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Updated : 04/10/19 | April 10th, 2019 Last year, I talked about how travelers are often chasing ghosts. We revisit places, trying to capture that initial amazingness we felt while we were there. And most of the time we end up disappointed. We go back and try to re-create something that can’t be re-created. In a way, we are all like drug addicts, simply trying to chase that first high. But we can never quite reach it. After all, it is people who create our memories — not places. And so last year I vowed never to chase ghosts. It’s why I’ll never go back to Ko Lipe in Thailand, and why I said I would never go back to the Greek island of Ios. The memories I made in those places were too special, and I knew going back wouldn’t be the same without the people who were there the first time around. Yet here I am, writing this post from Ios, a place on my “do not return” list. Yes, I came back here. But it had nothing to do with chasing the ghosts of travels past. It was my birthday ...

Updated: 12/16/2018 | Posted: 04/06/2009 I was talking to a friend recently about life – and the road it leads us on. I was pushing her to travel the world (like I push everyone to travel the world) to overcome her recent funk. She was a bit lost on what to do lately and was looking for something to fill the void. “Go travel. You might discover the answer. If not, you’ll have a great time at least!” While talking to her, I realized that I didn’t know what I would do if I ever stopped traveling. What is life without travel? How else would I exist? I’ve been moving for so long that I can’t picture my life any other way. Travel has become a lifestyle for me. It has become my identity. Always moving, always on the road, always somewhere different. That’s my routine. It’s comforting. I have so many different destinations I want to visit before I become “Semi-Nomadic Matt” that I think I’d be 50 before that act...