After 13 hours of flying, I have finally arrived in Cannes, France. As first impression after five years, its a whole lot of wow. Things have change! I know, not very usual for Europe, but its not the buildings that have changed its the amount of stores and resturants that have been added to the water fronts main street. There are now many designers stores, which is what I expected since Cannes is the cente ...

I'm completely obsessed with this song! There are a few versions of it but I'll let you listen to the World Cup version and the second one is a Canadian tribute to Haiti. They are my two favorite. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPZDEx-8-Q] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc&feature=related] ...

When traveling in Brazil a few months ago, I made a quick 6-day stop in the Amazon. Although there were many highlights of the week I spent there, I'd like to emphasize my experience in a particular amazon village. Wooden houses, fruit plants, soccer fields were all common things one would encounter while walking through the it. But the one thing that really caught my attention were the kids living in that ...

This Saturday is the big day!! I am hoping a plane to head over to FRANCE. As mentioned in a pervious post I am going to Cannes, France for work. So no backpacking Europe but at least I will be out of the country and seeing a new city. Well kind of because I have already seen Cannes before, but that was five years ago. So lots of change has happened since than, well for me anyways. So why am I going to Cann ...

When we think of Italy, we picture the beautiful canals of Venice, the magnificent coliseum of Rome, the Duomo of Milano, the Ponte Vecchio of Florence and the beautiful landscape in the south. It it one of the greatest countries to visit in Europe if you are a tourist, but the political reality isn't so nice. Italy is one of the most corrupted democratic countries in Europe. For the first time in more than ...

A great advantage of traveling is finding yourself with friends from all over the world.  Although it is common to have most of your friends living in the same city as you, things kind of change when you start to travel. Sometimes, all you need is to spend a few hours or a few days to create a great bond with someone and then maintain a friendship over the course of a lifetime. Yup, even if you don't live i ...

Within the last five years getting married abroad has become the latest trend. Many destination weddings are becoming the perfect spot for couples to celebrate their love with loved ones in a more cheaper and easier way. This idea of all weddings heading to vacations spots has now risen from about 16 percent to now over 25 percent. Why? Well there are many benefits in getting married abroad, one being able ...

Traveling accross Europe is somewhat common. It normally turns out to be a great experience and lots of fun times! This being said, there was one thing that really annoyed me during my 7-month stay in Europe, and that was going to the bathroom in touristy places. When in Rome, do as the Roman do- that means- did they have to dish out some cash to pee? The average cost of using the toilet in Italy, or accros ...

[caption id="attachment_1737" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="City of Nara"][/caption]One country I have always had on the top of my travel list is Japan. Every since I was small I have always wanted to backpack Japan, however it is so expensive to travel in Japan that I have put it off for so long. Another reason is because my name, Nara is actually a city in Japan. It is no ordinary city either. It ...

Do you ever get annoyed from friends and family members who always discourage your trips by saying: I hear it's a very dangerous country? or You better watch out I hear they steal organs down there? If that is the case, you are far from being the only one. When travelling Latin America, especially countries such as Colombia, it is important to leave with a clear mind and not think that all these horror stor ...