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Category: What To See / Do

  • Toronto’s Kensington Market and Chinatown

    Toronto’s Kensington Market and Chinatown

    [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Most major cities around the world have distinct areas that are known for great people watching, amazing food, and a distinct vibe that gives you a sense of the communities living there.  Toronto is lucky enough to have two of these interesting and diverse neighborhoods smashed together creating a great area to walk around […]

  • Halloween Hostel – Problems at a Party in Prague

    Halloween Hostel – Problems at a Party in Prague

    With Prague’s macabre tourist attractions and reputation for being a party city you’d think it would be a good choice for a Halloween visit.  This year, however, didn’t work out quite as planned.  There were painted faces and walking dead everywhere this past Halloween, but the main event, a party called “Bloody Sexy”, was a […]

  • Spartan Race: Barbed Wire, Mud Pits, and Wet Socks

    Spartan Race: Barbed Wire, Mud Pits, and Wet Socks

    Who wants to get absolutely filthy, conquer a few dozen obstacles and run a total of twelve miles in wet socks? Now who wants to do it at altitude while competing with thousands of others? Ryan, my brother, and some friends recently completed the Spartan Beast at Soldier Hill in the mountains of Utah.  The […]

  • Asian Night Market Springs Up In Los Angeles

    Asian Night Market Springs Up In Los Angeles

    One of the greatest parts of international travel is having the opportunity to experience the fascinating and diverse world of food. From Okonomiyaki to Pad See Ew, there’s nothing like encountering a cuisine in its native country.  The night markets of Asia are a destination unto themselves and a stop every flashpacker would be remiss […]

  • Flashpacking and Fly Fishing in Sault Ste. Marie

    Flashpacking and Fly Fishing in Sault Ste. Marie

    There’s nothing like uniting against a villain to bring together a group of strangers.  While we might not have been a fellowship on our way to destroy a magic ring and save the world, we were an international group of media makers headed into a foreign land to do battle with another species.  Battles were […]

  • The Marathon Crash Race – A Unique Los Angeles Experience

    It is 3:30 AM on a chilly Sunday morning and I am preparing to do something illegal through the streets of Los Angeles. It is the morning of the LA Marathon and I have already spent the last 90 minutes riding from Santa Monica to Tang’s Donuts in Hollywood, the meeting spot for this illegal […]

  • Cairns, Pro Dive and The Great Barrier Reef

    Cairns is the epicenter of options for diving the largest reef system in the world – The Great Barrier Reef.  A world heritage site and one of the seven natural wonders of the world (as named by CNN), this destination is high on the list of many travelers, and is certainly a spot not to […]

  • Exploring The Great Barrier Reef with Mike Ball Diving Expeditions

    The Great Barrier Reef is massive, and Cairns is the launching point for the majority of ways to experience the reef.  I’d known since I started this flashpacking adventure two-and-a-half years ago that I would be headed here, and now the time had come. I spent my first full day in Cairns doing research on […]

  • Independent Travel from Cairns to Sydney on Greyhound

    Over the month of July, I spent 25 days as part of a hop-on hop-off tour of New Zealand with Stray.  It was an amazing experience shared with a group of amazing people.  I decided it would be interesting comparing that trip with a more independent-style bus trip with Greyhound from Cairns to Sydney along […]

  • Stray, New Zealand – A Detailed Case Study of Hop On Hop Off Bus Travel

    Stray, New Zealand – A Detailed Case Study of Hop On Hop Off Bus Travel

    What’s it like to travel on a hop-on hop-off bus? I recently finished a whirlwind, twenty-five day trip around all of New Zealand with a hop-on hop-off bus company called Stray.  While I normally trend towards much more independent travel methods, I felt this was the way to flashpack across New Zealand.  Had I been […]