When it comes to transportation in a different country, I can easily find a common denominator if I look back at all my travels experiences. Unless I had a friend who lived in the country I was visiting, I never rented a car and turned my backpacking trip into a road trip. I normally relied on planes, buses, trains or ferries to take me from point a to b. But given that I was in Africa last year and I'm goi ...

Everybody wants to do London, right? It’s on every true backpacker’s list. Even if you’re from England, your trip has got to either start or finish here. It’s a country within a city within a country. Image courtesy of Matt There are loads of free attractions like the National Science Museum and the Tate Art Museums and a hundred other sights and walks to see and do. You can have a picnic in Hyde Park one m ...

I often enough talk about I like about backpacking but there are certainly things I dislike about it. We can call those my backpacking pet peeves! I don't have too many, which is why I still really enjoy backpacking but I do have a few. Train, Bus or Airport Strikes while traveling Oh man, do I hate them! I can deal with flight delays but when they are due to strikes, shoot me! It happened when I was in Mor ...

This is the continuous story of my mother's travel adventures back in the late 70's. As you can now see, this is where I got my travel bug from. .....I left off at the excitement of the Egypt trip after Greece and Russia. My working visa for England and ran out by the June of 1980 so I bought a airline Apex ticket which was only applicable for student travelers and the destinations were varied but multiple. ...

This story is a glimpse in where I first got my travel fever. It’s a story of my mom's first travel experience and where she got her travel bug. My first experience with the travel bug occurred in 1979 when I graduated from Sheridan College (Media program) and I applied to the NUSWAP from University of Toronto (National University Student's Work Abroad Program set up around the same time as the CUSU Program ...

Nicaragua, although politically corrupt and poverty-stricken is also undoubtedly beautiful, and ideal for a backpacking holiday for those wanting to enjoy nature at its best, while spending very little money. Appropriate accommodation, in the form of comfortable hostels and camping sites, is plentiful, restaurants are wide and varied, and, if you want to have a bit of a break from your wanderings, there is ...

Why is it easy to stay at home and not travel? Everyone tells me, “One day I will travel” or “ I will travel when I get older”. Travel always seems to put a big stop in everyone lives and for the most part many people don’t know how to go about it. Why is this so? Everyone wishes to just quit their jobs, run away from their day to day life and travel the world. Yet, this seems to be the hardest part for peo ...

Within the last two years, many things in my life have done many twist and turns. Some for the good and some for the bad, but with each change my passion for traveling, producing, and photography have never been lost. For many people keeping your passion active or even finding your passion can be one of the most difficult things to do in life. I found over the years within my travels and meeting an assortme ...

Whenever I leave for a backpacking adventure many people ask me the same question. “ So where do you stay when you backpack?” As like every true backpacker, I answer, “ In hostels.” And everytime I say that, others tell me, “ Really, you stay in those places.” Its like there is something wrong with the idea of a hostel. In the public eye, hostels are seen as dirty, scary, and impersonal. This is only becaus ...

I was surfing a few blogs and came across this video from the SMU Travel Bugs. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPQYxnaONaA] When I first saw this video, I told myself: "This is so me!"  It could not describe me any better. I couldn't agree more with everything that is said in this video. Once you start living outside of your comfort zone, it's difficult to settle for a "normal" life. It's videos lik ...