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The screaming has subsided. Somewhere nearby, I pictured that meme of “my child is crying… because I wouldn’t let her lick the floor.” That blood-curdling scream that means a two-year-old is way, [...]

Ah, Greece. This ancient country pleasantly surprised me over Christmas, 2016. This past winter, in Thailand, I fell in love with the PBS/British series The Durrells in Corfu, and longed to [...]

Travel teaches us who we are, what we need, where we belong, what we crave, and why. It’s not just a trip here or there that teaches us this, it’s a cumulative experience. The more you do, the [...]

Humid, always humid. It’s after dark on the eve of the Thai King’s funeral. I’ve just chowed down on a passable burger and great fries. Soon, I’m off to buy two Thai dishes to take home. [...]

Thailand. Four days in. Some counties are a rite of passage for travellers. Thailand. India. Peru. Morocco. On it goes. Lands where culture shock kicks in. On my way to this café, I passed a [...]

Nova Scotia and Halifax are different, because, normally, I don’t do “travel round-ups.” Most of the time, my opinion is that you should find out what to see and do by people [...]

I live and die by AirBNB reviews. Hands down, no argument, no discussion: Without AirBNB, I could not live the nomad life. Full stop. But it took ages to learn to read reviews carefully, to read [...]

I’ve begun watching the movie Given on Netflix, a travel/surfing movie narrated by a six-year-old boy named Given. A family with pro-surfer parents, they travel the world constantly with [...]

So, I had an epiphany today. Lightbulb, Oprah singing, nerves zapping kinda “a-ha!” epiphany. See, I’ve been so consumed, almost vexed, as I deliberate about Where To Next. I don’t mean where to [...]

I’m editing travel photography while drinking my last Bosnian coffee. What’s Bosnian coffee, you might ask? Turkish coffee served in Bosnia. Basically. It’s heated differently. [...]