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?
What Does Traffic Look Like in the Philippines?
During my time in the Philippines, I stood or sat on several street corners and filmed the world going by. What I loved most was the contrast between each video.
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Posted in Philippines, Transportation, Transportation, Videos and Multimedia
Tagged Bus, Car, Philippines, Street Corner, taxi, Transportation, Video
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Musings, Observations and Interesting Experiences from the Philippines
A collection of observations, musings and interesting experiences from three weeks backpacking and relaxing in the Philippines.
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48 hours in 15 Modes of Transportation to See Coffins and Rice
See how I spent 48 hours traveling 1,150km in 15 different types of transportation, all to see some rice terraces and coffins hanging from mountainsides.
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Philippines, Transportation
Tagged Asia, Boat, Bus, Crazy Stories, Philippines, Public Transportation, Transportation
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Next Stop, My Favorite Place on Earth
“111th Street. Next Stop, Shea Stadium.” Those are some of my favorite words in the English language and a sound from my childhood that still fills me with happiness.
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Posted in Photo of the Day, Trains and Tracks
Tagged Mets, New York, NYC, Queens, Train, Train Travel, Trains, Transportation, USA
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Why is this Monk Piloting a Boat on the Mekong?
Why IS this Monk steering a boat up the Mekong River in Laos? Let’s explore the answer alongside this photograph of a Monk captain.
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Posted in Interesting People, Photo of the Day, Transportation
Tagged Boat, Interesting People, Mekong, Mekong River, Monk, Photo of the Day, Transportation
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Visit My Bus. Have a Tea. Take My Photo. Meet My Friends.
Being paraded around the Amritsar Bus Station by a driver and introduced to all of his friends led me to a collection of stories and photographs of Amritsar’s Bus Drivers.
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Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!
Since moving to San Francisco, I’ve been excited to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on its 75th anniversary. I wasn’t able to, but here are some of my favorite photos instead.
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Posted in San Francisco, Transportation
Tagged Bridge, California, Photo of the Day, Photography, San Francisco, Transportation
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An Ode to the Indian Sleeper Train // Poetry, Stories & Pix
From 3am Chai calls to the gentle rythem of the tracks, there’s no better way to spend a night than on an Indian Sleeper Class Train. So inspired was I during my last ride, that I even wrote a poem to go with my stories and photos!
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Posted in 24 Hours in Amritsar's Golden Temple: Sleeping, Eating, Coming and Going, Featured Posts Slider, India, My Absolute Favorite Experiences & Posts, Trains and Tracks, Transportation, Transportation
Tagged Amritsar, India, India Rail, Railroad, Rishikesh, Sleeper Class, Train, Train Travel, Transportation
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How to Ride a Nicaraguan Chicken Bus
Riding a chicken bus in Nicaragua is an eye-opening and often terrifying experience. Barreling down muddy clifside roads and potholed highways. Listening to speeches on religion, politics and parasites
Eating full meals from the vendors at every stop. Hanging on for dear life: from time to time. It’s also the best way to experience the country: a hidden gem of Central America.
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Taksi // From Here to There, Sometimes We All Need a Cab
Sometimes, the easiest way to fulfill our universal need of getting from here to there, is to hail a cab. This graphic art piece explores all the different ways that can look.
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Electric Wires in the Sky & Trolleybuses in San Francisco
When I first moved to San Francisco in 2009, I was very bothered by the “ugly wires” that ran above the streets. Teeming with a strong electric current, these wires power a fleet of zero emission MUNI trolleybuses. Now, I consider them a part of the City’s charm.
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Posted in Highlights, My Favorites, San Francisco, Technology, Technology, Transportation, Transportation
Tagged Bus, California, San Francisco, Transportation, USA
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Buddha, Beer, Buses, Bridges & Boats in Laos
I came across the tranquil country of Laos in the middle of a nine month backpacking adventure and just after spending a long time in the hustle-bustle of Thailand. In my travel journal, I referred to it as a “welcome return to the Third World.”
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Laos, Laos, My Favorites
Tagged Buddha, Laos, Photography, Southeast Asia, Transportation, Travel, Travel Journal
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Soaring High Above New York City on an Aerial Tramway
Imagine soaring above the New York City skyline in an aerial cable car every day to get to school. That’s how I spent my childhood growing up on Roosevelt Island: a two mile long and 800 foot wide sliver of land in the East River sandwiched between Manhattan from Queens.
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Beer, Hitchhiking From Mad Max’s Disney Castle and Other Germany Tales
Before there was a site, Adventures of a GoodMan was an e-mail I sent out to friends during my travels with links to snapfish albums for photos. The story featured in this post was one of those e-mails after a solo-backpacking trip through Bavaria, Germany, in 2006. I was 26.
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Posted in Europe, Europe, Featured Posts Slider, Germany, Highlights, My Favorites, Transportation, Transportation, Travel Journals
Tagged Bavaria, EU, Europe, Germany, Greg Goodman, Hitchhiking, Photo, Photo Essay, Photography, Transportation, Travel Journal
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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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Posted in Beach Towns, Featured Posts Slider, India, India, Nature
Tagged Andaman Islands, Greg Goodman, Havelock Island, India, Photo Essay, Transportation
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Open For Interpretation: What is a Vessel
What do you think of when you hear the word vessel? For me, the first thing that pops into my mind is transportation followed shortly after by something that stores something. With that in mind, here are 10 of my favorite vessel photographs.
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Posted in Photography, Photos With Stories
Tagged Beer, Boats, Greg Goodman, Jars, Photo Essay, Photography, Trains, Transportation, Vessel
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Travel Back in Time on San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars: Photo of the Day
Regardless of where I’m heading in San Francisco, I always try and find a way to take the historic F line streetcar. A lover of the rails since my father and I first set up a Lionel train in my childhood bedroom, I think these rolling museums may be my favorite part of the city.
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Sri Lanka Train Photography
I know I’ve said it many times before in this blog, but if you don’t know it, I love trains. My father and I built a model train town on a balsa-wood table when I was growing up and I’ve loved the rails ever since. So Dad, these train pics …
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Posted in SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Trains and Tracks
Tagged Galle, Photography, Sri Lanka, Train, Transportation
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A Party on my Delayed MUNI Bus
NextMuni.com says my bus arrives in 18 minutes and the next one comes in 32 minutes. Next I check it’s 9 minutes and 23. Then the ETA jumps up to 12/18…then 13/16…and finally 4/4. By the time I get to my stop, both buses are pulling in together. Just another …
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Find Airport Parking in the UK With Holiday Extras
My buddy Nick sent in another great article on finding airport parking in the UK using the Holiday Extras Web site.
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