About Adventures of a GoodMan
My name is Greg Goodman, and this is the magazine of my life.
. . . .Through it, I invite you to join me on a virtual photographic trip around the world, complimented by stories and multimedia from the road.
Think of the site as my answer to the age-old question: I traveled; now what?
Reflections on My Visit to Goa, India
After more than a month of nonstop travel around India Carrie and I came upon the beach town of Arambol, Goa, ready to relax.
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What to Do in Hawaii With Senior Citizens?
I spent my honeymoon-ish in Maui, Hawaii, with my wife’s 90 year old grandparents! Along the way we did some stuff, didn’t do other things and fought 6 foot waves to try and board a sunset cruise from the beach. Photography and storytelling tell the tales of this unique adventure.
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My Hawaiian Honeymoon With 90 Year Olds
My wife and I lovingly joked that taking her 89 year old grandmother Mary and her 91 year old husband Ron on our first trip after our wedding was like our honeymoon-ish.
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Tsunami Memorials and Shipwrecked Boats in Thailand
A boat thrust two kilometers inland and a set of spires reaching towards the sky both double as memorials to the 2004 tsunami that slammed into the coast of Thailand. Storytelling accompanies photography of both sites.
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India’s Havelock Island: Sun, Moon, Waves, Transportation and Tranquility
Fine art photo essay on backpacking featuring 15 photos and a video from Havelock Island, one of India’s Andaman Islands. Boats, Tuk Tuks, sunsets, moonrises, waves, animals and tranquility round out this story.
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The Iconic Halong Bay
“No way,” was all we heard as a familiar face came running up to us at the bus stop in Hanoi where we were waiting for our tour bus to pick us up and take us to Halong Bay. It was Tony, who we had met five months earlier at …
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Scuba Diving, Motorbiking and Communal Spas in Nah Trang
We came to Nah Trang just for one last dip in the ocean in scuba gear but wound up staying three days relaxing and motorbiking around. The diving itself was pretty nice, though lots of the underwater area was sandy and our dives were cut short both times. By far …
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We're Here…Let's Full Moon Party!
Imagine a beach with a few hundred feet between the water and a row of bars roughly a quarter mile long. Each bar is blasting music at concert volumes and selling buckets full of alcohol to anyone regardless of age or level of intoxication. Add some blacklights, body painting, glow …
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The Full Moon Party: The Biggest and Best Party in the World – Photos and Videos
The photo links: Getting to the full moon party The full moon party The videos: Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Fire jump rope at 5am Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Blacklight body painting Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Firedancing with a double sided light …
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Finding Nemo on the Untouched Perhentian Islands
What better reason to leave the cool weather of the Highlands than for some scuba diving and time on a tropical island. The Perhentians are a pair of relatively untouched islands, the smaller of which is Long Beach where we stayed. It reminded Carrie and I of the Corn Islands …
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Kuta: Water Parks and Our New Friend in a Resort Town
After Mt Batur we went back to Ubud for a few days during which Carrie got sick. While there we stayed at the same hote as Angie, our new Scottish friend who we met at Batur. She wound up coming with us when Carrie felt better and we headed south …
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Living on a Boat and Scuba Diving With Manta Rays and a Whale Shark
The Similan Islands off the Andaman (west) coast of Thailand is home to some of the best scuba diving in the world. One of the best ways to experience this is to live on a boat for a few days, which we were determined to do. Unfortunately, the rainy season …
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Fuck It! We’re Going to Phuket.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the bad titlepun, though I now know it’s actually pronounced “poo-kit.” Anyway, for years I had heard that if I ever made it to Thailand, Phuket was the place to go to have fun. So, despite having done all that research on tours in Krabi, Carrie …
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Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island
As I mentioned earlier, Carrie and my main goals for tours in Phuket were to see the limestone rock crags that jut out of the waters nearby…and for me to see James Bond Island. Since I was a young boy, James Bond has had an important role in my life. …
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I Was at Galle Before it Got All Touristy
Constructed by the Portuguese in the 1600′s and later taken over by the Dutch then the British, Galle Fort is a cute colonial town reminiscent of Antigua, Guatemala. It is surrounded by sturdy brick walls and filled with European architecture, narrow streets, little houses and shops, churches, cafes, friendly people …
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If You Don't Understand Me, Don't Just Say OK
Our final stop in Sri Lanka was the beach town of Hikkaduwa, though it was unlike I have ever been to. The main highway is also the town’s one road with a row of restaurants and guesthouses separating that road from the ocean. Mostly a surfer’s destination, the waves crashing …
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Small Islands and Big Cities: A Farewell to India
As much as we fought it and considered not doing it, the time finally came to leave India. Right now Carrie and I are in the hill station of Kandy in Sri Lanka and will be traveling around this amazing undiscovered country for the next few weeks. Then we hop …
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Paradise on the Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands are a series of un and barely-touched islands off the east coast of India that Carrie and I have been talking about since arriving. So, after our two weeks of manual labor in Sadhana Forest we packed our bags and headed to paradise. The plane from Chennai …
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Aren’t We Supposed to be Relaxing Here? Then Why Are We Doing So Much Stuff!
Despite being in paradise, we managed to keep ourselves busy. We went scuba diving twice and saw some of the most amazing corals either of us have ever laid eyes on and more fish than I have seen on any other dive in my life. At one point we encountered …
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Small Islands and Big Cities: Photos and Videos
Havelock Island and Port Blair Photos: [flickrset id="72157616082064714" thumbnail="square" overlay="true" size="medium"] Chennai Photos: [flickrset id="72157615992259617" thumbnail="square" overlay="true" size="medium"] Videos: