Month: June 2011

  • Roaming on the tip of a Glacier at the Columbia Ice fields

    Driving through the Rockies in the warm Canadian summer, it can become all too familiar to see snow & ice, to the point where it becomes as habitual as seeing the clouds surrounding these gargantuan mountains. However, making contact with snow can be rather difficult, as it’s typically a couple thousand feet too far out…

  • An Australian Backpacker Caught In The Vancouver Riots

    As everyone knows by now, chaos engulfed the downtown streets of Vancouver after the Game 7 loss between the Canucks and the Bruins. The story has been killed 8 shades of dead by now. We all know windows were smashed, people were injured, cars were lit up, and stores were looted. What many people don’t…

  • 6 Things I Learned Rafting the Kicking Horse River

    6 Things I Learned Rafting the Kicking Horse River

    A white shuttle bus pulled in front of the doors of the SameSun Hostel in Banff. The doors clunked open. “Hello mate, ready for some rafting?” – Banff has got to be one of the only places in Canada where it’s totally normal to be greeted by an Aussie.  We laughed and replied with a…

  • Kayaking Near Revelstoke Mountain with The Hoodapus Gang

    The Moose Bus pulled up at a small campground on the edge of Williamson Lake, travellers from all over the world climbed out and took in the fresh air. Mount Revelstoke  loomed over us like a protective parent. We approached the small lake and were greeted by an SUV and trailer full of wooden kayaks.…

  • Into the Rockies We Go with Moose Network

    I stretched my aching and tired body across the queen size bed that I’m calling my own. The folks at Hosteling International know how to make a traveller feel welcome. A bed to crash in on one of Vancouver’s most busiest & eclectic streets is all a guy can ask for. I breathed out, and…

  • TBEX 2011 officially confirms that I’m not a Jabroni

    Leaving Vancouver after TBEX was a little surreal. After meeting so many like minded travellers, writers, and people involved in the tourism industry, it was sad to say goodbye. Fortunately, bigger and better things are on the horizon which are giving me a new lease on my future in the travel writing industry. I’ve taken…

  • Sleeping with West Coast Art in the Listel Hotel

    Waking up, I turned my foggy head to the bedside table. The clock read 7:45AM, I groaned knowing that it was time to get out of this comfy bed. The sun shone through the windows, and out of the corner of my eye I made eye contact with this creepy (yet interesting) painting. A two…

  • Off to Vancouver for TBEX 2011

      Its finally arrived. The moment where I’m frantically packing, hoping I haven’t forgotten anything. My mental checklist says I’ve thought of everything, but you know what they say about mice, men, and best laid plans. So be it! I’m ready as I’ll ever be. I catch a flight late-late tonight / stupid-early tomorrow morning…

  • A Quick Weekend Trip to Prince Edward Island

    Road trips are beginning to be a huge part of this blog. Unfortunately, extended travel hasn’t been on my itinerary in over a year; however, I’ve been making due with quick jaunts around Atlantic Canada & the occasional jump out west. My most recent adventure took me to Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island. Known…