In Europe, the means by which peddlers, buskers and vagrants alike hustle for dollars on the street-level is much different than in North America. When compared, European beggars are performers, fortune tellers and musicians whereas North American bums are lazy, intoxicated narco-state drones that expect you to provision their next crack rock, smack injection, or [...]

With the euro now fluctuating between 1.6 to 1.7 CAD, traveling France is extremely pricey. For the most part, everything costs double what it would in Canada. To put it in perspective, the average pint will run you between five and nine euros, which after converting to Canadian dollars is somewhere between eight and 15 [...]

The city of lights, the city of romance. Countless tourists pass through Paris every year to see some of the world’s biggest attractions all in one place: Centre Pompidou, Musée de Louvre, Avenue des Champs Elycées, Cathédrale Norte Dame, and the most famous, la Tour Effiel. Step a little off the tourist path though, and [...]

Manila - the capital city of the Philippines - has a population of over 1.5 million. Intermixed within its urban sprawl is a shocking contrast of rich and poor. For those with money, the latest in luxury goods and high quality fashion are readily available. For the poor, an erratic income can be made as [...]

Hotel Everland is a one-room traveling art and design project created by Swiss artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. The hotel was initially exhibited on stilts at Neuchâtel Lake in Switzerland as part of the 2002 Swiss Expo and has since been displayed on the roof of Gallery für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Germany.
Open to the [...]

You’ve done the standard three-month backpacking trip through Europe after high-school, and perhaps since, you’ve spent six weeks in Costa Rica, a few more on the south pacific tour, and of course, a week at the Grand Oasis in Mexico. Adventure intrigues you, but you seem to have done it all. You’re looking to experience [...]