My Travel Background
Currently taking a breather in Vancouver, BC Canada, from 76 months of long term travel, I have been to 106 countries (UN definition) and 28 territories (autonomous or semi-autonomous regions e.g. Greenland), many of them multiple times. I have 17 years in total of international travel experience outside of my native Canada. I have been travelling my whole life, a love for which I inherited from my beloved parents who left rural Canada to teach in West Germany a scant 11 years after the ending of WW2. I want to share my experiences with you and take away the fear factor often associated with less well-trodden destinations. I am LIVING PROOF that the world is NOT dangerous if you use common sense and take normal precautions you would take in your own country. For experienced travellers, hopefully I can give you some new ideas or just bring back memories of your own adventures. For new travellers, I want to encourage your sense of adventure and get you to Just Do It! As Mark Twain so wonderfully stated:
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
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Recent Travel History To Be Examined In This Publication
THAILAND TOURISM 2023/11/02 - 2023/12/17
CAMBODIA TOURISM 2023/10/12 - 2023/11/02
MALAYSIA TOURISM 2023/10/11 - 2023/10/12
JAPAN TOURISM 2023/10/01 - 2023/10/11
VIETNAM TOURISM 2023/09/02 - 2023/09/30
USA
TOURISM - ALASKA
CRUISE 2023/08/16 - 2023/08/31
CHILE TOURISM 2023/08/12 - 2023/08/14
ARGENTINA TOURISM 2023/06/13 - 2023/08/12
URUGUAY TOURISM 2023/06/09 - 2023/06/13
USA
TOURISM - CARIBBEAN
CRUISE 2023/06/09 - 2023/06/09
BAHAMAS TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/08 - 2023/06/08
USA - US VIRGIN ISLANDS TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/05 - 2023/06/05
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/04 - 2023/06/04
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/03 - 2023/06/03
ST. MAARTEN TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/02 - 2023/06/02
USA - PUERTO RICO TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/06/01 - 2023/06/01
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/05/31 - 2023/05/31
USA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/05/28 - 2023/05/30
MEXICO TOURISM 2023/04/21 - 2023/05/28
USA
TOURISM - ATLANTIC
CRUISE 2023/04/18 - 2023/04/21
UK - BERMUDA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/04/16 - 2023/04/16
PORTUGAL - AZORES TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/04/10 - 2023/04/11
PORTUGAL - MADEIRA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/04/08 - 2023/04/08
SPAIN - CANARY ISLANDS TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/04/05 - 2023/04/07
SPAIN TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/04/03 - 2023/04/03
PORTUGAL TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/03/29 - 2023/04/02
ITALY TOURISM 2023/03/28 - 2023/03/29
SLOVENIA TOURISM 2023/03/26 - 2023/03/28
SERBIA TOURISM 2023/03/24 - 2023/03/26
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA TOURISM 2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24
UAE TOURISM 2023/03/20 - 2023/03/22
