I met Des at the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix. He had one of the most interesting travel stories of anyone I had met in Southeast Asia – he was in the midst of cycling from London, England to Sydney, Australia for charity. We ended up travelling through Indonesia together with a group of his friends … Continue reading
Danielle is a 26-year-old American living in Sydney, Australia. She is a teacher and is tutoring grades 6-12 and refugee children in Sydney. She taught for one year in Seoul, South Korea and she was previously an au pair in Zurich, Switzerland. She has traveled to 22 countries since taking her first big trip to Ireland after graduating … Continue reading
I visited Vietnam for only ten short days in 2012. I knew immediately that it wouldn’t be enough time, and that I wanted to return someday to explore it more extensively. So when I met Bianca in Malaysia this past Spring, I was really keen to hear about her two-month journey from north to south, … Continue reading
As I’ve said before, one of my favourite things is being able to meet up with friends while abroad. A few weeks ago I was randomly in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, of all places, at the same time as my friend Dasha, so I thought it would be the perfect time to publish her … Continue reading
Stephanie is a 29 year old English teacher from Niagara, Ontario. She was bit by the travel bug at the age of 19, and has not been able to stay in one place for an extended time since – in the past 10 years she has visited 17 countries, including Korea, Japan, Thailand, South Africa, … Continue reading
Margeaux Frampton is a 27 year old Kiwi chick, who in 2009, made a permanent move from New Zealand to Canada. A traveler from a young age, Margeaux has visited over 40 countries at last count, and continues to put travelling as a priority in her life. She moved from Queenstown to Toronto in 2009. … Continue reading
I recently began a four-month tour around Southeast Asia. I have a pretty extensive list of countries that I want to visit which never gets any smaller, but I must admit that my first stop was determined simply because it was the cheapest ticket out of Korea. Now, after spending over a month there, getting … Continue reading
Anna-Marie Prohaska is a 28 year-old from Toronto who completed a triple degree in History, Political Science and English at the University of Toronto while still managing to socialise within the various colleges of the St. George campus and working two part-time jobs. She has travelled to over 15 countries, including volunteering for three months … Continue reading
In 2006 I was in my third year of university when I was presented with an opportunity to travel to Croatia for credit. The course was Management of Tourism in National Parks, and myself along with nine of my Tourism Studies classmates, our favourite professor, and students from Croatia, Slovenia, Germany and Finland sailed up … Continue reading
Last December I entered the world of Couch Surfing. Given the fact that my flat in Seoul wasn’t much larger than a closet, I couldn’t very well host, but I thought I would get my foot in the door by offering to meet up with some travellers to show them around the city that I … Continue reading
