You've received your passport and have considered how you are going to get to where you are going. Now you ask yourself "Where am I staying?". Unless you have family or friends with a comfy room and warm bed for you, the default answer tends to be "a hotel". Nothing wrong with hotels, actually I... Continue Reading →
Hawaii on the cheap
Ah, Hawaii - a beautiful American archipelago in the South Pacific. Blue splashing waters, lush green mountains, intoxicating fragrant flora, and a money-sucking, wallet draining headache. WHAT??!?! Uh Eeva - you describe paradise and then ruin it by introducing the reality of the cost of paradise?! What up with that?Well it's true - Hawaii can... Continue Reading →
"WE WANT THE CUP!"
Last Tuesday night (May 24) after work I headed down to the Ivanhoe Pub on Main St in Vancouver, a dive bar that was the location this weeks regular Couchsurfing meeting, a ritual that participate in almost every week. But this week was going to be different. Not because I was going to meet some... Continue Reading →
The Printed Word for Inspiration
Although I like to see shows and pictures of far off places it is usually the stories behind the pictures that I enjoy even more. I often read travel literature and the occasional how-to travel guide with great pleasure. Now there are a plethora of books out there that cover pretty much every type of "travel"... Continue Reading →
First Full Moon of the Year of the Rabbit
Another aspect of diversity that comes from living in a larger metropolitan city is the various representations of religions. Although I am not a fan of organized religions and do not subscribe to any one belief "system", it can not be denied that religion plays a huge role in the lives of people everywhere. In Greater... Continue Reading →