Sul sito britannico Great Rail Journeys abbiamo trovato una proposta per un viaggio turistico che attraversa gran parte del Canada in treno, un’esperienza che oseremmo definire “epica”, che parte dalla multietnica Toronto, tocca...
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Perceptive Travel Blog 2011: A Random Selection of Posts Chosen with No Meaningful Critiera
This is the time of year when most writers would rather not be writing — and so there are a host of “best of” “worst of” and “insert-superlative-here” year in review lists appearing...
L’Havana: l’autentica Cuba:
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, quando immaginiamo i paesi caraibici, li sogniamo lussureggianti di natura, caratterizzati dai colori sgargianti degli abiti e delle case, dalle spiagge bianche con sabbia fine: L'Havana, la capitale di Cuba...
Video: The pronghorn of the Northern Great Plains
The pronghorn faces many challenges—both natural and manmade—during its seasonal migration from Saskatchewan, Canada to Montana. It is the only large mammal in the southern half of North America exhibiting long-distance migration, one...
The Politics of High Heels at the Bata Shoe Museum
“Suffrage! Right to hold office! Show us first the woman who has independence and sense and taste enough to dress attractively…in shoes that do not destroy both her comfort and her gait.” So...
The Places You’ll Go: El Rosario Monarch Reserve
© Hannes Strager / WWF-Canon Where : In the central Mexican highlands state of Michoacán, a steep climb up from the mountain town of Angangueo.
Carnival of Cities for 30 November 2011
Welcome to the (particularly enormous!) Carnival of Cities blog carnival, where we tour the world in a single post, via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of one, single...
The Museum of Inuit Art in Toronto
To me, the mark of a great city isn’t the presence of major museums — although you do need those — but the ability to support smaller institutions. I always felt, for instance,...
Travel Book Reviews on the Continental Divide, Rubber Duckies, and Surfing
by William Caverlee Following a lost container of rubber duckies, a solo hike along America’s Continental Divide, and a heady literary tale of surfing around the world.
Roundup: Unusual places to lay your head
© Kasia WWF tours take you to exotic places around the world, and some of the spots where we lay our heads are even more interesting! Here’s a roundup of articles in our...
Romancing the Hat in Toronto
“Do you wear hats?” This was the opening question from Karyn Gingras, and a good one, as we stood in the center of her small millinery boutique, Liliput , in Toronto’s Little Italy....
Shopping a New York, tutto un altro mondo!
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, continuo oggi il post su New York, se volete leggere la prima parte, cliccate su: La grande Mela: New York – prima parte. Fervente, caleidoscopica, accattivante: è la New York che...
Swimming with Spotty Monsters
By Michael Buckley After building up an image of the world’s largest fish in his mind for decades, a traveler heads below the water surface for whale shark encounters in Donsol, the Philippines...
A Bears-eye (and Salmon Eye) View of British Columbia
Story and photos by David Lee Drotar When humans go bear watching where the salmon are swimming in British Colombia, Canada, what do the animals think? PAPA BEAR It was early September and...
Hookah Bars in New York City
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the subject, the hookah bar is a smoking lounge of sorts with a bit of a twist. Here, patrons of the establishment, also referred to as...
The November Edition of Perceptive Travel Webzine
This month’s Perceptive Travel webzine has definitely lived up to it’s tag line of having ‘the best travel stories from authors on the move.” Michael Buckley goes swimming with spotty monsters in the...
Native music celebration in Canada: Aboriginal Music Week
“Aboriginal people want to see Aboriginal artists perform all kinds of music,” says Alan Greyeyes, festival curator for Aboriginal Music Week . He selects acts to appear at the festival to meet that...
The Icelandic Festival of Manitoba 2012
In Iceland , it is called " Islendingadagurinn " but in Canada , it is the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba . As far as historians have determined, this is considered the 2 nd oldest...
Contemporary Tradition: Anna Livia
The strands which connect the music of England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the United States reach back across the centuries, and they are still being created and honored at the beginning of the...
Top 5 Ways to Enjoy the Winter in Montreal
With winter just around the corner, our thoughts turn to ways to warm up on a cold day .
Blues from Rwanda and Canada: Gakondo
The swirl of color, the laughter of the people, the vibrant sounds and smells and tastes of a gathering in central Africa: all these come to life in the opening track of the...
Carnival of Cities for 6 October 2011
Welcome to the Carnival of Cities blog carnival, where we tour the world in a single post, via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of one, single city (or fair-sized...
First-Timers Guide to the Ice-Sculpting Festival in London
The city of London , England is well known for its attractions, diverse cultures, history, many landmarks, and its pubs. However, what most visitors to the city oftentimes overlook or just miss altogether is...
music on Cape Breton: Celtic Colours Festival
As the leaves begin to turn bright flame colors and an edge of chill comes in to the wind from the sea in Atlantic Canada, it’s time for the Celtic Colours International Festival...
A Last Look at Summer 2011 from Vancouver’s Stanley Park
When I look back on summer 2011, I will always remember the last few moments of this late August day, in Vancouver’s improbable urban park called Stanley . At the moment I snapped...
Lungo la "Route des fromages": le specialità casearie del Quebec.
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, la meta che volevo oggi segnalarvi è la Strada dei formaggi e delle scoperte gastronomiche del Quebec in Canada. Affinate i nasi e preparate le papille o Voi inguaribili viaggiatore cultori...
Six Definitions of Surreal
Packing to move from New York City to the Hudson Valley, dismantling your life which even with very frequent travel has seems very fixed. Manifestly it is not — not when it is...
songs from the road: James Keelaghan’s House of Cards
If you were going to pick two writers to bring the roller coaster of the world’s economic situation these recent years into song, you might come up with Canadian James Keelaghan and Scottish...
In vacanza all’estero? Vuoi risparmiare sulle telefonate verso fissi e cellulari?
Sei in vacanza e la voglia di stare connesso con gli amici è a palla!! Sei carica perché hai appena scovato un abitino trendy da Abercrombie a New York e lo devi dire...
