Deep in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
The jungles of the Sepik River Basin in Papua New Guinea and visiting with villagers whose way of life has remained unchanged for many centuries.
GoNOMAD Travel articles about Asia.
The jungles of the Sepik River Basin in Papua New Guinea and visiting with villagers whose way of life has remained unchanged for many centuries.
Okinawa Japan: Michael Lynch attends the Shinugu Matsuri a little-known festival in Okinawa, Japan, where locals don garlands and pray for a good year.
Dead Goat Polo: Sophie Ibbotson goes to the village of Ashu in Kyrgyzstan to watch a game of Kok Boru, Dead Goat Polo, the national sport of Kyrgyzstan.
Love the One You’re With, Newlyweds Share By Kelly Westhoff Soon after we got married, my husband and I quit our jobs and hit the road. We traveled through eight countries in six months — Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Since returning home, we’ve discovered that…
Michelle Perry takes a tour in the Kinabatangan River Wildlife Sanctuary in Malaysian Borneo, with a rare sighting of the orangutan in the wild.
By Lisa Linsley Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson engage in an anthropological journey of more than 14,000 miles to encounter and reveal the ethnic minorities of China. Legerton and Rawson report on hidden, invisible minorities — their language, homes, cuisine, and school systems. The focal point is to reveal…
Traveling Across Eurasia: Jeffrey Tayler’s Murderers in Mausoleums By Jennifer Bellenoit Across the largest landmass in the world, powerful and deadly empires once ruled. Genghis Khan shook up most of the continent by paving a ruthless path of destruction that stretched from China to the eastern parts of Europe. Since…
Georgia, the Country: David Rich travels to Georgia, the country, where he visits ancient cave cities, churches and cathedrals and does some extensive sampling of deep purple Georgian wine.
Raja Ampat offers Coral, nudibranchs, and more By Larry Taylor There is no doubt about it – the best snorkeling and diving in the world is in Raja Ampat. This west Indonesian archipelago contains more marine bio-diversity than anywhere else in the world – more fish, more corals. In 2002,…
Barog Station, Kalka Shimla Railway: All Aboard the Choo-Choo Train By Mirdula Dwivedi There is a time in an academic calendar when the start of a new semester is just around the corner. And that makes me feel like squeezing in one more break before things become really hectic. Racking…
Sitting, Walking and Living Like a Monk in Isan, Thailand Bill Reyland writes about his book Sons of Isan While this story took place in Thailand, it is not just a book about Thailand. It is a book about adventure, transformation and the renewal of spirit. It’s about intentionally ripping…
Ed Burleigh travels to Xinjiang, China, to watch a total eclipse of the sun in Koktokay National Park.