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WHERE THERE’S A QUILL, THERE’S A WAY

Monday, June 14th, 2010

I’ve written a travel book. Doug’s written a travel book. We’re both working on other travel books as we speak. Hell, just about everyone we know in this business has, or is about to write a travel book.
So, in the midst of the worst downturn in travel book sales in a [...]


PARADISE UNDER SIEGE

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

If home is where the heart is, then I have several homes: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Vancouver, BC, Takoradi, Ghana and San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala.
Today, my heart is heavy for Guatemala in general and San Pedro in particular.
First it was Volcan Pacaya, spewing lava and ash into the air, wreaking havoc with air travel [...]


THE OBRUNI SNUB

Friday, May 28th, 2010

When travelling in West Africa, I noticed a peculiar thing – Western tourists snubbed me.
I’m close enough to a group of white tourists in the market area of Takoradi, Ghana to determine they’re from an English-speaking nation. Likely Canada. If pressed, I’d say Ontario. Toronto, maybe?
They’re the perfect subjects to test my theory on something [...]


TIME GENTLEMEN, PLEASE…?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008