The beauty of having spent the last 6 years traveling is the friends I've made throughout my journeys abroad- and HOME! My crowd of friends has drastically changed since High School or College. My closest friends go from Italian descendent to Vietnamese to Lebanese to Argentinian to Jamaican. All open minded, we spend our time together discovering new cuisines or activities. This being said, it was my Jamai ...

Every backpacker/tourist goes to these places when traveling, only because they are "the must see" and most popular sites that are very unique. Yet, since they are like this, they are swarmed with tourists and really over all , a very big tourist trap!!! The Blarney Stone 120 steps up a steep, narrow staircase to kiss a rock. Remember that after you kissed this famous rock, that about millions of others hav ...

As winter is almost coming to an end; snow is melting, milder weather and lots of sun, it only means one thing for us Quebecois- Sugar Shack or Cabane à Sucre! If you traveled to the Northeast in the spring and didn't visit a Sugar Shack- shame on you! As the leading region for Maple Syrup, spring is the time of the year where the Maples trees in Quebec slowly begin to unfreeze. This means that the the sap ...

In a few weeks time I am off to another country! Yay! No I am not backpacking or taking a vacation, but I am traveling. I will be in Cannes, France for work!!! It’s going to be about a week long trip of work and little play, but it’s going to be exciting to be back in Cannes again. About five years ago around this time, it was my very first time in Cannes. As I think about that now, wow time passes very qui ...

So you've probably been thinking about going backpacking and beginning to feel ready to take the leap of faith! The first step is figuring out where to travel to. As an experienced backpacker, I would suggest you stick to a place or region or country you are already familiar with. I don't necessarily mean a place you traveled to but at least that you can relate to. But if that would make you feel more confi ...

Now every bar usually just ends up to be a bar, nothing special. Just a place for us to grab a drink and chill. Well well, you may be surprised but sometimes bars are design as an art form. Well take a look and find out what ones you need to grab your next drink at. Basil's Bar in Mustique This bar will seem very laid back and causal, but really its nothing like that. It sits on stilts over looking sparklin ...

Most of you have already heard about the earthquake that hit Chili with a magnitude of 8.8 on March 2nd. As most of us were still devastated by the one that hit Haiti, we found ourselves once again, feeling that devastation for Chile. Although this is the type of news we don't want to hear, we need to expect it. Some countries are not as well off as others because of their location on the map. Some are more ...

Every dream of being in the middle of a crazy, freaky festival. Well many people don't dream, they do it. Below are a few crazy festivals around the world, that you may want to work your backpacking adventure around. Tomato Fesitval in Spain During the last week of August about 30,000 people participate in the world largest food fight. The town square in Bunol, Spain is filled with people trying to throw as ...

I know I'm a week late but Alicia Keys was in Montreal on February 28th and let me tell you... what a performance! Honestly, I never bought a CD of hers and I've never been a really big fan but what I've always liked her. She seems to be a down to earth type of person at glamorous award shows and her music has always been filled with such emotions on her part. So when she booked a one-night show in Montreal ...

Whenever I backpack I always want to try new things, such as freaky foods. I never get the chance to try crazy, strange foods when I'm home so why not try it while I am vacationing. I have found some crazy foods, that might compile you in trying , when you start your backpacking adventure. Fried Tarantulas-Combodia Now if you hate spiders I would stay right away from this. They are huge spiders that are sol ...