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Salisbury England

Nomadic Matt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:42:40 -0700

A stunning, hour and a half train ride through the English countryside take you to Salisbury, home of the famous Stonehenge. It’s an easy day trip but I found that Salisbury has a lot more to offer and, in fact, Stonehenge is the least impressive part of the town.

Salisbury has been...

Nomadic Matt's NEW LOOK!!!

Nomadic Matt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:24:11 -0700

Hey fellow Matadorians!

As some of you know, besides writing articles for the Matador Network, I also run my own travel site. A week ago, I upgraded my site. It's much cleaner, better optimized, and overall like 500% better than my old site was. I love just looking at it (I wrote most of the html code...

Solo Travel

Nomadic Matt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:58 -0700

I get a lot of questions when I tell people I travel alone.

“Don’t you get lonely?” “Is it safe?” “How do you meet people?”

People are amazed that I’ve traveled so much by myself. “I couldn’t do, especially for so long.” They say. Yet I wouldn’t do it any other way. Traveling...

Getting ready to travel again! YAY!

Nomadic Matt — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:48:14 -0700

In a month from now, I'll be leaving the states again. It's amazing how fast my time here has gone. When I came home in January, June seemed so far away that I felt it would never come. Now, I can't believe how much I have to do before I leave.

This move is a lot more permanent than my last...

Touch Down in England

Nomadic Matt — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:15:00 -0700

I am here in merry ole England, a big jet lagged and relieved. I almost didn't make it to my friends house. The cost of the train ticket online had jumped to 140 pounds (300 dollars). That was a little bit more than I could afford but with some last minute Skyping and luck, I got a return...

Strange Things I Learned in OZ....

Nomadic Matt — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:52:48 -0700

Men there like mullets. Mullets of all types. No one else likes them but Aussie men and all classes of Aussie men. I can't figure out why but for some reason, Aussie men love the mullet, which is fine, because I like laughing at them so it is a win win situation.

The Chasers War on Everything...