September 2011 Archives

Archive | September, 2011

Celebrating United Nations World Tourism Day 2011

By Brock on September 29, 2011 in MORE TRAVEL STUFF, Odd and Ends

This past Tuesday September 27th 2011 was the United Nations World Tourism Day. Did you know? Don’t feel bad – I didn’t either. Until however I was invited to an event in Toronto, Canada called: The Future of Tourism. Held at the beautiful Winter Garden Theatre, the event looked where tourism is going (or should [...]

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Snapshot: Thai Monk Reading the Newspaper

By Brock on September 23, 2011 in Photo Posts, TRAVEL PHOTOS

I took so many photos in Thailand. Thousands in fact! Of all the temples, beaches, markets and people, one my favourite and best pictures of Thailand is of this Thai monk reading a Thai newspaper. With Bangkok busteling around him, he his taking a quiet moment to relax on a park bench and catch up [...]

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The #ReaderLove Challenge

By Brock on September 16, 2011 in 'How To' Videos

I love statistics and useless facts. Little bits of information to get you thinking. As a blogger one of the many sources of information I have access to is my Google Analytics. It’ provides me with information on everything from the number of visits I get to my site each day to the types of [...]

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pt. II: Dancing at the Samba School

By Brock on September 15, 2011 in Brazil, South America, TRAVEL VIDEOS

In Part II of Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, Brock cooks up a storm with his new travelling buddies Katie, Julia and Leila, chills on the Copacabana beach, then dances up a storm at the Samba School, one of the many great things to do when in the coastal city. The night’s festivities, full of dancing, [...]

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Crossing Canada By Train: Part One

By Brock on September 5, 2011 in 'How To' Videos

I’m on the longest train ride of my life. Not metaphorically, in fact it’s going by quite quickly. But at two and half days, this is the greatest amount of time I have spent on a train, bus or in a car for that matter, even beating out a two day train I took from [...]