MALDIVES TOURISM 2023/03/11 - 2023/03/19
MALAYSIA TOURISM 2023/02/21 - 2023/03/11
INDONESIA TOURISM 2023/02/10 - 2023/02/21
USA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/23 - 2023/01/25
MEXICO TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/17 - 2023/01/23
GUATEMALA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/15 - 2023/01/15
PANAMA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/12 - 2023/01/12
COLUMBIA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/10 - 2023/01/10
USA TOURISM - CRUISE 2023/01/05 - 2023/01/08
PERU TOURISM 2023/01/04 - 2023/01/05
BOLIVIA TOURISM 2023/01/03 - 2023/01/04
PARAGUAY TOURISM 2023/01/02 - 2023/01/03
CHILE TOURISM 2022/12/28 - 2023/01/02
COLUMBIA TOURISM 2022/12/25 - 2022/12/28
USA TOURISM 2022/12/22 - 2022/12/25
BARBADOS TOURISM 2022/12/18 - 2022/12/22
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TOURISM 2022/12/14 - 2022/12/18
BAHAMAS TOURISM 2022/12/04 - 2022/12/14
ECUADOR TOURISM 2022/11/27 - 2022/12/04
USA TOURISM 2022/11/26 - 2022/11/27
USA TOURISM 2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18
MEXICO TOURISM 2022/11/12 - 2022/11/17
TURKEY TOURISM 2022/11/11 - 2022/11/12
GREECE TOURISM 2022/11/05 - 2022/11/11
TURKEY TOURISM 2022/10/28 - 2022/11/05
GEORGIA TOURISM 2022/10/23 - 2022/10/28
ARMENIA TOURISM 2022/10/18 - 2022/10/23
LITHUANIA TOURISM 2022/10/16 - 2022/10/18
ESTONIA TOURISM 2022/10/13 - 2022/10/16
LATVIA TOURISM 2022/10/10 - 2022/10/13
FINLAND TOURISM 2022/10/08 - 2022/10/10
NORWAY TOURISM 2022/10/05 - 2022/10/08
NORTH MACEDONIA TOURISM 2022/10/02 - 2022/10/05
ALBANIA TOURISM 2022/09/30 - 2022/10/02
MONTENEGRO TOURISM 2022/09/26 - 2022/09/30
SERBIA TOURISM 2022/09/23 - 2022/09/26
ROMANIA TOURISM 2022/09/20 - 2022/09/23
JORDAN TOURISM 2022/09/09 - 2022/09/20
UAE TOURISM 2022/09/03 - 2022/09/09
TANZANIA TOURISM 2022/08/24 - 2022/09/03
UGANDA TOURISM 2022/08/15 - 2022/08/24
SOUTH AFRICA TOURISM 2022/08/13 - 2022/08/15
NAMIBIA TOURISM 2022/08/04 - 2022/08/15
BOTSWANA TOURISM 2022/07/27 - 2022/08/04
ZAMBIA TOURISM 2022/07/25 - 2022/07/27
ZIMBABWE TOURISM 2022/07/19 - 2022/07/25
UAE TOURISM 2022/07/13 - 2022/07/19
THAILAND TOURISM 2022/06/21 - 2022/07/13
PHILIPPINES TOURISM 2022/06/01 - 2022/06/21
INDONESIA TOURISM 2022/05/05 - 2022/06/01
VIETNAM TOURISM 2022/04/10 - 2022/05/05
AUSTRALIA TOURISM 2022/04/02 - 2022/04/10
FIJI TOURISM 2022/03/23 - 2022/04/02
AUSTRALIA TOURISM 2022/03/22 - 2022/03/23
USA TOURISM 2022/03/16 - 2022/03/21
BRAZIL TOURISM 2022/02/05 - 2022/03/02
PERU TOURISM 2022/01/12 - 2022/02/05
COSTA RICA TOURISM 2022/01/07 - 2022/01/12
NICARAGUA TOURISM 2021/12/31 - 2022/01/07
HONDURAS TOURISM 2021/12/31 - 2021/12/31
EL SALVADOR TOURISM 2021/12/27 - 2021/12/31
GUATEMALA TOURISM 2021/12/19 - 2021/12/27
BELIZE TOURISM 2021/12/12 - 2021/12/19
MEXICO TOURISM 2021/11/25 - 2021/12/12
FRANCE TOURISM 2021/11/05 - 2021/11/12
ANDORRA TOURISM 2021/11/04 - 2021/11/05
FRANCE TOURISM 2021/10/31 - 2021/11/04
ITALY TOURISM 2021/10/28 - 2021/10/31
SAN MARINO TOURISM 2021/10/27 - 2021/10/28
ITALY TOURISM 2021/10/14 - 2021/10/27
GREECE TOURISM 2021/10/07 - 2021/10/14
CYPRUS TOURISM 2021/09/29 - 2021/10/07
