and guided prayer.

Ferdinand and Isabella built the Cathedral of Granada on the site of a Moorish mosque. Beth Reiber photos.

The Land of Lorca in Granada, Spain

Federico García Lorca, Spain’s most famous poet and playwright lived and died in Granada. The city remembers him very well, follow the poet’s trail.

A woman washing cookware in the Amazon scaled

Colombia’s Fantastic and Wild Amazon

Calanoa Amazonas, an eco-lodge on the banks of Colombia’s Amazon River to see how life is lived in this very remote part of South America.

Greenwood Rising: Tulsa’s Black Wall St. Memorial

Greenwood Rising, a state-of-the-art history center commemorates a terrible event in race history in Tulsa, when hundreds of black citizens were killed in a race war.

Kakunodate: Japan’s Famous Castle Town

Founded exactly 400 years ago, Kakunodate has one of the most attractive and best-preserved samurai districts in Japan.

Obidos Castle now houses a state-owned inn

Portugal: The Joys of Obidos

Obidos Portugal. The joys of a small town with great bookstores, friendly squares, and a historic castle that’s now a luxury hotel, or Postado.

Kitayamazaki Cliffs. Courtesy of Iwate Prefecture

Japan’s North After the Tsunami

Japan’s north has come back after the terrible Tsunami, some of the fascinating places you can find in Iwate province, which is not tourist-crowded.

Soccer, played barefoot on the streets, is a common sight in Baracoa

Baracoa—The Other Side of Cuba

Baracoa Cuba, 500 miles east of Havana. About as out of the way as you can get in Cuba, and it’s also a town with a native Tiano heritage. Guide to Baracoa