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North of Myself

Posted on January 4, 2012 | 10 Comments
My earliest memory is of my father, my uncle and myself canoeing across Lac La Ronge while I ate sunflower seeds between the gunwales and sent the shells spinning into the eddies of my father’s paddle strokes. Some places make me feel at home; some...
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How to find off the beaten track destinations

Posted on November 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
Guest post by Robyn Vinter. Robyn is a travel blogger and content writer for Looking4Parking in Leeds, UK. Having graduated with a first class degree in Journalism from Leeds Metropolitan University, she has written for numerous local and national newspapers and magazines in the UK....
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4 Tips for Traveling Without Reducing your Neurotic Parents into Nervous, Gibbering Wrecks

Posted on August 1, 2011 | 18 Comments
Guest Post by: Mike Curtis who has has just returned to Merry old Blighty after spending 3 months being very, very lost in Asia. He now works for Uswitch, comparing gas and electricity prices. Forever. “Mum, I’m going to go to a Malaria hot spot,...
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New Free Travel App for San Francisco and New York

Posted on July 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. As some of you know, a few months back I took a job at Facebook and since then my focus has shifted from this site. All my time has been spent working and I’ve done very little travel and...
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Serendipity 3 and a Bald Man

Posted on April 27, 2011 | 4 Comments
Let’s start this by saying I love chocolate. I love the smell, I love the shape, and I love the taste. I want to make out with it. I want to bathe in it. I want my clothes to be made of chocolate so I...
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Distant Kenya I Dreamed About and Visited

Posted on February 21, 2011 | 16 Comments
This is a guest post by Aneda Antanaviciute. She was born in 1977 and grew up in Klaipeda, Lithuania. From an early age, she was interested in photography, books and travel. All the photos in this post were taken and belong to Aneda. As a teenager I read a lot. One of my favourite...
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Tricks and Tips for Dealing with Jet Lag

Posted on February 10, 2011 | 27 Comments
I’ve been a little bit quiet here for awhile, in part because of the topic of this post: travel and jet lag. A few weeks back I had the fortune of being flown by one of the world’s top companies from Vietnam to San Francisco...
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My Wallet Got Nicked in Hanoi … In Less Than 24 Hours

Posted on January 4, 2011 | 29 Comments
Sweet readers, this has not been my favorite day on my ’round the world adventure. I have been a bit humbled by the experience of having my wallet ‘vanished’ right under my nose. I arrived in Hanoi yesterday afternoon and it was major culture shock...
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The Long Bike Ride to Kuang Si Waterfalls, Laos

Posted on January 2, 2011 | 15 Comments
This will likely not come as a shock to my regular readers but I am not the most athletic person in the world. Especially in the last year as I’ve focused my attention on growing my content strategy freelance practice, I’ve spent far more time...
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Travel Rant: On the Importance of Gratitude

Posted on December 18, 2010 | 61 Comments
I’m currently settled into the lovely city of Vientiane, Laos for the Christmas holidays. I love it here – everything from the colonial architecture, the garishly colored temples, the wonderful food and the lovely, friendly Laos people. It has been a bit of an adjustment...
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