Have you heard of Quadra Island? If you haven’t – you are in for a treat, because this island is amazing, and under the radar for tourism. Read on to find out more about the best things to do on Quadra Island, and what it is like to volunteer there… After our positive experience on […] Read more…
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Digital Nomad Life: Month Forty Four
Month Forty Four was a nice balance of work, rest and play – in Hawaii! We spent the whole month at our Help Exchange in South Kona, the first couple of weeks in our little studio, then when one of the other couples moved on, we moved into their room in the big house – […] Read more…
The Big Trip: Month Eleven Round Up
I can’t believe it has been nearly a year since I first embarked on this trip! So much has changed in the past eleven months, more than I ever could have imagined. Month eleven has been a fun one with a lot of travel around the US, both to places I have been before as […] Read more…
The Big Trip: Month Three Round Up
This month has been quite different from the previous two as I have been living in one place, the tiny town of Field in Yoho National Park which is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I have been doing a Help Exchange placement, working at the small Fireweed Hostel and Mount Stephen Guesthouse three days […] Read more…
How I Traveled Through Canada on a Budget of $30 Per Day
I traveled through Canada for five months in 2013 and only spent US$30 per day. It is possible to travel Canada on a budget. Before you ask, no, I didn’t sleep in the streets, sell my body or dumpster dive for food. I ate pretty well (most of the time), we always had a roof (or […] Read more…
Falling For Denman Island: Off the Beaten Path in Canada
Volunteering on Denman Island only became part of our plans at the last minute because of our bad experience at Osoyoos. It is funny how the unplanned parts of your travels, and in life in general, can sometimes turn out to be the most satisfying. After arriving by ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Vancouver […] Read more…
Slave Laboring in the Canadian Desert – A Help X Nightmare
After how well our first experience with Help X went, we weren’t as nervous about starting our second placement which was two weeks working on a vineyard/farm in Osoyoos. But if we knew what a Help X nightmare we were about to endure, we would have hightailed it back to Vancouver straight away. Osoyoos is […] Read more…
A Perfect First Help X Experience in Shuswap Lake, British Columbia
After a stressful time on Greyhound buses involving late arrivals, rude bus drivers and an almost missed connection, we finally arrived in Chase, the closest town to the HI Squilax Hostel and General Store where we would be volunteering for two weeks. Trav and I signed up to a couple of websites, Workaway and Help X, […] Read more…