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 [...]

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 [...]

When I travel, I do not leave home without insurance. The thought of going without does not even cross my mind. Sure, nothing will likely happen – BUT – what if something does? At that point it’s too late and you can quickly find yourself drowning in hospital bills. It’s simply not worth it. What [...]

In effort to connect bloggers around the web and shed some light on posts that may have been lost to the ‘archives’, Trip Base created the 7 Links Project. Basically, a blogger selects you to highlight 7 posts based on certain criteria, you compile these posts into a collective post on your blog – then share [...]

It was a bet. A gross bet. My friends Jane and Caitlin put money down to have me eat a grasshopper, stinky tofu, starfish, seahorse and worst of all: a scorpion during my visit to Asia. While in China, I convinced my three travel buddies, Carlea, Ash and Ben to join in the fun and [...]

The logo. It’s one of the most important and key aspects of any company and successful marketing. As Backpack with Brock has grown quite substantially in the past year, it was time to step things up a notch and get a real, snazzy logo. Enter: Charles – The Designer. After bouncing ideas back and a [...]

Toronto, my home, is my favourite city in the world. Full Stop. Take a few minutes and take a look at Toronto through the lens of Ben Lean, a videographer who created this short film of Toronto which he refers to as ‘The City in Motion – Life in the Fast Lane. Stunning.