Have You Heard Of Workations? Apparently They’re A Thing Now

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Hard at work at a mountain lodge in Bhutan
Hard at work at a mountain lodge in Bhutan
This blog post is was created in collaboration with Pullman Hotels to help promote their #PullmanWorkation contest, but all opinions expressed are own and I am in no other way connected to this contest or Pullman Hotels.

There’s a lot of talk about digital nomads, but few people really understand what our lives entail. This is partly the fault of the media, which usually glosses over the challenges faced by entrepreneurs who run online businesses while traveling as well as we digital nomads who also highlight glamorous aspects of our lives while downplaying the difficulties.

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5 Surprising Reasons I Want to Visit Suzhou, China

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This blog post is was created in collaboration with Visit Suzhou to help promote their #TravelSuzhou contest, but all opinions expressed are own and I am in no other way connected to this contest or Visit Suzhou.

Suzhou, China isn’t a city that you hear travelers speak of often, but it should be. This ancient city, dating back to 514 B.C., is known as the Venice of the Orient for its abundance of ponds, streams and canals. In fact, nearly half of the city is covered by water.

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The Josambro Taiwan Bicycle Adventure

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Taiwan bicycle tourGreetings, XPATMATT readers

As my friend and fellow Nomadic Adventurer Matt Gibson has been kind enough to allow me to hijack his blog for a few hundred words to tell his readers about my new venture, I suppose an introduction is in order.

I’m Joshua Samuel Brown, author of 13 Lonely Planet guides, and like Matt, a long-time wanderer, writer and global adventurer. The place I’ve lived the longest is Taiwan (It’s a great place for an extended adolescence, as Matt I’m sure will attest), becoming an expert on the land, its people and culture. After a few years away from my beloved island, I’m heading back next month for a new adventure.

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My 4 Favorite Canadian Adventures (So Far)

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Near the peak of Mount Fisher
Near the peak of Mount Fisher
I was asked by Expedia Canada to share my favorite Canadian adventures, but all content and views expressed are 100% my own.

Because of my work, I have a lot of online friends — people I’ve only spoken to through chat and email and other written communications. They all know I’m Canadian. I’m fairly well-known online as one of those Canadian travel bloggers.

But when first meet people and start to talk eyes widen and jaws go slack. “You really are Canadian.” They’ll say after I let fly a monologue filled with ‘eh’s and ‘oh yeah’s.

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Why You Need To Go On A Microadventure

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By Guest Blogger Sebastian Solberg I was very fortunate to grow up in the beautiful countryside of New Zealand, surrounded by nature and water. Growing up I was very active exploring and was always the wilderness with friends and family! However I then moved to London at age 19 to pursue a career in the … Read more

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My Iceland Wish List

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Iceland isn’t a typical travel spot. It’s a vast and mystical place a place that draws tourists back year after year. It may seem puzzling that people are putting a destination with chilly temperatures, sleepy towns (aside from the country’s capital), barren land, and roughly 18 hours of darkness in the winter months at the top of their travel itinerary. However, what Iceland lacks in temperature and population, it makes up for in raw natural beauty, fairytale-like sites, and epic adventures.

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