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 decade is there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When we travel in a foreign land we invariably encounter idiosyncrasies that are peculiar to that country. Local customs, in fact, may well be high on our list of reasons for going to a particular destination. In England — in fact just about anywhere in the UK — the local pub is one of those [...]
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