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An Indian Wedding – Need I Say More?

Celebrating Diwali In India With Food, Fireworks, And Family

A Day With My Hero – Mahatma Gandhi

My 500th Post On My 500th Day As A Happy & Homeless Nomad

Hey Mom, Surprise, I’m Home For Christmas!

Buddha’s Beautiful Birthplace

Visiting Kids With Cancer In The Hospital

Meditating With Pythons – This Time I Was Scared!

An Amazing Week At A Rural Thai Buddhist Temple

A Magical Week In The Laotian Countryside – Ending With A Village Ceremony And Tears

Are Cambodians The Happiest People On Earth?

30 Things I’ve Learned About Life As I Turn 30

The Best Of Latin America – Best Photographs

A Weekend With The Tsachilas – Indigenous, Spiritual, And Fellow Nomads

An amazing weekend with the Tsachila indigenous people of Santo Domingo, Ecuador

Together, Let’s Help Kids With Cancer!

Help me raise money for kids with cancer while I grow out a future wig to help a child with cancer live a more normal life.

Celebrating The New Year In Venezuela – Impromptu Trip To The Most Beautiful Beach I’ve Ever Seen

The pictures speak for themselves, and yet could never really show how beautiful this place was!

Building A Website & Installing A Solar Panel System – An Awesome Volunteering Experience In Honduras!

One of the best and most rewarding volunteering experiences yet!

Photo Friday – Hindu Holy Man – Jaisalmer, India

March 22, 2013

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A Visual Tour Of Jaipur

March 20, 2013

I was quite ill when I got to Rajasthan’s capital, Jaipur. You can read about that here. In the end, I spent almost a week in Jaipur but only did a half-day of sightseeing since I was so sick. I hope the pictures in that half day reflect how rich and beautiful this place is. [...]

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Hitting Bottom In An Indian Train’s Bathroom – And Still Finding Happiness

March 18, 2013

It’s inevitable. Most people I talked to said upon entering India you’d have to spend a week on your back (when not in the bathroom) fighting evil microbes you never knew existed. In my case, I was in Nepal/India for six weeks before these microbes struck, and strike they did! After the amazing experience at [...]

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The Man In The Mirror

March 16, 2013

I recently took the picture below after waking up one morning. I found my crazy hair funny and I knew my parents would laugh at it. I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror and it got me thinking… It made me think of one’s relationship with one’s self. Too often it’s unhealthy – love/hate at [...]

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Photo Friday – Goa’s Golden Glow – Goa, India

March 15, 2013

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I Have No Idea Where I’m Going

March 13, 2013

The Happy Nomad Tour has never had as much uncertainty as it has at the present moment as I write this post. Below is the Indian flag. I feel just like it… See the wheel on the inside? I feel like I’m in the middle of the wheel not sure which spoke to travel down. [...]

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A Weekend At The Golden Temple

March 11, 2013

The Sikhs. We’ve all seen them, wearing their turbans going about their daily business. The Golden Temple, as it’s known in English, or Harmandir Sahib in Punjabi, is the holiest temple in the Sikh religion. Sikhism Since so little is known about the Sikhs, I’ll give a very short explanation that can be expanded upon [...]

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How The Happy Nomad Tour Rolls – Friendship Uncensored

March 9, 2013

Many people have asked me how I could just leave my job and seemingly travel perpetually. How can I afford it? How do you find places to stay for free all the time? How do you find places to volunteer? All questions I’ve received by email, and now I’m sharing the secrets in a series [...]

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