Luxurious Byssus, the Silk of the Sea
Weaving byssus into cloth in Sant’Antioco, Sardinia. Chiara Vigo weaves silk from a seashell to create priceless works of art.
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.
Weaving byssus into cloth in Sant’Antioco, Sardinia. Chiara Vigo weaves silk from a seashell to create priceless works of art.
A horse on the Mazza farm in Mednoye, Russia. Photos by Galina Iskakova. By Galina Iskakova It is difficult to surprise an experienced traveler. Travel agencies prepare the way for attracting and retaining customers. One struggle for the buyer is to expand the portfolio of tourist destinations and types of…
By Habeeb Salloum Standing atop a 300 m (984 ft) high hill Domain Blue Lavender Farm (Bleu Lavande), just minutes from the charming town of Magog, edging the picturesque village of Fitch Bay in the Eastern Townships in Quebec, I breathed in the lavender-filled breezes. Like myself, here, in the…
Ariel Newman interviews Brandon McKay of the One Love Foundation, which is working to improve education and health care in Asaafa, Ghana.
How the bon vivant lifestyle beckoned three couples to Aquitaine By Shelley Seale (Photos by Shelley Seale) You simply have to love a place where a top local chef advises wine with breakfast. Thierry Marx, a Relais & Châteaux Grand Chef, reported to the Aquitaine tourism magazine that one of…
Tracing Family Roots Back to the Isle of Man By Bruce Marsland My imagination played. Across the bay, a ferry was leaving port. Perhaps it was on a day like this, about 150 years ago, that my great-grandfather left his home here on the Isle of Man to set sail…
The book Ecotourists Save the World supports this growing trend by offering readers profiles of more than 300 volunteer programs around the world.
Learning Spanish on a Cultural Tour of Lima By Alice Driver Maybe you studied Spanish in high school or college? Or perhaps you picked up some working at a restaurant or with a construction crew? Then months or years passed without you using your language skills, and you felt a…
A visit to couples only resort Desire Resort & Spa Riviera Maya in Mexico by Sex therapist and syndicated talk show host Sue McGarvie.
Thailand: Bruce Marsland travels to the remote village of Laem Mae Phim, Thailand to work on a volunteer program rescuing endangered sea turtles.
Gary Singh enjoys a homestay in Kampung Pachitan Malaysia, tours rubber and palm oil plantations, and celebrates Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Tennis vacations: Roger Cox, the editor of Tennis Resorts Online, reviews the top ten tennis resorts in the United States, best tennis vacations