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Archive for category: The art of travel

Entertaining, reflective, or ranting pieces about the art of travel

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    Where should I go next?

    2nd October 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 5 comments

    Around this time of year, people who know me well start asking “So, where are you going this winter?”. You see, I’ve managed to escape a big chunk of Toronto’s winter for the last four […]

     
     
  • Sugar beach, Toronto
     

    The joy and pain of coming home

    25th September 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

    I am now back in my home town of Toronto, after 24 days travelling down the North American West Coast, from Victoria, Canada, to Los Angeles, USA. As every big travel nut knows, one of […]

     
     
  • With friends Amy and Lonnie
     

    Making friends on the road

    15th September 2013 / On the road, Plan, The art of travel / 2 comments

    Travellers are a pretty friendly bunch and get along well. At the very least, they don’t run out of conversation topics! And what better way to meet travellers than to travel? When you’re on the […]

     
     
  • Impromptu tango
     

    Are you a good traveller?

    8th September 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 4 comments

    The way I see it, there are two main categories of travellers: the vacationers and the explorers. The vacationers travel abroad to rest from their jobs, their responsibilities, or to escape bad weather. They take […]

     
     
  • Indian festival in Toronto
     

    Go roam

    11th August 2013 / Plan, The art of travel / 2 comments

    In this post, I want to discuss an interesting way of visiting a place that I call “roaming”. No, this type of roaming has nothing to do with expensive mobile phone calls from foreign countries! […]

     
     
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