Vacation time is rolling around, and you're looking for something a little more manly than the spa resorts featured in the brochures crammed into your mailbox.

You've been chained to your desk for weeks. Your tie feels like a shackle around your neck. You don't care about massages and 400 thread count sheets. You need the outdoors. You need adventure. You want to climb something. Play golf on the rim of a volcano. Anything but sit in a $400-a-night hotel room, watching SpectraVison, and "relaxing".

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No idea where to go? GoNOMAD.com has tools to help you plan the perfect guy trip. Select the region and the activity, and get back a list of matching trips, along with pricing, duration, and trip highlights.

If you need me I'll be caving in Mexico.

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