Destination: Canada

The Beginning, or "WHAT are you doing?!"

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 | By mirlingabroad | Views [1698] | Comments [4]

Here I am, sitting in a Starbucks on Granville Street in Vancouver, trying to spend the last couple of dollars on Sterling's Starbucks card. I'm staring at a blank computer screen, getting up the courage to write my first blog. I'm a perfectionist, and ... Read more >

Tags: coffee shop, gap year, vancouver

Eurotrip 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 | By jeremy_watso | Views [1676] | Comments [1]

< « Eurotrip 2007 » est le titre qui représente le mieux mon prochain voyage. J'ai décidé l'été passé que je voulais absolument voyager en Europe pour mes vingt ans et c'est pendant l'été 2007 que je vais réaliser mon rêve. En effet, c'est avec ma ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Ther Moose is gone - Long live the Moose!!!

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 | By penguinman | Views [684]

Well the Moose is over!!!! I'm now back in Toronto, a different hostel - The Globalbackpakers - for two nights, before catching the Via Rail train across west. I'm hopping off in Winnipeg & hope to catch up with old friends Bev & Keith. Well ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Nan and Pops visit

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 | By cheken | Views [568]

Exciting fortnight - Our first International visitors Yes, I’ve been slack and not updated the blog in the last two weeks, but in my defence I have two good excuses. 1: We have been very busy hosting our first overseas ... Read more >

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 | By w4michael | Views [535]

I arrived in Puerto Vallarta at 4pm and took a taxi into the center of town, and arrived at a hotel that I had booked online called La Siesta. It was a 15-minute walk to the Old Town over the bridge on the Cuale River. Great view from the room. I ... Read more >

only in newfoundland

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By stonesamurai | Views [534]

my forearms are feeling a burn after pulling through the crux three bolt direct start to seascape.  i'm fanagling a piece of metal into the rock to protect the next bit of climbing when i hear a loud crash in the water behind me.  the flatrock crag, ... Read more >

Pre-Trip

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 | By andal | Views [403]

Hello,  Im just finishing up my list of must-do's in the next couple of days before I start my trip. Looking forward to writing more. But for now off to the grocery store to by some food for supper at Mothers tonight.    Best, ... Read more >

Tags: pre-trip

Windsor: Reel to Real

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By film-junkies | Views [318] | Video | Scholarship Entry

We are born film-makers and are put on the earth to do as such. Both of us have worked many menial jobs in our life time, trying to make the money to provide us the opportunities to travel and obtain the equipment to capture our dreams on screen. I grew ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

The world is too big to stand still

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 | By | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry

Although my initial reasons for ending up in Vancouver were trivial, the experience I left with was quite substantial. As I stepped outside into the cool air and felt the soft pounding of the rain on my umbrella, I saw them for the first time. Looming ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Cold, eh? Welcome to Canada

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry

It was named after the queen of the United Kingdom, drawing its culture and rich heritage from Great Britain. Victoria, BC is famous for its vast number of sail boats and incredible ships that make life appear waterborne and ultimately fancify the multitudinous ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Dreams are made of this stuff

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry

No guidebook or public broadcasting educational video can really prepare you for what you come upon when you arrive in Vernazza, Italy. It is the most extraordinary experience to arrive here by train after ten or more hours of travel, the last hour of ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Beer Fest Weekend

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 | By kiley | Photo Gallery

Gallery: School of Ministry SOM 2009

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By toronto | Photo Gallery

Photos: St. John's surroundings, Newfoundland

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By nloff | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #newfoundland #canada #nfld #photography #nature

Photos: photos

Fri, 6 Jan 2017 | By teresastravels | Photo Gallery