With the long week-end approaching, Nara and I are particularly excited because it means we'll be seeing each other! With her living in Toronto and I in Montreal, we normally make it a point to see each other every few months. But unfortunately, the last time we saw each other was February so we are long overdue to spend some time together and with friends. For the both of us, long week-end normally transla ...

Source: www.sru.eduI, admittedly take it for granted that my health is great and that's the main reason I can travel the world carefree. You can always find money, but your health must come along with it to enjoy countries around the world. To increase my chances of staying healthy as I travel from country to country, I invest quite some time in exercising. That's why I'm dedicating this post to interesting ...

My Fridays are usually pretty random, for the most part. I usually decide last minute what I want to do for the weekend. And this past Friday was random. I purchased a bike, a good bike. Even though I absolutely no nothing about bikes, I decided this year I should bike more often rather than rollerblade everywhere. With this thought, I also made the choice to sign up for a bike race for a charity. I have al ...

Camping is a clean, wholesome, and natural way to have lots of fun, but it’s not without its dangers. If you are going camping in the wilderness (we’re talking hard-core camping in tents, not in log cabins here), you need to be armed with basic information on how to keep yourself healthy and safe. Here is what you need to know: 1. Be Prepared Before you even hoist that backpack up on your shoulder, make sur ...

The fact that you have children doesn’t mean you can’t continue to enjoy your hikes. You can go with the kids. In fact, hiking with your children will serve as a fun and healthy way to bond with the family and teach your kids how to explore and appreciate Mother Nature. But hiking with children is often different than hiking with just adults. You won’t be able to focus, for example, on “getting there” the s ...

During one of my more crazy days at work I decided to take about 45 minutes to have a bit of a breather. But within minutes I seemed to find myself in a bookstore of the travel section. I was really just wandering off to explore any new travel books that would be useful. However, whenever I end up in the travel section I always seem to get taken away with not only planning in my head, but imagination too. T ...

Whenever I backpack to a new country I always have a side, daypack that has only a few essential items in it. I hate carrying around a lot of stuff when I do go sight seeing, so knowing what to bring for just the day is always helpful. Below are a few items that are a must have in your travel day bag. 1.Water No matter what climate you in, water is an essential part of your daypack. In order to keep the sig ...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Photo Credit: orvis.com"][/caption] Other than paying for the 7-day tour itself, the next most expensive part of hiking Kilimanjaro is purchasing the right gear for the hike. During the 7 days on the mountain, I'll be hiking through various climates, from hot, to cold, to windy, to rainy and to snowy. The key to successfully cross these different climate ...

[caption id="attachment_3508" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Dress from China"][/caption] Now since the colder weather is moving forward all my winter gear is slowly creeping to the front of my closest. Not all that exciting but as of today I had to put on one of my winter jackets. The jacket I wore today carries a story, Yeah I know a “story”. Well yes, and it’s a travel story of course. Back in 200 ...

This topic is not one of my favorites to write about, but every backpacker has heard of someone getting little red bites. What are the little red bites? Well yes, I am talking about bed bugs. Yuck, I know but traveling all over the world and staying in hostels there is a slight chance that the little bugs may attack you. It happened to me. While I was backpacking in Europe a few years ago, I came across the ...