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Tony Wheeler, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook empire, wrote a post titled Airports – love them/hate them. Very often, the airport is your first impression of a country. You start setting expectations. Is dealing with officials painless or painful? You’ll get more of the same out of the airport. Does the place feel clean and efficient? You can wager for the same conditions once … Read more »
“A journey can become a sacred thing: Make sure, before you go, To take the time To bless your going forth, To free your heart of ballast So that the compass of your soul Might direct you toward The territories of spirit Where you will discover More of your hidden life, And the urgencies That deserve to claim you.” –John O’Donohue, “For the Traveler” (2008)
Cost/day: $50
What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately?
Returning home means that “strangeness” is more in the unfamiliar than in the bizarre. Having been on the road for the past eight months, returning home presented a lot of familiar sights which masked themselves in the unfamiliar. Even before I left, Toronto had been undergoing one of the single greatest physical transformations of any city in North America. Condos were going up left, right and … Read more »
One of our core values over at BootsnAll is to love learning. It’s something we like to focus on when it comes to work and our daily lives. The learning experiences when it comes to traveling are immense as well, and whenever we have a chance to promote the idea of learning while on the road, we jump at it.
Cost: $20/day
For those unwilling to travel all the way to Scotland to see a famed lake monster, Lake Tahoe should be the top of your end of summer travel plans. Although most come for the hiking and the lake, the rumors of Tahoe Tessie persist around the world’s second deepest lake. I once even commandeered an unattended rowboat and went searching myself, results were inconclusive…
There only constant between all days in Tahoe is … Read more »
When travelling for extended periods of time, it is easy to reach a point of tiredness, when everything seems a bit jaded. The joy of zipping from one place to the other across the travel maps becomes increasingly less exciting, and we may be craving for something more, something … Read more »
Loco2 launched not long ago. A site dedicated to train travel throughout Europe. I’ve exchanged emails with its founder, and “the team” has the vision of creating a source of online train booking “as easy as flight booking”—it appears to be well on its way. The site has a video short that explains how to find, book and share itinerary with friends. It also features a blog that covers things like … Read more »
You get into some crazy situations when you travel. The food you eat, the people you meet and the things you see. Yet on later reflection, those are the same things that build character and allow you to evolve as a person. Derek Sivers described this well in his blog post: Push, push, push. Expanding your comfort zone.
Sivers delivers a rapid-fire blast of outrageous experiences: … Read more »
“I was glad I hadn’t known about this beforehand. If I’d stuck to my usual method of over-preparation, I would have read all the details about [Montmartre and its] view. I would have seen professional photos. I would have heard the dissenting voices bemoaning the crowds and those pesky kids with their soccer ball. I would have been, I am sure, disappointed. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, especially in travel, where surprise … Read more »
Cost/day: FREE (airfare not included – ha!)
What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately?
As I write this, it is now 3:40am and I’m bunking in the San Francisco Airport after 16 hours of flight changes, delays and one emergency turn-around. Some of the things I’ve seen tonight include:
Watching the pilots pack their bags and walk out of … Read more »
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