My name is James Clark, and Nomadic Notes is about my travels and life as a digital nomad.
About me
I am long term wanderer from Melbourne, Australia. That is to say that I’m from Melbourne when filling out official forms, though I have been of no fixed address for years.
I’m what’s known as a location independent entrepreneur (AKA a digital nomad), living the work and travel lifestyle since 2003.
My life as a long-term traveller began in 1999 when I moved to the UK on a two-year working holiday visa. Living in London and with Europe on my doorstep, I discovered that I am a travel addict. This was also the year that became fascinated with the internet. I figured I should find a job that involved travel and surfing the web, thus the idea of making travel websites as a business.
Following my time in London I went back to Australia, and then applied for a working holiday visa in Ireland for a year. During my year in Dublin, I was determined to set up a business that would let me work and travel on my own terms. In April 2003 my Ireland work visa expired, so instead of returning to Australia, I decided to try a life of self-employment, which I am still doing to this day.
For the first few years, I was spending the northern summers in Europe and the southern summers in Australia. These days I live in Southeast Asia for most of the year, basing myself in Vietnam and travelling around the region.
About Nomadic Notes
Nomadic Notes is a travel blog from the perspective by me (James Clark) – a long term traveller from Australia. The site features travel guides, travel tips, and notes on places I have visited around the world.
I began Nomadic Notes in February 2009 as an outlet to chronicle my travels. At that point, I had already been working while I travel (AKA a digital nomad) for nearly six years but I wasn’t writing about my travels. Starting a travel blog became a good way to connect with other travellers, both online and in person.
The blog started out as a standard travelogue, and since then the site has evolved into themes that I am interested in. I write about train travel and urban rail transit around the world. I travel extensively in Southeast Asia, so I write where to stay guides for major destinations in Southeast Asia.
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Work with Nomadic Notes
Nomadic Notes features travel guides, personal travel narratives, photography, and tips on living a location-independent lifestyle.
I’m available for tailored press trips from tourism offices and selected travel companies. Any press trip or hosted/discounted travel that is featured on this site is disclosed on the related post, and a condition of my working with any travel company or tourism board is that I have editorial control.
I’m available for writing about travel and location independence, either as a guest poster or ongoing contributing author. Contact for me to discuss rates and conditions.
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The Nomadic Notes Newsletter used to be weekly and included a roundup of travel reads. The weekly travel reads sections now has its own newsletter at The Travel Wire.
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Contact Me
If you have any questions or comments you would like to send privately you can email me from my contact page or by email nomadicnotes [at] gmail [dot] com.
Thanks for reading!
~ James Clark
