Graymatter Nomadic - The unhurried traveler's companion to cultural espionage n some of the most interesting places on earth.

Be a brilliant traveler!

Graymatter Nomadic inspires unhurried, informed, and brilliant travel.

It provides practical and philosophical guidance on heritage sites, museums, monuments, temples, restaurants, the arts, and other world wonders. It is the unhurried traveler’s guide to urban adventure and cultural espionage in the most interesting places in the world.

How to stay safe and have an incredible visit to Yellowstone & beyond in 2021.

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The gift of a lockdown home under a volcano

“On arrival, I knew that everyday life in Costa Rica was about to change. Where would I be safe? How long could I stay? How would I be able to return to the US? Jose & Norman told me that they would never ask me to leave. “Usted es familia. This is from the heart, Edward,” they said in unison pointing from their chests to mine. As quickly as the necessity to make a decision became clear, my mind was made-up. I would stay. La Fortuna would be my lockdown home and Arenal my companion for the next 52 days.”

How to travel brilliantly: Develop these five senses

I use brilliant to refer to a style of travel in the sense that a jeweller uses it to describe a gem. A gem is a precious stone cut to reveal both the beauty inside as well as to refract the light around it. Travel takes the rough gem that is each of us in our everyday, location-bound lives and fashions us into something brilliant. Brilliant travel is journeying with imagination, humility, and humor. It is carrying a sense of history and common humanity to distant places.