Travel Thoughts

If you’re an avid solo traveller, you could probably give me a long list of why you love it.  But if you could pick your number 1 reason why you choose to go on solo trips, what would that be? My answer:  Freedom.  There’s only one problem though: Having the freedom to do as you […]

Exploring a new place after flying hundreds (or thousands!) of miles is exciting.  New sights, new landscapes, new people, new food, new smells—we are filled with wonder as we explore.  As we wander with excitement, locals pass by without the same eyes of excitement, because they feel they have seen everything around them before. Today’s

What’s one item that you would NEVER want to forget before catching the flight on your next trip? I bet that one of those items is your camera. It’s one of mine too.  I love taking photos (sometimes I like to be artsy and pretend like I’m some kind of photographer), and in truth they

I am back again with another Travel Thoughts blog!  The past few weeks we have discussed topics such as simplicity vs poverty, craving culture shock, and last week (which relates to today) the power of nature. Today I am going to focus on the attraction to sublime landscapes—unscalable mountains, vast deserts, and ocean horizons—and how they affect our

I’m back with another blog on Travel Thoughts!  Today we are focusing on the ability of nature to provide us with mental escapes long after we depart from the beautiful landscape.  To help discuss this topic I will be sharing some excerpts from The Art of Travel (Alain de Botton, 2002) which I also referenced

I’m back with another blog of travel thoughts, and I’m here to share some more book excerpts from two books.  The first, is Full Tilt (1965), by Dervla Murphy (which I talk about in last week’s blog).  The second is The Art of Travel (2002) by Alain de Botton, which teaches several important lessons travel can

This week I’m sharing some travel thoughts with you (ie. philosophical travel themes that keep me up at night). Today’s focus is on alternate views of what many people deem ‘poor’, as well as some views on what the best version of mankind looks like. If you prefer to listen instead of read, you can

The other day I had an interesting conversation with my dad, which has led me to write this blog. I mentioned to him how some members of a family I know in Nicaragua have had problems getting visas to visit their relatives here in Canada. Two family members have been issued visas to visit, however

I didn’t think I would write about this so soon, but after noticing an airline specifically promoting a destination for “Instagram-seeking tourists” I couldn’t stop myself from putting together this blog immediately. It was also a moment of realization that there are handfuls of articles online contriving up lists of the most “Instagrammable” places out

I know after my first post, most of you probably saw this coming, and I hate to disappoint, so here it is! Today I’m going to be ranting about 5 awkward myths behind the popular ‘digital nomad’ and influencer images and advertisements we see on Instagram (and social media in general). This is something I