The makings of a traveller
I was reading George Santayana’s Philosophy of Travel the other day and it struck me that my definition of a traveller is too narrow. I tend to think of a traveller as a vacationer or at least someone who is passing through. Santayana, though, included migrants in his definition. Migrants are the most radical form of traveller, he said. Almost 21% of Canada’s population is made up of migrants so this is a country of travellers … Read entire article »
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Independent travel: Does it matter how we do it?
Editorial April 2013 A couple of days ago I found myself on a Yucatan bus seated beside a young woman from Denmark. She was also a serious traveller and we shared some stories. I had just been to India and she travelled there four years earlier. She said she’d like to return but couldn’t bring herself to do so because of bad experiences travelling by bus. I told her about my trip, how I wanted to visit … Read entire article »
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Boomers are travelling ‘outside the box’
Editorial March 2013 A few days ago, when I was in Amritsar, I ran into a fellow Canadian who has been travelling in India for four months. He’s probably 61 years of age, a medical doctor who retired at age 55 because he wanted to devote 20 years to seeing the world. His goal? To travel through 100 countries before he’s 75. His itinerary, although unrestricted by time, is methodical for he’s passing through each place … Read entire article »
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Stories museums tell us
Editorial January/February 2013 The Museum of History in Kowloon has a permanent exhibition called The Story of Hong Kong. It is comprised of 8 galleries and more than 3,700 exhibits and it’s simply outstanding. The story begins 400 million years ago and ends on June 30, 1997 when Hong Kong was returned to China under the “One country, two systems” principle. They even display a newspaper clipping from the Toronto Star, one of ‘my’ newspapers, about … Read entire article »
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