Our camel ride in the Sahara desert at Erg Chegaga the morning before a sandstorm rolled in. It’s taken some time to edit this video down from the original 90…
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Paris – Day 3
Paris – Day 2 can be found here. Up later this morning, closer to 8 am – we had no Ultimate Access Pass to make use of, but we still…
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Great Wolf Lodge – 2 Night Trip
With our recent trip to Club Med Charlevoix still fresh in our minds, we next set off to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls for our daughter’s birthday trip. Source:…
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How It All Began: My Grade 9 Trip to Indonesia – Part 2
Thus begins the conclusion of the tale of how one young man’s willingness to document his personal embarrassment lead to an unexpected foray into the wild world of travel writing….
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How It All Began: My Grade 9 Trip to Indonesia – Part 1
I’m occasionally asked when I started travel writing – and it began all the way back in high school. My first piece of travel writing was published by Lonely Planet…
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Charlevoix – Day 5
Charlevoix – Day 4 can be found here. 7 am start today, as we had to get my son fed and prepped in time for his snowboarding lesson at 8:30…
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Charlevoix – Day 4
Charlevoix – Day 3 can be found here. Our day got off to the usual start with an 8ish wakeup, followed by another great breakfast – and a debate. What…
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Charlevoix – Day 3
Charlevoix – Day 2 can be found here. Further negotiations with our children resulted in a wakeup time of 7:45 am, 15 minutes earlier than the day before. My wife…
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Charlevoix – Day 2
Charlevoix – Day 1 can be found here. To absolutely no one’s surprise, the day dawned cool and wet. But on the bright side, we had a bonus waterfall just…
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Charlevoix – Day 1
Throughout human history, there have been many similes to describe uselessness… As useless as a screen door on a submarine. As useless as a chocolate teapot. As useless as an…
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