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Longform travel stories.

The meat and potatoes of Legal Nomads, and the reason I started this site: to share longer form pieces about the adventures and misadventures on the road, about crazy bus rides filled with goats and chickens and the hospitality of strangers along the way.

As the site has grown and I’ve gotten older the type of travel I have done has changed. I focus more on the stories behind a place and its people these days, but this category includes all the craziness from the initial round-the-world adventure.

For a list of all of the travel narrative posts on Legal Nomads, click here.

Photoessays from the road.

When I started travelling in 2008 I brought along a point and shoot camera and left my laptop at home, using internet cafes to update the blog occasionally. In the years that followed I’ve tried to improve my photography and have managed to snag an award for my Japan Photoessay in the process.

I am always trying to improve my photography skills, and occasionally share long essays filled with images as a way to convey a sense of place. This category contains all of those posts and the occasional Instagram roundup also.

Love pictures? For the full archives of travel photography click here.

Crash courses to cities I love.

These are practical posts, but they are as long as the travel narrative section! They contain guides to cities that I’ve spent time in, and each “crash course” includes where to eat, where to stay, what to do, and what to see.

They exist to make your travels easier.

Traveling soon? For a list of the city guides on Legal Nomads, click here.

Sickness and travel.

One of the fears we all have when setting out abroad is that we’ll get sick. I’ve had my share of it — mostly in the form of respiratory illnesses and issues surrounding falling off a motorbike on the side of a cliff while a truck rained cabbages and pineapples on me (you can’t make this stuff up). In these posts I get into the nitty gritty of what I learned during these misadventures, hopefully making you feel a bit more secure in the process.

The reality is I’m still travelling despite these mishaps — that says they couldn’t have been that bad! You know what they say: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Latest in Getting Sick While Traveling

How to Eat Street Food Without Getting Sick

Tips for eating street food without getting sick, offered up from my 9+ years of traveling around the world and eating a lot of it!

A Lesson in Staying Still

On rumination, fear, and accepting help when you need it.

My Pain Explained:
Dengue Fever

I got dengue fever on my travels. This post summarizes what I learned from scientists & experts, including dengue types, symptoms, and how to treat dengue.

Getting Sick in Far Away Places

All of the ridiculous injuries, mishaps, bronchitis and motorcycle accidents that I’ve sustained during my 3+ years of round-the-world adventures.

Is your immune system as run down as mine? The posts about getting sick are all here.