Big Bear Lake, CA: Sunny All the Time
Big Bear Lake California: Abundant sun, snow and so much to do in the mountains of Southern California.
Big Bear Lake California: Abundant sun, snow and so much to do in the mountains of Southern California.
Windswept, Desolate Santa Cruz:Â Camping in the Channel Islands off California By Loren Klure I took the early morning Amtrak from my home in Orange County, connected at Union Station in Los Angeles and continued on to Ventura. The coastal city lies right where the 101 freeway hits the ocean and then turns north towards Santa…
Rock Climbing in Thailand: Scaling the Limestone in Tonsai, Krabi By Eloise Horsfield My first challenge is to cross from dirt path to crag in flip flops without tumbling into the leafy precipice. And now, having admired a jaw-slacking view of beach, bay, and hunky men – because all men who rock climb are hunky…
Camping amidst two active volcanoes in Xela, Guatemala. How to get there and what it’s like to camp right next to a steaming volcano.
Mozambique: ‘Armed Convoys and Archipelagos’ en Route to Paradise By Pip Strickland It was hard to believe. Standing here on the beach, with the sun peeking out over the horizon, my feet sinking ever deeper into the sand as the Indian Ocean ebbed and flowed around them, the villagers of Vilanculos, Mozambique, waking from their…
I Never Knew That About New York; A Spectacular Tale By Christopher Winn I bet you didn’t know this about New York! The City that never sleeps has a rich history, spanning back to the American Revolution, and pieces of that history are captured in this detailed book, the latest installment in Christopher Winn’s Best-Selling…
Lighting Up Winter in Quebec City By Kathleen Broadhurst Winter Carnival in Quebec City is a three week long snow covered festival that celebrates and delights in the weather of the season. If the winter blues are starting to get you down, don’t go south, go north where the light of Quebec will be sure…
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic railroad takes railfans on scenic journeys through Colorado and New Mexico. The railroad has been the setting for many, many movies.
 Asheville, North Carolina: A Happening Mountain Town By Stephen Hartshorne GoNOMAD Associate Editor I’m known around the office as the guy who turns down trips to Paris and Madrid and spends a week at a bed and breakfast in Maine. Like many New Englanders, I believe we have everything you could want right here….
Climbing Malawi’s Mt. Mulanje By Matthew Sterne It is in Cape Maclear that I first hear about the Island in the Sky. We are sitting on the deck of the guesthouse watching the sun setting over Lake Malawi when a girl at my table starts describing her hike up Malawi’s biggest mountain. While the fishermen…
Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu Hiking to Machu Picchu, without the $500 Price By Michael Molyneaux Arriving into the tiny mountain village of Colpapampa, high up in the tropical Lluskamayu valley, I´m greeted on the road by the shy smile of a young Peruvian girl. Her bright eyes flutter nervously between the visitor and the…
Isla Taboga: Panama’s Best Kept Secret.Jane Stevenson finds more locals than tourists.