Laying on tropical beaches, hiking, the outdoors, meeting people who want to travel with me, reading, watching movies, backpacking the globe, cooking, going to the gym, eating sushi, and anything Japanese.
Ever Changing Travel Lists:
MyFavorite Cities other than Boston:
Amsterdam
Rome
Prague
Perth
Barcelona
Florence
Vancouver
Chicago, IL
Charleston, SC
Denver, CO
Coolest things I've seen/done:
Hiked the Grand Canyon
Visited Angkor Wat
Visited Tikal
Songkran
Thai Muay boxing in Ko Phi Phi
Watched a whale kill a dolphin in Alaska
New Years 2007 in KPG
Saw The Colossuem
Hiked The Rockies
Gazed at the Statue of Liberty
Top 5 Favorite Countries:
1. Thailand
2. Italy
3. The Netherlands
4. Costa Rica
5. Cambodia
Alaska 2005
Costa Rica 2004
Music
Joss Stone, The Fray, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Coldplay, Jimmy Cliff, Springsteen, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Outkast, Kanye West, the Blues....anything not country
Movies
american beauty, pleasantville, whale rider, 21 grams, usual suspects, taken, ocean's eleven, the ref, welcome to sarejevo, half baked, dr. strangelove, schindler's list, bourne identity, casino, american splendor, peices of april, saving private ryan, the royal tenenbaums, lost in translation, virgin suicides......you know i like so many movies, i cant list them all. i really like indy films though!
Television
Lost, Globetrekkers, No Reservations, Family Guy, Big Love, Entourage, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusaism, My Name is Earl
Books
The Kite Runner, The Alchemist, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Any Hemingway book, Dickens, The Great Gatsby, The Ecology of Commerce, Globalization and its Discontents, On the Road, In a Sunburned Country, Lonely Planet Guidebooks, Vagabonding
After finishing my MBA in Non-Profit Administration, I decided it was time to take a break and travel. Now I am wandering the world, seeing new things, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. Travel helps you learn about the world and about yourself. And, it's way better than working!
I put my love of travel and the web to good use and travel and run travel websites! I work where ever my laptop is at the moment. Right now, that moment is in Bangkok so if you are in Asia come visit!
I run a online travel magazine with lots of daily advice and article- check it out: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site
For more complete and definitive information, check out How to Travel the World. It is a complete guide to long term travel with what to do before you go on the road, advice for being on the road, and what to do when you return home. Plus there's advice on how to find cheap plane tickets too! All the information you would ever need.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things you didn't do than the ones you did. So throw off
the bowliness. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the
trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
My travels:
United States of America (July 26 2006- Sept. 22 2006)
NYC-Philadelphia-DC-Richmond-Williamsburg-Charlottesville-Charleston-Savannah-West Palm Beach-Orlando-Atlanta-New Orleans-Shreveport-Austin-Carlsbad-White Sands-Tucson-Phoenix-Flagstaff-Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Denver-Boulder-Rocky Mountain NP-Deadwood-Des Moines-Ceder Rapids-Chicago
Europe (Sept. 23 2006- Nov. 28 2006) Oslo-Prague-Milan-Cinque Terra-Pisa-Florence-Siena->Rome-Venice-Vienna-Amsterdam-Malaga-Seville-Barcelona->Amsterdam(stayed a month!)-Brussels-Athens
Hope you had a great weekend! I want to invite you and your friends on our inaugural group trip to Greece and Turkey in May! Check your event invitation and register for the trip. Have an awesome day!
haha yeah you were close sort of ... it's esparza and i think i have it where a picture wont pop up. that's awesome that you are in china! :) i bet you are having a blast!
Matt! I am flying out to Costa Rica on 12/13 and staying until 12/20. I need suggestions on where to go and what to do! I'll be flying to SJO and staying at the Balmoral Hotel. It's like 12 miles from SJO. Supposedly, it's right around downtown San Jose. I would like to check out the volcanoes and hot springs. Are they located near San Jose?
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