HUNGARY TOURISM 2021/09/25 - 2021/09/29
CROATIA TOURISM 2021/09/18 - 2021/09/25
BULGARIA TOURISM 2021/09/13 - 2021/09/18
AUSTRIA TOURISM 2021/09/13 - 2021/09/13
SLOVAKIA TOURISM 2021/09/11 - 2021/09/13
AUSTRIA TOURISM 2021/09/08 - 2021/09/11
CZECH REPUBLIC TOURISM 2021/09/06 - 2021/09/08
GERMANY TOURISM 2021/08/26 - 2021/09/06
FRANCE TOURISM 2021/08/17 - 2021/08/26
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOURISM 2021/08/05 - 2021/08/12
CUBA TOURISM 2021/07/17 - 2021/07/31
IRELAND TOURISM 2020/09/06 - 2020/09/09
UK TOURISM 2020/09/02 - 2020/09/06
MALAYSIA TOURISM 2020/03/14 - 2020/09/01
VIETNAM TOURISM 2020/01/15 - 2020/03/14
THAILAND TOURISM 2020/01/12 - 2020/01/15
INDONESIA TOURISM 2019/12/28 - 2020/01/12
VIETNAM TOURISM 2019/12/18 - 2019/12/28
THAILAND TOURISM 2019/12/17 - 2019/12/18
SRI LANKA TOURISM 2019/12/16 - 2019/12/17
UAE TOURISM 2019/12/14 - 2019/12/15
TURKEY TOURISM 2019/12/10 - 2019/12/14
ISRAEL TOURISM 2019/12/07 - 2019/12/10
FRANCE TOURISM 2019/12/06 - 2019/12/07
ITALY TOURISM 2019/12/04 - 2019/12/06
MALTA TOURISM 2019/12/01 - 2019/12/04
ITALY TOURISM 2019/11/29 - 2019/12/01
FRANCE TOURISM 2019/11/27 - 2019/11/29
MOROCCO TOURISM 2019/11/22 - 2019/11/27
SPAIN TOURISM 2019/11/15 - 2019/11/22
UAE TOURISM 2019/11/14 - 2019/11/15
SOUTH AFRICA TOURISM 2019/11/02 - 2019/11/13
EGYPT TOURISM 2019/10/27 - 2019/11/02
LEBANON TOURISM 2019/10/24 - 2019/10/27
GREECE TOURISM 2019/10/20 - 2019/1024
ITALY TOURISM 2019/10/16 - 2019/10/20
POLAND TOURISM 2019/10/14 - 2019/10/16
SWEDEN TOURISM 2019/10/11 - 2019/10/14
DENMARK TOURISM 2019/10/09 - 2019/10/11
UK TOURISM 2019/10/06 - 2019/10/09
MALAYSIA TOURISM 2019/10/04 - 2019/10/05
LAOS TOURISM 2019/09/27 - 2019/10/04
SRI LANKA TOURISM 2019//09/18 - 2019/09/27
THAILAND TOURISM 2019/09/17 - 2019/09/18
MYANMAR TOURISM 2019/09/06 - 2019/09/17
VIETNAM TOURISM 2019/08/30 - 2019/09/06
HONG KONG TOURISM 2019/08/26 - 2019/08/30
VIETNAM TOURISM 2019/08/06 - 2019/08/21
PHILIPPINES TOURISM 2019/07/28 - 2019/08/06
SINGAPORE TOURISM 2019/07/26 - 2019/07/28
PHILIPPINES TOURISM 2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09
THAILAND TOURISM 2019/07/08 - 2019/07/09
VIETNAM TOURISM 2019/06/30 - 2019/07/08
SOUTH KOREA TOURISM 2019/06/28 - 2019/06/29
CHINA WORKING 2019/05/21 - 2019/06/28
THAILAND TOURISM 2019/05/15 - 2019/05/21
CHINA WORKING 2019/04/08 - 2019/05/14
SOUTH KOREA TOURISM 2019/04/06 - 2019/04/08
JAPAN TOURISM 2019/04/03 - 2019/04/06
CHINA WORKING 2019/03/01 - 2019/04/03.
Additional Travel History
Every Canadian province and territory. Every US state including Hawaii and Alaska. Multiple transcontinental road trips across the US and Canada. One year attending school in England. Two years working in the USA. Six years working in Japan. Two years working in China. Six months in Malaysia during the Pandemic. Greenland and 4 months at the world’s most northerly permanently inhabited settlement - Canada’s CFS Alert. Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan (work-related), Vatican City, Wales, Scotland, Bermuda (work-related), Qatar, Bahrain. Four month backpacking trip across Europe and Morocco.
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