After posting My Next Travel Destination poll, I was not surprised by the poll results. 66.67% voted for Colombia, 26.67% voted for Mongolia and 6.67% voted for Ethiopia. What does this mean? Out of the 3 countries, Colombia would be the easiest country to travel in. With my extensive traveling background in South America, my knowledge of Spanish and a developed transportation network. There are tons of hos ...

No matter where in the world I find myself, I'll always make a quick shopping stop. Let it be in local markets or on very famous streets, it's a must! Below is a list of some of the most famous shopping avenues I had the opportunity to visit. Shopping just never gets old! 1. Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, US: There was no way I was going to visit Los Angeles without strolling down Rodeo Drive. Let's face it, I c ...

On the Trans-Siberian railroad, it is crucial to use a phrasebook, your improvisational skills and personal hygiene items (preferably in a self-made medical kit). I had to get to Mongolia from Moscow and I wanted to experience the train instead of flying. It would be easier to purchase a ticket directly from Moscow to Irkutsk in south central Russia instead of intermittently stopping in different cities, es ...

Budapest could possibly be one of the most beautiful cities within central Europe. Cloaked in the shade of the glorious Buda Hills, and straddling the Danube River it offers a thriving, vibrant, and sometimes romantic retreat for many tourists. Travelling to this exquisite city is easy, and with the use of hotel comparison websites travellers can ensure that their stay is not only comfortable, but that thei ...

The winter climate in Greece During winter when other parts of the world are ice cold and being rained or snowed on the sun continues to bless the majority of the coastal areas with the lush Mediterranean climate. Being a highly popular winter tourist destination in the Mediterranean region, there are numerous cheap flights to Athens that you can take advantage of to ease your winter blues with ouzo and sun ...

[caption id="attachment_3891" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="photo credit: bugbog.com"][/caption]The perfect way to experience Austria is not only to backpack by foot throughout the country, but also to experience it by rail. To discover rolling valleys that were once covered by forest and mountains with so much fluffy snow, it’s scenery that can’t be forgotten. This view was one of my first train r ...

A desolate Olympic stadium is one of the most impressive sites to behold, they have an uncanny ability to foster my tumultuous imagination better than any other man-made structure. They are majestic and masterful yet dormant and seemingly useless all at the same time. Granted they are probably not everyone's cup of tea, but as a product of Brock University’s department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, ...

Drinking beer at Oktoberfest in Bavaria has been on my to-do list for a long time. I love the authenticity associated with it, just as the Dixie Chicks teach us ‘drink with the Irish, smoke with the hippies.’ I carried out this particular travel aspiration in October 2009. I had just moved to London and my friend, Heather was coming to visit me from Canada. She arrived with two Benelux/Germany EU rail cards ...

It all started after a particularly mesmerizing music festival in Barcelona, Spain. A good friend from my Ireland dwelling days invited me to Primavera Sound 2010. It couldn’t have come at a better time either as I was staring at an imminent end to my work contract (the best one I had acquired since being in London no less) and my prospects were seemingly slim. So I jumped at the chance to not only visit Ba ...

[caption id="attachment_3757" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="In Lausanne"][/caption] Back when I was studying in Torino (Italy), a few friends and I decided to visit Switzerland for a weekend. And so as we did almost every weekend, we hopped on a train and headed to a new city. Before reaching Lausanne, we spent a few days in Zurich and Bern. That's when we realized how expensive Switzerland was. ...