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Comments
by beersandbeans | 2009/12/08
Sounds like a cool job! If you are ever in need of any pictures please let me know. I'm a photographer and would love to find new places to publish. Likewise if you ever want to be featured on our blog let me know - maybe we can do a guest spot! Our website is http://www.BeersandBeans.com and my photo site is http://www.NarikosNest.com. We just got back from Oaxaca where we covered the Day of the Dead and we've got a lot of great stuff that we'll be featuring soon. Good luck in Whitehorse! - Beth
by Tim Patterson | 2009/11/11
Hey, safe travels west, i'll be waiting for blogs from the road -
-tim
by Gypsy Dad | 2009/07/20
A fellow Canuk vagabond...maybe our paths will cross and we can share stories...
Dan 'The Gypsy Dad' Sauve www.TheModernVagabond.com http://themodernvagabond.ning.com/
by greenapples | 2009/06/14
yay for Halifax! I really miss it terribly. I am hoping to go back in October, at least for thanksgiving.
I've just come back from Italy and had a lovely time exploring some places. I visited: Venice, Bologna (and ate pasta bolognaise, heh), Florence, Lucca, Sienna, then worked on a farm in Tuscany for two weeks which was nice except the people weren't too friendly. Then off to Rome and another farm where the people were even worse. Not a great time there. Then Naples for lots of pizza and gelato. Phew.
Now I am in the Netherlands with my parents hoping to soon get a temp job to get some savings for a return to Canada.
Where are your travels taking you next?
by Corinne Bourbeillon | 2009/05/23
Merci pour ce gentil commentaire en français sur ma page! Et un grand bravo, c'est presque parfait!!! ;-)
About your question: I've dived once around Redang Island, during my stay in the Perhentian Islands, but it was in 2006...
Corinne http://petitesbullesdailleurs.fr
by candicew86 | 2009/05/06
Oh, I'd love to know anything about visiting Ottawa! Haha. A lot of my family lives there so I'll be fairly busy...but what would you consider a MUST do? Eating a beaver tail is right up there on my list, lol.
by suchurose28 | 2009/04/19
Hi.interesting profile...U said u r planning to go to India...Even I m from there.The place is Udaipur, Rajasthan.Its beautiful, city of lakes, historical, beautiful gardens. Its one of the most popular tourist destination In India. U will find so many 5 star hotels and other star hotels to stay....let me know about it. Hope to meet u soon.
Cheers :)
by MadisonEvelyn | 2009/04/18
Thanks for the Welcome! I have been here for a little while, I guess I've just always been a lurker :)
Profile Full Bio
Birthday:
02/21
About me
I'm a freelance writer currently serving as the Senior Editor of WorldHum.com. I gave up my apartment and quit my "day job" in Spring 2008 (I was a historical researcher specializing in Aboriginal land claims) and have been on the road and writing ever since. You can learn more about me and my writing at http://www.evaholland.com.
Travel style
I usually travel alone and do the backpack/hostel/self-catering thing, but I try not to see it as a lifestyle choice that is clearly superior to all others...
Ideal place to watch the sunset
My dad's cottage on the Ottawa River. The roof of my guesthouse in Udaipur, India, was pretty sweet too.
Ideal place to watch the sunrise
My new ideal: a campsite on the St. Lawrence with whales swimming by.
Before I die I'd like to
See all 1000 places in that book?? Nah...
I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when
When I visited my dad while he was living in Kuala Lumpur, and I was away from all the touristy stuff and just spent my days wandering around the suburban malls and people-watching. Also anytime we went to the pub while I was living in England, or when we just sat around the house watching Eurovision or the World Cup or Celebrity X-Factor.
Sports I do
rugby, rowing, hockey
Tunes I rock out to
I'm on a pretty serious motown/soul/oldies kick these days. Lately I can't stop re-playing Jackie Wilson, The Staple Singers, early James Brown, late Solomon Burke, the Commitments soundtrack (a soul classic), the Marvelettes, and Wilson Pickett. I also dig Toronto-area hiphop (hey, it's the T-dot), Canadian rock icons The Tragically Hip, and Feist when I'm feeling contemplative / working on a deadline.
