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Welcome to the Manic Nomads Adventure Travel Blog
This Adventure Travel Blog section is where you will find all kinds of stories related to our travels. This includes general information on our journey, destination-related stories, insights on traveling, human interest stories, travel antidotes, food and festival-related articles, and much, much more. We hope that you’ll enjoy the BLOG and send us requests for stories that you’d be interested in seeing here. If you are looking for motorcycle touring stories please check out our Motorcycle Blog pages dedicated to the joy of traveling by motorcycle.
The Best Way to Call from Overseas while Traveling
There are many ways to call from overseas. You will easily find a lot of information outlining the various methods on how to do so. But what I am going to do is explain [...]
Essential Apps for the Adventure Traveler
A List of Apps for the Traveler, Not a List of Travel Apps Sometimes I am envious of adventure travelers that got to explore the world a hundred, fifty, or even just twenty years [...]
The Web’s Ultimate Adventure Travel Packing List
The ultimate Packing List for the Adventure Traveler. When I decided to quit my job and a “normal” life for that of an adventure traveler I had to first dispose of a lot [...]
Accessing Cash as an Adventure Traveler
The ATM Machine: Friend & Foe Access cash overseas. Accessing your cash from a foreign country can be an expensive affair. You can save a fortune, beat the system, and get free access [...]
Shark Diving Without a Cage: Destination Fiji
Dropping to 100' to meet the sharks Beqa Island, Fiji When thinking of shark diving I always had the concept of descending in a secure cage, well protected from the man-eating creatures [...]
Roy Rides the Planet – European Leg Complete
Back on the road again, and my first blog post on ManicNomads.com!! Wow, Dave is going to flip when he sees this!! After an exciting, fun-filled 2015 summer/autumn of motorcycle adventures through much of [...]
Lovin’ Our Luna Sandals
Luna's Over Mexico. Just Chillin' I first came across LUNA Sandals in May, 2014 as I was planning the start of my journey around the world. I knew I would not be able [...]