Spooky Travels – Great Hallowe’en Haunts
Canadians love Hallowe’en. While we may celebrate Halloween in full force, there are a lot of places around the world that I would love to spend the night for a good scare.
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 [...]
Top Adventure Destinations In the World – Part 1
Last week on CTV News Channel we talked about our top destinations in the world for adventure. It was such a fun segment that it made us think we should share our top picks with our readers too! We love chatting to Canada weekly, it not only hopefully inspires our fellow Canadians to get out [...]
5 of the World’s Most Expensive Rooms
Not many of us can afford a luxury hotel room let alone an outrageously expensive presidential suite: but we all love to dream. When this post came across our desk from Escape Travel, we thought it’d be fun to share a little fantasy with you on a Saturday morning. Who doesn’t want to take a [...]
Seven Super Train Travels
Who Likes Train Travel? We love taking the train. There is nothing better than watching the countryside pass by as you relax in your compartment while getting to know your fellow passengers.
The Fab Four Climbs of Dave and Deb
Shredded Wheat Canada is giving away a $100 gift card to mec. As their resident travel experts we thought we’d share our favorite climbing spots around the world.
10 Most Dangerous Countries
Travelling is one thing that many people all over the world love to do. Not all parts of the globe are not necessarily safe to visit. In fact, there are some places that are quite dangerous.
5 Things You Shouldn’t Do in an Airport
Imagine this… You’ve picked up some cheap international flights and are on your way to the airport. Everything seems fine until you get there and all of a sudden something goes completely wrong. You end up stuck in that little room trying to explain what just happened. For many years unpredictable situations have occurred in [...]
Four Reasons to Take a Ferry to France
If you’re heading to France you have various travel options, from cheap flights to driving. But any thousands of people prefer to take the ferry to France.
The Tour d’Afrique: The Trip that Changed our Lives, Three Years Later
The Tour d’Afrique 2011 kicks off today in Cairo, Egypt. It was this time three years ago that we started our transformation from working class career oriented professionals to adventurers and full time travel bloggers. It started out as a New Years Resolution on the eve of 2008. We were feeling blue after 2 years [...]
Christmas Abroad, our lack of Holiday Tradition
It has been many a year since Dave and I celebrated Christmas on actual Christmas day with our families. We always tend to be traveling during the winter months and have yet to put down any roots to start a regular holiday tradition. So here we are celebrating another Christmas by ourselves in yet another country. This year it is Thailand and we will be kickboxing through the entire holidays. That will definitely help to take our minds off of not being at home.
Our Favourite Photographs by Country 2010
Our favourite travel photographs by country of 2010. We had amazing photo opportunities during our travels to 10 countries in 2010. These are the best moments we had.
20 Best Moments in Travel of 2010
What were our best travel moments of 2010. We had amazing adventures and it is tough to wrap up, but we did it. We had extraordinary moments in some of the simplest things.
Best Adventures of 2010
2010 is drawing to a close and it is the perfect time to reflect on the events of the past year. We have had quite an amazing year when we stopped to think about. It is funny, when it is your own life, you don’t really realize just how incredible things are while they are happening, but in retrospect, life can be quite extraordinary. I won’t lie, things haven’t been all roses. We worry about where the money will come from, what the future will hold and if we will ever feel comfortable enough to actually stop counting every penny that we spend.
Winter Activities in Canada you Just Cannot miss!
Canadian winter is a manifestation of nature’s harshness. In most parts of the country, people trudge through the snow for almost six months of the year, from November to April. Though some may prefer to hibernate, there are others who do not wish to fall prey to the boredom of cabin fever during the long winter season. The sense of fun coupled with the spirit of adventure of winter enthusiasts has given rise to diverse outdoor activities that are truly entertaining. Hence, to experience the excitement of Canadian winter, you need to participate in the following activities…
Key Kuala Lumpur Landmarks
Malaysia’s intrinsic colourful contrasts climax in spectacular Kuala Lumpur. The vast capital city is a zenith of culture and a dynamic urban metropolis. KL pulsates with shiny skyscrapers, feverish wet markets, lively pedestrian malls, venerable mosques and a wonderful, chaotic array of restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
The World in Black and White: A Photostory
With the advent of digital cameras most people don’t really think of photographing in Black and White. Well I think people are missing out. If you look back over time you will see that some of the most striking and evoking photographs were taken in Black and White. It gives images a certain impact. Ansel Adams is a perfect example.
Six Songs to Inspire Travel
We wrap up this media week with songs that inspire travel. – Like all of our lists this past week this was not easy to narrow down our choices to only six. There are many other songs out there that make us want to travel. Even as I write this introduction I am thinking of [...]
8 Great Movies That Inspire Travel
You knew it was coming. It’s media week at ThePlanetD and what is a week about travel in the media without travel movies. Dave and I worked in the film business for over a decade so we take our movie choices as seriously as our travel destinations. When we choose a movie that inspires travel, [...]
National Geographic Destinations, We’ve captured them too!
We thought it would be fun for this Photo Story to compare some of our photo’s to those of National Geographic. We tried to choose photo’s that were places we had been before and had a similar subject matter. In doing this it was a great learning experience. Just spending the time browsing through the [...]
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