The Perks of Being a Tour Leader
A little over two years ago I decided to take a job as a tour leader and leave my old office job. Of course one of the main reasons was being able to keep on travelling. But there is a lot more to it… I love being a tour leader! I can spend so many [...]
The Big Move
If you think Adventure is scary, try routine — Paulo Coelho December 2008. My father had passed away a month earlier. I felt numb, unable to feel joy or pain. My life felt like a big loop, just going round and round. I had a good job and the rest of my family in Trinidad [...]
“My own Truck” or “Overlanding the World”
The last two years have been an epic trip. I have been driving overland trucks from Cairo to Capetown and from Rio de Janeiro to Quito. Travelling in an overland truck makes the journey a different experience. Overlanding is all about places less travelled and getting out in the wilderness. The overland truck gives you [...]
Women to Watch: Canadian Travel TV Crew MISSADVENTURES
Give us the lowdown: your names, where you’re from and what you do. MISSADVENTURES is made up of four Canadian girls from Toronto: Ellie Geronikolos, Steph Chong, Hannah McLean, and Kathleen (Kat) Espiritu. We’re all 25 years old, except Hannah — she’s 24, the baby of the group. We graduated from Ryerson University: Steph and [...]
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Thank you, Mr. Policeman or “the license to carry a bin”
Dealing with the police in Tanzania is totally different than in Europe or the United States. In fact, it’s the same all over Africa. The famous expression “TIA – this is Africa” is definitely something which you can relate to any of the police encounters I had in Africa. Let me tell you one of [...]
Woman to Watch: Andy LeBarge, Photographer
Andy LeBarge is a nature and landscape photographer. She finds beauty in the outside world, and captures it on camera through her many adventures in the United States. Check out her blog, or her recently launched Etsy store, for a quick trip through visual wanderlust. Give us the lowdown: your name, where you’re from and what [...]
My truck is my home
Travelling is my passion. As soon as I am in a place for longer than a month I feel this urge to move on. I get bored and I feel that I am missing something out there. Some great adventure could happen and I am missing it because I was lazy, lying on my sofa. [...]
Tomorrow is Another Day
Headed out for a late night of Washington D.C. clubbing, you’re well dressed in a short skirt and fancy new shoes. Suddenly appears a young, out of breath woman with a 35 pound Gregory backpack, hat on her head and fanny pack on her… err… fanny. She’s running frantically up the metro stairs, circles a couple blocks [...]
Bringing the International Home
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who travel and those who don’t. Before you decide that this statement is pretentious and offensive, hear me out. I am fully aware that travel is not an option for many people because it is expensive and necessitates time and commitment (read: luxuries). I’m referring [...]
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Back to reality – Sydney style
There’s nothing like returning to work after a long holiday to bring you back down to earth with a bump. After spending a month in Indonesia and one week in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, the holiday is over, the tan is already fading and returning to work has been a shock to [...]
