Tag: tbex

  • Photo Du Jour – Downtown Vancouver Skyline

    Since starting I Backpack Canada in 2009, I’ve had the opportunity to see some extraordinary places and meet countless other travel writers and bloggers. The community and sense of “family” that’sĀ developedĀ around the travel blogging industry initially caught me by surprise. It has now become my go-to when I have questions regarding everything from ethics, photography…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Updates from my life: Lost the award, but claiming my prize for the one I won!

    I mentioned in a previous post that I Backpack Canada was up for a Saskatchewan Tourism Award of Excellence. This would be the 2nd formal tourism award my little blog had been nominated for, and I was hoping to start off the year with a winning streak. I wasn’t able to attend, but it turns…