My Burning Man Obsession Burns Still
I have to admit, there's a part of me that wishes I had been born just a few years earlier, so that I could officially have been part of the Hippie Generation. I'm sure I'm just romanticizing the era, (or maybe it's the recent resurgence of bohemian fashion everywhere), but I'm a little envious of the transformation and freedom that came with the 60s, probably because I was too young to...
Travel in Good Spirits to Manitoulin Island
Although I didn't plan it that way, this summer is definitely turning out to be the summer of exploring my own backyard, and discovering places that I've known about for years, but never really appreciated until now: in this case Tobermory and Manitoulin Island. And although we only got to savour a small taste of the area, including a spectacular piece of the Bruce Trail, our 2-day drive-thru...
Why Travel Insurance Isn’t Just for Adrenaline Junkies
Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Everest in 1963, once said: “If you’re not living life on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” Yeah, I don’t get that. Travel Insurance: not just for the "adventurous" I may be a traveller, but I’m no Adventuress: in fact, on the spectrum where adrenaline junkies are on one end and clucking chickens are on the other, I’m definitely on the...