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.
Hangin’ with the Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand By Terry Braverman “Hello……hello….” The only English word most hill tribe people speak, it’s the initial greeting upon entering their villages, usually said to draw attention to the handcrafts for sale. The “I-sell-you-buy” association can be transcended in two ways. If you’re…
The author describes his experience teaching English in several very different schools in Korea.
Sundance: The Other Festival, in New Mexico By Kim Kroonenburg The conch shell cries out its resounding call as it summons young and old to the Sundance. A chalice of burning sage is offered to the skies as the hypnotic beat of the drum casts its spell. Beautifully dressed participants…
Lisa Lubin enjoys a free vacation at Pueblo Ingles, an English language immersion program for Spaniards in Salamanca Spain. All you have to do is speak English!
Englishtown: A Free Vacation in Exchange for Speaking English By Lisa Lubin What if I told you that I just had a whole week’s vacation in a four-star villa in a small beautiful village near Salamanca, Spain and it included three full meals a day with wine and it came…
A Great Place to Vacation — and teaching pays the bills By Susanne Eineigel You may think of Spain as a great place to go for a vacation—sun, beaches, and all-night celebrations. Imagine yourself living there. Last year I taught English in Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city and capital of the…
Introducing Teflboard If you’ve ever dreamed of teaching English abroad, check out this site! Teflboard is a new website dedicated solely to the presentation of curriculum and program details on E.S.L. teacher training certificate courses and diploma programs all over the world. The teflboard mission: Due to the ever-growing number…
By Laurel Wagstaff I am a lover of hot-off-the-fogon Honduran corn tortillas. As is often the case with such things, it is not merely the thick texture, or the mouthwatering mild taste, or the way the outside is slightly crispy as to almost taste like popcorn; it is the memories…
By Matt Brown President Kennedy told me to ask what I can do for my country. President Carter taught me to share with my neighbors my caring and my labor. President Clinton reminded me that I have an obligation to the people of the world to help them make the…
Mountain biking advice from a rider in the Moab Utah area. where to rent bikes, have a beer, best trails, and lodgings.
Working with Elephants in Sri Lanka: A Volunteer’s Journal Greetings from Kegalle, Sri Lanka. Jon and I have been working, playing, and relaxing here at the Millennium Elephant Foundation’s (MEF) elephant bath and eco-farm for about three weeks now. Time is flying by, and we will be leaving sometime…
Where are the world’s best nude beaches? A guide for those who want to sunbathe, hike, and enjoy life without wearing clothes. Best bare beaches in the world!
