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The Art of Nonconformity by Chris Guillebeau
http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/
This site features unconventional ideas for remarkable people, along with documentation from the author's journey to every country in the world.
Recent Posts
Happy Thanksgiving from the Art of Non-Conformity
Friends and readers, I’ve returned home to Portland, Oregon just in time for Thanksgiving. I try to live a life of gratitude every day, so I don’t have much to say about the Thanksgiving holiday in general. U.S. readers, enjoy the pie!...
Launch of New Unconventional Guides Site
Over the past few weeks I’ve been preparing to kick off a new online home for the business side of AONC. It’s finally ready! Well, almost. The site is in beta mode for the next week as we tidy up a few things and make it even more awesom...
Follow-Up on FOIA Request for Travel History
A while back I completed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any governmental records related to my travel history. You can read the original post, including all the info you need to make your own request if you carry a U.S. passport, o...
Frequent Flyer Master Reviews and a Note from Armenia
Greetings from the Caucasus, where I’m wrapping up my two weeks of travel in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and now Armenia. I’ll post more on the trip at some point, but this afternoon I’m getting ready to begin the long journey home (EVN-V...
Mountain Climbing, Motivations, and The Deep-Seated Fear of Failure
When I first started doing media interviews in 2008, I noticed that one question would almost always come up: “Why are you so obsessed with travel?” (I learned to call it the mountain-climbing question, because it’s the same one climbers ...
Midnight Train to Tbilisi, Georgia
Greetings, friends and readers. I’ve been traveling in the Caucasus this month, and over the weekend I took advantage of the opportunity to go from Azerbaijan to Georgia on a 15-hour overnight train. Here are a few notes and several videos fr...

