I am a writer and world-traveler. Here you will find essays with a philosophical bent that explore existential questions, inspire you to think differently, and occasionally strive to awaken the latent world-traveler within you.
Τhe photo and video galleries offer a glimpse of the places and people I had encountered on my 6.5-year continuous around the world journey that covered 70 countries on 6 continents. My aim was to treat the world as if it were one huge country, a single destination. Inspired by this life transforming journey, I wrote the book, Destination Earth – A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler (now in its 2nd edition!), which won three book awards and was recently included in the top “18 Travel Books to Inspire Your Next Vacation or Feed Your Wanderlust” published by Business Insider.
This website however, is not a travel blog. Rather, it is the site of a still restless me, sharing my thoughts on travel, the world, and most importantly, life in general.
If you like my writing, you may subscribe to my monthly Tuesday Letters and receive the free ebook, Golden Advice Before You Set Off To Explore the World. For further inspiration, check out my Huffington Post blog and my Quora profile.
FEATURED ESSAY
We arrive into this world incomplete, go about our lives searching half-blindly for ways to complete ourselves, and in the end, after failing in our struggle, we depart almost as incomplete as we appeared. What is the purpose then of this lifelong “struggle for completeness” when our failure is preordained?
Listen to some of my ideas about world travel. Below is a video of my keynote speech at the Airbnb Open in LA and two radio interviews, one with Rick Steves, America’s #1 Travel Guru and the other with Mike Janes from London Greek Radio.
My Keynote Address at the Airbnb Open in Los Angeles (20 mins):
Have a listen to my interview with Rick Steves, America's #1 Travel Guru (20 mins):
An interview with Mike Janes, the veteran journalist of the London Greek Radio (12 mins):
THE BOOK
“An epic journey with a master philosopher”
– Daniel Klein, New York Times best-selling author of ‘Travels with Epicurus’
“Making the world his friend, considering it a single country, and then distilling from years of first hand experience a philosophy of travel, Nicos inspires and equips his readers not only to maximize the experience…but to maximize the value of the experience.”
– Rick Steves, Travel Writer and TV Presenter
“I know a potential best seller when I see one. This will be soon! As a world traveler, I found Nicos’s book to be spot on with his philosophies, introspection, and cultural experiences. It was a delightful book to read.”
– Tina Dreffin, Award-winning author and world-traveler
“Destination Earth conveys the fascinating journey of an exceptional world-traveler. Nicos not only writes in an engaging style that allows readers to share his experiences, but his philosophical reflections provide unique insights into the process and value of education through travel.”
– Ron Leonard, Professor of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“Nicos’s letters were among the most incisive I received in 33 years of guidebook writing.”
– David Stanley, South Pacific travel expert and author of the ‘Moon Handbook South Pacific’
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