Favorite books
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Martha Quest by Doris Lessing, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod, A Room With a View by E.M. Forster, Gone to New York by Ian Frazier
My links
http://www.evaholland.com http://www.worldhum.com http://notcoming.com http://www.slate.com http://www.cbc.ca/arts http://www.nerve.com
Fired Up On:
Blogging
Cooking
Literature
Music
Paddling
Photography
Politics
Trekking
Writing
Looking to Meet:
People who are interested in meeting others and swapping stories and hanging out - not just winning a competition for who can get to the most places, or most dangerous places, in the least (or most) amount of time, on the least amount of money.
Languages:
English
French
Favorite Quote:
"My money's low and my suits are out of style, but it's alright..."
~Stevie Wonder
"Life moves pretty fast - if you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."
~Ferris Bueller
Favorite Places:
New York City, the Yukon, Florence, New Zealand, Istanbul, Bequia (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), New Orleans, San Francisco, Nova Scotia, Venice, Britain (Cornwall, Northumberland, London, Scottish Highlands), Budapest, India
Places I Want To Go:
I'm setting up house in Whitehorse, Yukon, for awhile, so for now: All over the North.
Travel Blog
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08/10/2007 Canada 3
Ok, so everybody knows Ottawa is a one-horse government town full of WASPs with full pensions and great health plans. We don't even try to join in when Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver square off for the Best Ethnic Food heavyweight championship. (Toronto wins, by the way, though Van-city gets...
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11/18/2007 Canada 4
One of my earliest World Hum blogs was about the perfect road trip soundtrack. It got me thinking about the role of the road trip – and of road trip...
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11/26/2007 Rwanda 5
If you've seen Hotel Rwanda, you might remember a United Nations commander played by Nick Nolte, who pops in and out of the Mille Collines with increasingly bad news about the international community, and any potential help they might offer. Shake Hands With The Devil is...
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02/02/2008 Canada 6
For Canadian kids my age, the phrase ‘I smell burnt toast’ is like a joking code word for seizures and epilepsy. In one of a wildly popular series of ‘Canadian Heritage Minutes’ that ran on TV when I was growing up...
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04/16/2008 Barbados 9
It's easy, and common, to write the Caribbean - and particularly, these smaller, more elite islands of the Eastern Caribbean - off as resort-saturated, tourist-tsunamied outposts of travel consumerism. Most folks looking for "authentic culture" probably figure the islands are well and...
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12/23/2009 Canada 8
Touch comes first: the stifling but still pleasant sensation of being swaddled, of skin encased day and night in layers of tight-fitted fabric. I sleep in long johns, sweatpants, and a fleece shirt; I work in long johns, jeans, a hoodie and a fleece jacket; wool socks and sheepskin slippers are...
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11/29/2009 Canada 7
Fort Nelson, British ColumbiaMile 300 of the Alaska Highway58th Parallel6:45 am
I wake up early and head out into a strange male world - all engine grease and flannel. There are truckers - and me - in the hotel breakfast room, truckers in the parking lot where I pace and scrape ice from...
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11/24/2009 Canada 7
There are parts of the world where the pure aesthetic appeal of the landscape is almost unrelenting - Scotland, say, or parts of the American Southwest. The Caribbean, and tropical islands everywhere. Areas where your camera finger itches non-stop, where you fight sleep on long train or bus...
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10/31/2009 Canada 2
It's getting really real, now. Yesterday I signed the papers on a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and today I spent the afternoon digging through a hockey bag full of clothes I haven't touched since I packed up my apartment a year and a half ago. In less than three weeks I'll be on the road westbound...
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09/03/2009 Canada 5
I've been out of school a few years now, but it still feels like September is a time for fresh starts. So this week, after 14 months of official hobo-dom, I've decided to turn in my suitcase and settle down like a respectable person again.
With one small catch: I'll be settling down in...
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Halifax, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Whitehorse
Canada
Hit me up if you're headed to the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec or the Yukon - I can probably help, either with general ideas or (for the cities/regions I know better) specific recs and practical advice. Oh Canada!
Durham
United Kingdom
Lived in Northern England for a year, can help with recs and advice for Durham/Northumberland/Newcastle area, as well as general British travel advice - BritRail, regional highlights, etc.
Haines, Skagway, AK
United States
South east Alaska is my backyard. Let me know if you're headed this way, and I'll tell you how to break free of the inevitable cruise ship hordes.
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