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?
Torture Feels So Good(ish) ::: 5 Days of Iyengar Yoga Training
I’m not a particularly flexible person and the concept of yoga is pretty scary to me. So why did I take a 5-day Iyengar Yoga course? Read about the experience, see some photos and have a few laughs…
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The Hills are Alive with Rice Fields and Local Tribeswomen in Sapa
Our group was small and we had a private tour guide, but we left at the same time as a dozen other tours. Surrounding each group were a handful of Hmong tribeswomen, different from the ones who found us at the bus the day before.
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A Motorcycle Ride Through Shin Deep Mud to the Flooded Forest of Kompong Pluk
By the time we passed the pool puddle the road was entirely mud. Still, our drivers pressed on: slipping and sliding the whole time. The bikes were all over the road and, despite his best efforts, my bike slid out and fell four times. Fortunately, falling off a bike in a mud pit is more funny than painful so it really wasn’t bad.
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Zip Lining, Leeches and Sleeping in Treehouses at the Gibbon Experience
For three days and two nights we alternated between trekking through the jungle and ziplining above it before settling in for the night in a treehouse. It really was one of the coolest things ever…except for the leeches.
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Trekking Through the Jungles of Northern Thailand
It was too cold to trek in India or Nepal. Too out of the way in Sri Lanka. We didn’t have enough time in Malaysia. So, when we arrived in Chiang Mai, the home of trekking in Thailand, we decided to splurge and take Mr. Whiskey’s “non-touristic” three day and …
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Jungle Treks, Cooking Classes and Meditating at a Monastery – This and That
One of the many things that kept us awake and laughing during our night at the local village on our jungle trek was a cat in heat who meow’ed loud and often…especially when it thought the two-stringed instrument Mr. Ton was playing was another cat and would reply to every …
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Freezing in the Cameron Highlands and Breaking the World's Third Largest Flower
After escaping bed bugs, we finally finished our journey to the Cameron Highlands, which feature rainforests and mountains to hike through. The town is basically one long street filled with restaurants, convenience stores, guest houses and tour operators. Best of all, the climate was coooool! We checked into a hostel …
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Hiking Mt Batur: An Active Volcano
After scuba diving, we spent the night in Tulumben trying to find a cheap local way to get to Mt. Batur: an active volcano that we wanted to hike for the sunrise. Despite our best efforts, we had no choice but to pay top dollar for a driver to take …
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