Departure Day
Many travel bloggers out there are on a perpetual trip. You may have noticed that I’m not. I have a permanent home base in Toronto (Canada) and I travel from there. Canada is a fine […]
Archive for category: The art of travel
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Planning a trip 20 years ago
When I was just starting to travel, 20 years ago, planning a trip looked nothing like it does now. There was no world wide web, no high speed internet, no digital cameras, and no cell […]
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You call yourself a backpacker?
For the longest time I fancied myself a backpacker. It’s true that I was, and still am, travelling with a backpack. Well, these days it’s more like a large knapsack, small enough to satisfy carry-on […]
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Serendipity… or where is my bus?
In previous posts I talked about different kinds of travellers and ways of travelling: vacationers vs explorers, sightseeing vs experiencing. Today I want to talk about two different types of trips: planned ones and unplanned […]
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The trouble with beaches
If you live in the northern hemisphere and north of the 30th parallel, you’ve probably noticed the days getting shorter, the weather becoming colder and wetter. Maybe you’ve started daydreaming about tropical beaches, or perhaps […]
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The advantages of learning a language abroad
Have you ever wanted to learn a foreign language but lacked the time or money to take classes in your hometown? Have you ever wanted to travel somewhere but were worried about not being able […]
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Is there a right way to travel?
I am in Montreal right now, my last visit before my trip to Thailand and Burma, and it got me thinking. My travelling ways have been changing. Until not so long ago, I would visit […]
