Hitchhiking to Mount Aspiring National Park
“You could hitchhike…” said the lady at the Korean restaurant. “A lot of young people here do it”. She seemed to imply that even though I wasn’t particularly young, there was no reason it shouldn’t […]
Archive for category: Solo travel
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Retrospective 2015 – the year of travelling slowly
Unlike 2014, 2015 was not a terribly adventurous year for me, but it was fun! I revisited some of my favourite countries (Mexico and New Zealand), and travelled within my own country (Canada) with a […]
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Misadventures in American Airports
Haaa flying! It’s an inescapable part of travel but one that has become increasingly tedious in recent years, what with the checked luggage fees (and the inability to take more than a small bag of […]
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Why I like solo travel and how you can too
I travel solo more often than not these days, and I do it mostly by choice. But that wasn’t always the case. I remember sitting on that Canadian Airlines plane in 1992, awaiting take-off on […]
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When in Athens…
Cultural differences are evident in the way we dress, the food we eat (and how we eat it), the construction of our houses, and the religion we practice. But they also reveal themselves in more subtle […]
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An introduction to cruising – with Paul Marshman
I’ve never written about cruises before, and for a very good reason: I know almost nothing about the topic! Granted, I have been on a few boat trips in my life, from a three-day sailing […]
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Five travel problems and their solutions
Travel is generally fun and fulfilling, but if you go travelling enough times and for long enough, you’re bound to run into one of these problems (or all of them) at some point. Here are […]
