The first three days of my visit to New Hampshire were nothing short of stellar. From the white mountains to the coast, this New England state had me at hello! To wrap up the ‘At a Glance’ posts, I bring you Day Four of the New Hampshire Road Trip. If you are just joining this [...]

~You can watch it above or read it below~ I am thrilled to be making one of the biggest announcements to date here on Backpack With Brock! As you may or may not be aware, a month ago I submitted an application for the ‘Dream Travel Job’ with a company called Viator. Basically, they were [...]

Another day is under our belts – day three was just as great as day one and day two. Weather was great. Company was great. New Hampshire was great! Here’s a quick glance at what went down. We spent the night at the cozy and VERY kitschy Common Man Inn in Plymouth. The rooms had so [...]

Our first day of the New Hampshire Road Trip turned out pretty well with the stunning vistas and a great state park! Day two was just as much a success as day one. Here’s a quick glance through photos of what we got up to: more to come later. To start the morning, we headed [...]

Well, the first full day of the New Hampshire Road Trip ’12 is officially a wrap – and boy what a day it was! Since the itinerary is pretty packed during my stay and as I want to make use of every waking moment to explore this place I’m going to stick to some quick, [...]

Exciting announcement time! It all came around very quickly. At home in Toronto I don’t have a car. I get around the city by bicycle, foot and public transit. So when the opportunity to have a set of wheels for a few days I couldn’t not make the most of it. After a few quick emails and map [...]

Once again, I have surprised myself. I have successfully committed to doing something for 31 days, with no exceptions, and made it. At the beginning of March I shared a post titled ‘Marching Into March With Happiness‘. In it, I committed to finding happiness first in my day to day life. I had watched an incredible TEDTalk [...]

I’ve gotten into the habit recently of sharing some of the cool travel related videos and photos I have come across around the web. Sure I’d love to always show you ‘my videos‘ and ‘my travels‘ but I feel it’s important to acknowledge my colleagues in the field. And…that’s what I’m going to do today. [...]

Do you ever have those days where no matter how hard you try, your minds fleets to some place far away. A place you have been or just seen in photos and videos. For me, today is one of those days. I am sitting in a little cafe here in Toronto trying to get work [...]

Earth Hour is coming! March 31, 2012 to be exact Have you heard of it? I hope so! The concept was originally launched in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million people and 2,000 businesses participated by turning off lights, electronics and anything that uses electricity for 1 hour in an effort to take a stand [...]

Once again, I can’t enough of marching bands. As a follow-up to the Vietnamese marching band I recently shared with you, I now present an Indian marching band. This group was parading through the little town where I was living in the south of India as part of a wedding procession. Being one of only three [...]

Oh the hilarity of it all. There is a lot of time and work that goes into running a successful travel blog, especially one that is the basis of your livelihood. Writing posts, shooting and editing video, curating photos, sharing content, designing the site, tackling tecnical issues and perhaps the most challenging of all, SEO. SEO, or [...]

  Happy Spring!! Well, from the Northern Hemisphere of course… The time has finally come when the leaves will grow on trees, the sunlight of each day will last longer and the temperature will rise enough that we won’t have to dawn sweaters, mittens, scarves, boots, hats and thick jackets to avoid turning into a [...]