Egypt

Jul 25, 2024 | Countries, Travel Tips

EGYPT Land of Pharoas and cigarettes getting there Random screenings My adventure started before it even began. After walking through the gates of my small local airport into the security area, blowing kisses and making a grand exit, I was randomly selected for a...

What is a slowmad?

Jul 8, 2024 | Musings, Travel Tips

WHAT IS A SLOWMAD? Never heard of it! Slow + Nomad   See what I did there? What’s a “Slowmad” exactly? The term comes from combining “slow” and “nomad”. (The word “nomad,” coincidentally, is an anagram of my surname Doman.) Slow travel is the opposite of being a...

Scared? Do it anyway.

Jun 29, 2024 | Musings

SCARED? Do it anyway! AboutBeing Brave Gathering courage I was told by a few friends before I departed that they really admired me for “being brave,” giving up the status quo and going on a walkabouts at my age. Backpacking is for folks in their early 20s, right? I...

How it all began

Jun 25, 2024 | Musings

MY JOURNEY How did I go from full-time videographer to a semi-retired wanderer on a beer budget? of nofixed address Teary goodbyes and reboots I’m lying on a leather couch in a rural Tuscan cottage, waiting for my sister and brother in law to arrive from the airport....

No tigers – world’s best masala chai instead

Feb 13, 2017 | India

Next stop was Ranthambore National Park which is the best place for spotting Bengal tigers. It was once the private hunting ground for the kings of Jaipur but since 1957 has been a safe place for them to thrive. We stayed in a very cool fort hotel with paintings and...