A Free-Flight Hitchhiking Adventure Home For The Holidays. A #HowToBudgetTravel
One of the things travel has really made me come to appreciate is family. In my 27-years I have only missed two December holidays with my family. The first time was in Goa, India, 2011 – two months into what would be an 11-month backpacking trip around South East Asia. The second time was this […]
People Doing Cool Stuff: Meet Anna Gala, Creator of Project Village
My friend Anna from back home in Toronto, Canada is a very outgoing and giving person. She decided she wanted to spread a little love and empowerment, because duhh!! love and empowerment are AWESOME! So she came up with a concept which fuses fashion and philanthropy. Project Village. I met Anna about 6 or […]
How To Connect With Locals When You Travel
Over the past few years of wanderlust and travel, I have learned that the best travel experiences for me, usually involve meeting local people where I go. I recall my first trips being largely about events and places, but I quickly learned that to get a deeper, more profound and awesome experience, connecting with locals […]
2013 Year In Review
For the past couple years, I have decided to do an annual end of year recap, to look back on the highs and lows of the year as it comes to an end. After spending more or less the entire last year traveling in Asia, I thought it would be pretty hard to top, but […]
Jim’s Spirit and my Trip to Phoneix, Arizona
As some of you may know from my previous post Reminders of Carpe Diem; Lessons from a fallen friend, my good friend Jim Sissakis passed away a little over a year ago at the age of 24, after a battle with cancer. He ended up seeking treatment in Scottsdale, AZ and shortly before passing away, […]
Guest Blog Post: Co-Piloting The Hippie Van
So last week I had a few friends come up to my family’s cottage, three hours north or Toronto. I asked one of my freinds Vylan, who rode up with her two girlfriends and me in the hippie van, to write a short post about the experience. Without further ado, here it is. Co-Piloting The […]
What To Do When You Break Down in The Smallest Town in The United States?
So for those of you who have checked out my video from the road trip I did to Burning Man in 2011, you will have noticed that the hippie van broke down half way to Nevada. It was on a Saturday night, three days and 2,300km into our trip from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on our […]
Community Involvement to Help Paint The Van @ Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market
Only weeks before we were scheduled to depart for Burning Man 2011, the vans paint job was still not complete. It is after all a rather large canvas and to this point only Alex Currie a.k.a Runt (you can read more about him on the About Page), the artist responsible for the rad paint job, […]