Traveling in select areas of Northern India was the pinnacle of my entire 2010-11 backpacking trip across Asia. Prior to landing in India, I had started to get a little road weary and ‘templed out’ revisiting a lot of familiar areas in SE Asia. India provided the kind of stimulation – and more importantly the challenge – [...]
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Starting my indefinite backpacking adventure revisiting Malaysia seemed liked a flawless fit at the time. After spending the night sleeping at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, much to the chagrin of my girlfriend Audrey Bergner, was the first glimpse I had into reality that I am now backpacking as a thirty something and not a wide-eyed [...]
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If there is one thing I’ve learned while teaching ESL in Korea it’s this: best not give my students a ‘carte blanche’ when it comes to creative assignments. In 2008 I was working as an elementary school teacher in Daejon, South Korea. I had the ‘good fortune’ of working for a wonderful school that allowed [...]
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There comes a time in life, when enough time has passed, that you can look back on certain challenging situations with a sense of detachment and humour: ”Someday you´ll be able to look back at this situation and laugh about it.” The time has come for me to share the jocular but oddly enough ‘true [...]
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As I peered outside of the window from my classroom I could see snow flakes gingerly accumulating on the ground. The warmth of the cup of green tea I firmly clenched in my hands was a reminder that my time as an expat in South Korea was soon coming to an end. I’ve always felt [...]
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As I wound my way around the final flight of steps, I pushed open a humble door that granted me access to the top of the roof. I panted frantically as I was exhausted from hauling my two suitcases chock full of all the belongings I packed from home that I deemed necessary just 24 [...]
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I’d like to think of myself as somewhat of a suave connoisseur in the delicate art of satisfying my taste buds by gormandizing on delicious ethnic cuisine while travelling or living abroad 
I thoroughly enjoy eating local foods when abroad and I quite literally, get excited to visit a country for the first time, [...]
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When you’ve stayed in a place long enough sometimes you forget the associated quirks and charms that were once fresh in your mind upon initially arriving. This is certainly the case I have in terms of my relationship with Korea. I’ve spent several years in Korea and it has now become more like my adopted [...]
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Early Thursday morning last week I found myself lying on the sidewalk having fell off my bike while riding up a small hill. I’m not in the habit of falling off my bike so let me explain. By early Thursday morning I mean I was out celebrating with friends on Wednesday night and it got [...]
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Happy Canada Day!!!! Happy Nomadic Samuel Day!!! Happy Backpacking Travel Blog Day!!! On July 1st, 2012 Canada celebrates its 144th birthday, Nomadic Samuel its first ever & Backpacking Travel Blog officially launches 
In some ways it seems like yesterday (and in other ways like an eternity ago) that I was sweating profusely in a [...]
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