Dale Raven North here.
I like to travel. I started this blog in 2007 as a way to keep
friends and family updated about my adventures and i've kept it up for most of
my trips abroad since then. (My trips pre-2007 still live in old journals.)
These are not edited, travel pieces; these are end of a long day, sitting in an
internet cafe, ramblings about what I've done and seen (usually with typos), so
don't look for a story arc or detailed guides of what to see and do, but it is
my hope that even for those who don't know me that you might find something
here that will help you in planning your travels or inspire you to go somewhere
new.
I
usually travel alone, but sometimes with my mother who is my favorite
companion. I travel on a budget, staying at hostels and budget guesthouses,
taking public transportation, and eating from markets. That said, I'll spend money to have a special experience that cannot be done
cheaply. I love markets, museums, sketchy neighborhoods, buskers, history, cemeteries, graffiti, subways & buses, maps, street vendors, wandering through narrow streets, sitting in squares,
exploring, trying and failing to speak foreign
languages, getting lost, meeting people, and generally
having adventures.
Random
trivia about me: I live in Canada, but I've also lived in Miami Beach and
London. My favourite country is Egypt. I'm a vegetarian. I smoke cigars,
so there are a lot of mentions here about smoking in countries around the world
and the people I meet while doing so. I've slept in hostels, fancy hotels, a
kibbutz, a yurt, a grass hut, a park bench, a convent, a bamboo hut on stilts,
a cave, and a sidewalk in Beersheba. I am constantly planning my next trip and
trying to figure out how to juggle time and money to make it work.
Anyway,
thanks for checking in, whether you know me or not. Hopefully there is
something here you will enjoy. If you have questions about a specific place, feel free to email me (drnorth @ telus.net) or find me on twitter (@wanderingnorth).
