Category Archives: Travel
An Inside Look at Living and Working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a country of mystery: it’s not easy to visit as a tourist as tourist visas are rarely approved, non-Muslims can’t visit the holy sites like Mecca and Medina, and most workers live on special compounds. My friends who have lived there have told me that’s a weird life – you stay mostly on the work compounds, you can’t really travel many places, and it’s often suggested you don’t wander the streets alone, especially as a woman.
So when Ceil write me explaining that she was a Jamaican woman teaching English in Saudi Arabia, I was instantly curious! “What Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
A living room cookout, Japanese-style
Anthony Bourdain visits the home of chef Masa Takayama’s dear friend for a dinner cooked over a traditional Japanese sunken hearth, or “irori.”
Source:: CNN Travel
The Amazing Difference a Year Can Make
“The days are long but the years are short.”
I’m not sure where I first heard that phrase, but over the past year, I’ve come to believe it. This time last year I was boarding a flight to Southeast Asia. Spurred by a friend’s death, I decided to stop putting off a final “big, multi-month” trip and just do it. I booked a flight and planned to be gone for eight months. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year now already.
In looking back, this has been the best worst year of my life since I started traveling.
Just a few weeks Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
