Finding Freedom Up North in British Columbia By Jim Reynoldson The man was on fire! Exploding into a karate kick, the chubby, middle-aged Elvis impersonator was belting out his rendition of “Hunk of Burnin’ Love.” As the sun was setting on the shore of British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, the crowd at the annual Penticton Elvis…
2009 in Review from our Travelers A travel website needs to be edited and written by real travelers. Sometimes I wonder when I read glossy magazines about whether those editors really go anywhere, or do they sit in their big offices and look at stories about other people’s travels? Not us! GoNOMAD’s staff had a…
By Andrew Dier Colombia used to have an international advertising blitz promoting tourism with the slogan, “Colombia: The Only Risk is Wanting to Stay.” But in Bogotá during its Expoartesanías in December, a massive annual handicrafts fair sponsored by Artesanías de Colombia, a more appropriate slogan would be “Bogotá: The Only Risk is Wanting to…
Taxco Has Been Mexico’s Silver Central Since 1524! By Habeeb Salloum I couldn’t believe it! It was stop then go! Stop then go! But mostly stop as we made our way from Mexico City to Taxco, the country’s renowned silver capital. It was a two-hour drive through the nerve-wracking traffic before we left the largest…
Valparaiso, Chile, a busy seaport and cultural center, where you can walk the cobblestone streets, ride the cable cars and visits the home of legendary poet Pablo Neruda.
A Ceilidh to Nova Scotia By Steve Flahive A trip to Nova Scotia involves a good deal of driving. When you get to The Cabot Trail, the driving pays off. Nova Scotia, the most populous of Canada’s Maritime Provinces, resembles an italic lowercase i on a map. With the Bay of Fundy on its west…
Making a New friend on a Paris Walking Tour By Candice Walsh There are few things more frustrating than being confined to a beach apartment in Brittany, France, growing plump on French wine, and tiny lemon tarts. OK, so the lethargy was amazing, but that’s not the point. When my company sent me to Lorient,…
By Lisa St. John When someone asked me about my favorite moment of the Calgary Stampede in Alberta Canada, I was at a loss. Ten days for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is not enough to breathe in the beauty and excitement of the Canadian Wild West. Was it seeing the broncos burst out…
Writer Cathie Arquilla takes her son to Toronto; explores science museum, Royal Ontario museum, historic Unionville, dine like medieval knights
Ed Burleigh travels to Xinjiang, China, to watch a total eclipse of the sun in Koktokay National Park.
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Habeeb Salloum visits the pyramids and palaces of the Tehuacalco Archaeological Zone near Acapulco, a center of the Yope Civilization which reached its peak a thousand years ago.
