In the last seven months, I’ve visited nine countries, flown on 12 airplanes, embarked on 8 long-distance buses and 12 long-distance trains, volunteered, house-sat, and stayed in more than 13 different people’s homes. Whew! For the most part, I use (or have used) and endorse all the travel applications and websites listed here. They are [...]
Jamie is an Aussie and a former aerospace engineer. He’s lived in Europe as well as Honduras (teaching at a bilingual high-school), where he fell in love with Central America. Jess is an archaeologist from Los Angeles who, as part of her studies, worked on sites in Chile and Guatemala. Together they are traveling from [...]
“So we have a bit of a hill to climb to get there,” was my only introduction to our imminent journey over Mamore Gap. We were headed to my friend’s country home town for some boozy birthday celebrations, but having just arrived in Ireland I was still getting my bearings and had no idea in which [...]
The last few weeks in Australia have been interesting; my six-month absence wasn’t quite long enough to instill a feeling of reverse culture shock (and even if it was, my Canadian heritage wouldn’t completely allow for it). Yet the perspective I gained during my time overseas has created a bit of a twilight zone for [...]
Give a pint of blood…and get a pint of Guinness! That there, my friends, sums up Ireland quite nicely (tongue in cheek). Ireland: The Booze Ireland seems to be a nation of drinkers. Similar to England, pub culture is prevalent…and in fact even more pronounced in Ireland. So my first task on arriving in Ireland [...]
Stephanie and John recently traveled quite unconventionally; they criss-crossed the States (and a bit of Canada) for three months in a replica of National Lampoon’s Wagon Queen Family Truckster! They slept in vacation rentals under the sponsorship of homeaway.com, and awoke most mornings to crowds of nostalgic fans ogling their iconic wheels. Here’s what a [...]
This is a special post to announce an upcoming event that you just may want to attend if you want to shorten the learning curve to becoming a travel ninja: The 1st Annual Travel Hacker Convention in New Zealand this January! From Monday January 24th to Wednesday January 26th, Rotorua New Zealand will transform into [...]
I stepped off the ferry in Belfast with exactly ₤2.29 in coins and no bills. I only had one night in Northern Ireland before heading to a friend’s place near Derry (where Euros are the prevailing currency), and I was determined to make the best use of this money while not having to withdraw more [...]
What a ride the last few weeks has been! After finishing up shooting the first week of the travel tv series pilot in Paris, our merry banded braved the journey to Kathmandu, Nepal. We spent the next two weeks soaking in the culture and undergoing a series of awesome experiences (all of which are, sadly, [...]
