Hearty Welcomes & Salutations! Originally an action-packed travel blog from a globe-trotting Scotsman, An Ache for the Distance has, over the years, slowed down (I post less often), mellowed out (domestic life has found it's way way on here) and become more of an expat/photo blog. Take a look around, leave a comment and share the love if you like something.
Stuart Mathieson, Lübeck, Germany

World Nomads Travel Insurance

"If you think you are too small to make a difference you haven't been in bed with a mosquito."

Since 2007, WorldNomads.com and our customers have funded 300 sight-saving surgeries, built a primary school and repaired another, trained over 200 teachers and helped 40 kids get through school, gave a whole village solar-lighting, installed water and sanitation facilities in 3 schools and 2 villages, provided educational supplies in 4 schools and medicines to 3 communities and 4 orphanages, helped create two kitchen gardens and buy 300 egg-laying chickens, built capture fog-nets for fresh drinking water and provided a safe-home for girls of sex workers.
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Christmas morning in Bondi 2007, me on the right during my 4 weeks with the World Nomads Ambassador Van...Legendary times!
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Make a difference in the places you travel

When you travel to far out places you often receive generous and gracious hospitality from local people, even when they don't have much themselves.

We believe, we have a moral obligation to give something back to the people who live in the communities that we visit. It is simply the right thing to do to help people who struggle with basic needs for food, water, housing, health and safety.

How? We support WorldNomads.com Footprints program to fund local community projects to end poverty.


You can help too!

When you buy travel insurance through WorldNomads.com, simply choose a project to support, and we will also donate x% to the same project. Simply use this promotional code, when you get a quote and your small donation will have a positive effect on this community.