| | |  April 2016 Travel Article Newsletter |
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| | Hello paul de GoNOMAD's Travels last month: Downtown Las Vegas, Baby!  Last month we visited downtown Las Vegas, not to be confused with the famous Las Vegas Strip. Downtown is old school, and these days it's full of public art, great music venues, a walkable city center and a new spirit of vitality partly from the investment made by Tony Hsieh, owner of Zappo's. Read about downtown 'Vegas Where are you going for your next great getaway? Email us and we'll send you a GoNOMAD story about that destination!
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|  Audio File: Have you ever thought about visiting the Republic of Georgia? Listen to Max Hartshorne describe his trip there last November, 8 minutes. LISTEN TO THE STORY and read more about the Republic of Georgia on GoNOMAD! |
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| | Some of Newest Travel Stories on GoNOMAD Travel Click the images to read the stories |
|  Vancouver, Victoria and Tofino British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. for many tourists is a starting point for cruises to Alaska giving the city a day's look before boarding. What travelers should know is that Vancouver and Vancouver Island nearby offers beauty, soft adventures, great food, bears, whales, easy nature hikes and more. Read more about this beautiful destination |
| Las Vegas, Off the Strip--A Lot More than Just Gambling! Las Vegas is legendary for the diversity of activities both intense and tame. On my latest trip I went searching for the best off-strip attractions and activities and was surprised with what I found. There were plenty of fun and exciting options on the famous Las Vegas Strip, but it was time to look elsewhere for new and different attractions that would appeal to a broad range of readers. Read more about what you can do outside of Las Vegas |
|  Cambridge, England: Soaking Up the Same Lessons as Wordsworth What if only for a day, even just walking through the medieval alleys and squeezing into the cozy streets of Cambridge, England— I could be one with them. Feel the same brick walls they did, tap my fingers along the railings, looking up at the same steeples that inspired them, boots crackling over the same blades of grass. Read more about this learned city... |
|  Envision Festival in Costa Rica Uvita is also the home an exciting annual event: a music, yoga, and permaculture festival called Envision. Though it began five years ago, the festival has recently exploded in popularity. For four days, people from all around the globe converged on Rancho de la Merced to camp, eat, play and experience the magic and community of the festival. Read more about the Envision fest in the Costa Rica jungle |
|  Great Photos are a big part of what makes GoNOMAD so popular. And of course, we're on Instagram, where many of our writers share their images from around the world. We invite you to follow us on Instagram and if you're enticed, please tag photos with #gonomad! |
|  Ostia Antica: An Ancient Roman Ghost Town To experience the illusion of being the only person in a large Roman town, visit Ostia Antica. The ruins of Ostia Antica are only half an hour away from Rome, and if you visit in low season,as I did, you'll practically have the place to yourself. Read more about some of Rome's best yet least crowded ruins! |
|  Yogyakarta, the Soul of Indonesia Considered the soul of Indonesia and its cultural and artistic centre, I found Yogyakarta to be a lively and fun city. It's an incredible mix of modern life – imagine traffic jams, scooters zipping through traffic, fast food chains and trendy restaurants – and the highest expression of millenary cultures such as the production of batik, ancient rituals and traditional music. Read more about this wonderful Indonesian city |
|  Long Beach California: Secretly Great! Today Long Beach is no longer a navy town, or an aircraft manufacturing center--but Bob Maguglin told us that the city is excited because Virgin Galactic is moving to Long Beach to build satellite aunching rockets at a facility near the airport. Discover this fantastic city near Los Angeles |
|  Mont Tremblant: Quebec's Big Mountain Provides Plenty of Winter Fun
One January night, I had a night time adventure in the deep dark woods of the Laurentian mountains in Quebec. Our group of 21, ranging in age from 6 to 65, met up at the base lodge of Mont Tremblant and were fitted for snowshoes, then we took the gondola straight up to the windy, snowy summit of the mountain. Read more about Quebec's biggest ski area |
|  A Survival Guide for Tourists
During the Rio Summer Olympic Games Advice from a local on the types of things to watch out for and advice on how to not be a crime victim. |
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