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My mother and father are a hardworking pair. My childhood was peppered with absences, short and long, while my parents traveled for work. Their returns were marked with exotic gifts for my brother and I; Russian dolls, Italian candies; tiny Japanese jewelry boxes. What's more, in family...

I met a new type of traveler, on a recent trip to Jamaica. They're not quite tourists and they're not quite expats, and while they may seem to belong in the same camp as retired Florida-bound snowbirds, they are certainly not. 

While they all had different stories, their relationships...

As a traveler, I love taking photographs. While scenery and landscapes are well and gorgeous, my favourite pictures are shots of local people in everyday activities. To me, these photos are intimately telling of a culture; an old woman selling live eels in a market; men playing checkers in a...

My new job has me commuting across town three times a week, and my iPod has been getting a lot of exercise. I've discovered that I often associate certain songs with certain people, or places, or periods of my life. There are some songs that, while not affiliated with any concrete memory, always...