10th November 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

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 […]

3rd November 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

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 […]

30th October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 6 comments

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 […]

27th October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

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 […]

23rd October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 4 comments

For the most part, I love wildlife. Heck, I’ve been to the end of the earth to see it. Some of my favourites trips involved wildlife. However, not all “wildlife” is created equal. Take spiders […]

16th October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

Recently, I’ve been coming across many travel blogs launched by 20-somethings, four or five years ago, and who have now achieved a certain level of success (advertising revenue, product sales, press trips, sponsors, and so […]

6th October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 0 comments

I start each of my newsletters (*) with a section called Marie’s Diaries where I recount a personal travel experience. These stories are not things I usually reveal when I talk to people about my […]