Adventure Travel Writing and Photography by Matt Gibson

Archive for June, 2010

Wow, Matt-Gibson.org was Just Chosen as One of the Best Travel Blogs in the World

Share I just received an email from Online Degree Programs.  They ranked Matt-Gibson.org as one of the 50 best travel blogs in the world. I’m even placed third on the list (although I don’t think that really means anything), just after World Hum and Best Travel Writing, two of the biggest and best group travel [...]

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Featured on TravelBlogs.com

Share Check it out.  I was just featured on TravelBlogs.com. TravelBlogs.com is website that offers a ton of useful travel information such as, stories, book reviews, panel discussions, and a really, really long list of travel blogs. My listing is here: http://www.travelblogs.com/blogs/matt-gibson-org

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Yenshuei Fireworks Festival 2010 Photo Gallery

Share The Yenshuei Fireworks Festival (Yenshuei Fong Pao) is a festival held in the Yenshuei township in Southern Taiwan every year.  During the festival millions of fireworks are shot out of large hives into crowds of revelers dressed in heavy clothing and full-face motorcycle helmets.  Each hive may contain as many as sixty thousand fireworks.  [...]

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An Interview with Matt Kepnes (a.k.a. Nomadic Matt) | Transitions Abroad

An interview with arguably the world’s most successful travel blogger, Matt Kepnes (a.k.a. Nomadic Matt), on Transitions Abroad. Kepnes discusses blogging as a business, getting traffic, and blogging’s place in the world of writing.

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About Me

Matt GibsonI'm a travel writer and photographer currently based in Tainan, Taiwan where I founded and edited Xpat Magazine, one of Taiwan's largest and longest-running expatriate periodicals. My writing and photography has been published in various print and online publications including Taiwan Today, the Taiwan Fun Magazine Group, and TransitionsAbroad.com. I speak English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese (to varying degrees) and am available for assignment. I can be reached through the form on the contact page of this website, or at xpatmatt (at) gmail.com.



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