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Nomads United

JL;DR SUMMARY Nomads United is a unique organization founded by Kareen Kohn, an Israeli with diverse travel experiences, promoting a nomadic lifestyle via horseback caravans through remote areas of Central and South America. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IsraelisMilitary ServiceSustainabilityNomadic LifestyleCentral AmericaHorsesCommunity LivingKareen KohnRainbow GatheringsTulum

Places mentioned

Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"I met the founder of Nomads United, Kareen Kohn, a decade ago in the house of a mutual friend in Mexico City."
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
"Now he owns what he describes as an idyllic property in the hipster beach town of Tulum, where he runs a glamping business and takes care of seven horses leftover from the original caravan."
Chiapas, Mexico
"As an Israeli, Ive never been in a subtropical jungle or forest before. Being immersed in that ecosystem in Chiapas (a Mexican state bordering Guatemala) was incredible."
Honduras
"After Kohns departure, a new group took charge of the caravan, which is currently in Honduras."
India
"Born in Jerusalem, Kohn traveled through India, Brazil, Mongolia, and many more places before establishing Nomads United in 1998."
Brazil
"Born in Jerusalem, Kohn traveled through India, Brazil, Mongolia, and many more places before establishing Nomads United in 1998."
Mongolia
"Born in Jerusalem, Kohn traveled through India, Brazil, Mongolia, and many more places before establishing Nomads United in 1998."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Born in Jerusalem, Kohn traveled through India, Brazil, Mongolia, and many more places before establishing Nomads United in 1998."
Costa Rica
"I told him I wanted to continue moving, very slowly, toward Costa Rica, he told me, and Kareen asked me if I wanted to do it while riding a horse."
Australia
"After which he traveled in Australia with a group of people for a year and took a 45-day walking trip with other nomads through Goa, India."
Goa, India
"After which he traveled in Australia with a group of people for a year and took a 45-day walking trip with other nomads through Goa, India."
New Zealand
"After participating in two other festivals in New Zealand, she decided to join the adventure."
Colorado, United States
"These annual gatherings, celebrated worldwide, are spin-offs of a one-month hippie festival camp in Colorado in the early 1970s that sought to inaugurate a new human consciousness rooted in the ecological and pacifist values of the time."
Michigan, United States
"Olswanger has been a member of Nomads United for three years but has been traveling since she graduated from the University of Michigan with a psychology degree in 2014."

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