Hawai’i Island, also know as ‘the Big Island’, is..surprise surprise, the biggest island in the Hawaiian Islands. I visited with my brother and we saw lots of the Big island’s highlights, including active lava flows, tropical coral reefs, soaring sea cliffs, coffee plantations and…snow. Here’s my run down on our visit and some of the…
Category: North America
What to do in one full day in New York City
New York City is the kind of place you can easily spend weeks in, but sometimes, that’s not how much time you have. Here’s my guide for what to do if you have one full day to see New York City. With this itinerary, you’ll get to check out some of NYC’s most iconic and…
Destination Unknown: An ode to travelling without a plan
It was early morning and the air around me was cool and still. In every direction, I was surrounded by bright bursts of flame and huge swelling blooms of fabric slowly rising up from the grassy field on which I stood. I couldn’t tell exactly where the uplifting electronic music was coming from, as it…
My Ten Favourite Places in New York
Start spreading the news…this city lives up to the hype. New York is filled with history, art, architecture, museums and culture and is a town where you will never run out of things to do. As a millenial visiting New York, a lot of the places that appealed to me the most took me back…
Top Tips for Vancouver
Vancouver is Canada’s 3rd largest city and voted one of the most liveable in the world. Beautifully protected by mountains, the city lives harmoniously with nature and is the ideal city for outdoor lovers, shoppers and tourists alike. I lived and worked in Vancouver for most of 2015 and spent a lot of my free time…
Day Trip to Teotihuacan
On my recent trip to Mexico, my friend and I both had the famous pyramids of Teotihuacan on the top of our ‘must see’ list. Although you can get transport to the pyramids from Mexico City by yourself via public transport, we decided to take the easy option for the day and book a Teotihuacan…
See you later Sayulita!
One of the tourism companies I worked for this year had a tag line we would always say at the end of tours: “At ___ ____ we don’t say goodbye, we say see you later!” I guess the sentiment behind it is that we want customers to purchase additional tours with us, but we also…