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Great News Comes from our Meeting with Bon Jovi

Great News Comes from our Meeting with Bon Jovi

Sometimes just being in the right place at the right time can change your life! Dave and I have always believed that we make our own luck. Being in the right place at the right time comes after a lot of hard work to get yourself there in the first place.

Travel Inspiration – Defying Expectations

Travel Inspiration – Defying Expectations

I was back in the airport for the third time in four days. Earlier that day I had interviewed for a marketing position in Daytona Beach. It was right up my alley. I should have been thrilled.

Inspirational Travel – Roundtrip Ticket, My Backpack and Curiosity

Inspirational Travel – Roundtrip Ticket, My Backpack and Curiosity

I have always loved to travel but I have never had the opportunity to travel and explore the way I wanted to. It’s not until we throw ourselves into the unknown that we know who we are.

A Trip Down Memory Lane of New Year’s Past

A Trip Down Memory Lane of New Year’s Past

Wow, can you believe it’s nearly 2012? This has been a short Christmas season, it seems shorter than usual with Christmas and New Years falling on a Sunday. It seems like the holidays just got started and they are already coming to and end

Three Countries We Can’t Get Enough Of

Three Countries We Can’t Get Enough Of

There aren’t a lot of countries that we go back to again and again. Actually we realized that we have only re-visited 3 countries again and again. Mexico, Thailand and France keep calling us back.

Inspirational Travel: Fishing For Friendship

Inspirational Travel: Fishing For Friendship

Here in a small fishing village on the coast of Brazil, nobody spoke English. I came here on a volunteer vacation. This was my first visit to a location where neither was English prevalent nor did I know the language.

A Visual Delight in Chiapas, Mexico

A Visual Delight in Chiapas, Mexico

Last week we had the chance to visit the Adventure Travel World Summit in the city of San Cristobal in Chiapas Mexico. They couldn’t have picked a better location.

The 5 States of Adventure Travel in Mexico

The 5 States of Adventure Travel in Mexico

Mexico has great beaches, world class diving and awesome water sports but it is en route to positioning itself as one of the top adventure destinations in the world.

Top Adventure Destinations Part 2

Top Adventure Destinations Part 2

Today we are on our way to the Adventure Travel World Summit in Chiapas Mexico and we thought it would be a good idea to stick with the adventure theme and share Part two of our Top 5 countries for adventure around the world. There was no way we could narrow our favourite destinations down [...]

Reasons to Visit Mexico

Reasons to Visit Mexico

Why travel to Mexico? Mexico is a country thriving with unique culture and history. As the country in Latin America with the highest amount of tourism, Mexico offers a variety of opportunities to explore its ancient historical landmarks or indulge in one of its many unique resorts right on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Pacific Ocean.

Offbeat Activities at Rancho La Puerta

Offbeat Activities at Rancho La Puerta

Think Rancho La Puerta is like every other spa you’ve been to?Think again. Why not try these alternative activities that will keep your week interesting.

A Destination Spa Made for a Man

A Destination Spa Made for a Man

Dave wasn’t quite sure if he was going to enjoy a week at Rancho la Puerta. This spa was voted best Destination spa on earth by Travel and Leisure, but don’t only women go on these types of retreats?

Rancho La Puerta, A Fitness Resort Like No Other

Rancho La Puerta, A Fitness Resort Like No Other

Rancho La Puerta is like nothing we have ever experienced. I didn’t even know that places like this existed. A fitness spa retreat set in the sacred mountains of northern Mexico where every single hour of the day offers an array of activities.

Taking Time to Reflect

Taking Time to Reflect

We are currently strengthening our bodies, empowering our minds and finding health and balance in our lives at Rancho la Puerta in Baja California, Mexico. To really delve into the process we are leaving our computers in their cases

India and Mexico, More Similar Than You’d Think

India and Mexico, More Similar Than You’d Think

The more I traveled Mexico, the more familiar the place felt. Familiar to India, that is. What could possibly be similar between Mexico and India – countries separated by oceans?

The Ultimate 5 Dive Destinations in the World

The Ultimate 5 Dive Destinations in the World

SCUBA diving is a phenomenal pastime which can unlock a completely different world to the adventurous traveller. There are hundreds of fabulous natural and artificial dive sites across the globe, but there are certain places that should tip the top of your must-dive list. Here are 5 of the top places you should definitely take the plunge.

The Window to the Soul; A Photostory

The Window to the Soul; A Photostory

Travel photography has many aspects. When Deb and I travel most places are defined in some way or another by the people. Faces always have intrigued me because, as Shakespeare put it, “The eyes are the window to the soul”.

Nicaragua A First Time Volunteer Experience

Nicaragua A First Time Volunteer Experience

A small town Canadian girl (yes I call myself a girl even at 46) gets a chance to go to a Central American country to build a school not once but twice! How sweet was that. It was even better this second time as I brought my 16 year old son Joey. We were joined by 10 other people making up our team of twelve.

Giving Back: ARCAS, Guatemala – A One in an Only!

Giving Back: ARCAS, Guatemala –  A One in an Only!

Every move we make in our lives is based on a decision. That decision can be of minor importance, or like in my case the one that changes the path of my life forever. When I hopped on a bus to take me from Belize to Tikal, Guatemala I had no idea what was awaiting me!

Mexico, A Divers Journey Through Central America, Continued

Mexico, A Divers Journey Through Central America, Continued

Mexico has been getting a lot of bad press here in Canada lately. Crime, violence, fear. It is all over the news. But we found it to be very safe and friendly.

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