I've slept in tents, inns, hotels, cars and vans, resorts, jails (twice!) but this was my first time sleeping in a bank. I discovered...

I'll admit to something: I love trying new things; I hate organizing them. This is why I'm always on the lookout for organizers,...

Last year I discovered a new company, Guess Where Trips, which opened up a whole different kind of traveling for me. I was given an...

Like many cat-owners, I'm sure, I'd seen the advertisement of those window backpacks for cats. Since I've been hiking more and more, I...

I had never ziplined before, so what better way to start than with the Interzip, the world's only inter-provincial zipline! With 1400...

I had heard about the Mill of Kintail but had not expected it to be such a multi-use space! There is a short, accessible walk to the Mill...

This was definitely not part of the "fun" 50 New Things of this year but a novelty nonetheless, and hopefully one that will not reoccur...

Uncertainty always creates doubt, and doubt creates fear. Oscar Munoz How the pandemic has challenged us! All of us will have stories to...

For me, trying new foods and drinks is an integral part of the travel experience. When I went to Peru in 2019, none was brave enough to...

The pandemic threw our organizers a curve ball and instead of staying with their acquaintances, we found ourselves in a small, quiet...

Disclaimer: Ayahuasca ceremonies are legal in Peru. The one I attended was supervised by two shamans, a couple, whose attentiveness to...

It's a strange kind of feeling to step out from the noise of a busy city like Puno and into a deserted strip of rock in which is carved a...

I can't help it: every time I hear Titicaca, I laugh and start to sing the Animaniac's Lake Titicaca (I think it's okay not to grow up...

In 2019, I walked the Inca trail from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu in four days. Due to altitude sickness, by the time I arrived in...

Even though I grew up in the land of cowboys (first Colorado, then Alberta), I've never been much of a horseback rider. And yet, here I...

As the original capital of Peru, Cusco boasts a number of exceptional sites, including its old city centre built around the Plaza de...

On the second day of the retreat, my fearless fellow travellers and I headed over to Caribou Mountain, right in the heart of Temagami,...

A friend was hosting a weekend long retreat in a huge lodge in Temagami, Ontario. It's about a 5 hour drive from Ottawa but instead of...

In my late teens, I read a book (I can't remember which one) about factory farming. I was already mostly vegetarian by then, and this...

The chateau loomed before them. Its dark, thick, long logs were staggered over three stories and spread endlessly over multiple wings....