September 27th is World Tourism Day. World Tourism Day This day has been celebrated annually by the United Nations World Tourism Organization since 1980. It recognizes the social, cultural, economic and political […]
World Tourism Day
Activism Through Tourism – Orangutan Awareness
August 19th was International Orangutan Day. My first introduction to these ginger apes was at the Toronto Zoo and I attended Orangutan Awareness weekend at the same zoo to mark this occasion. […]
PanAm-Mania
The Pan Am and Parapan Am Games are taking place in Canada’s largest city. This sporting event has athletes from 41 countries throughout the Americas and the Caribbean competing in the city […]
Play it Again, Kim(berley)
Happy Mothers Day to all those who wander! Related post: https://wealworldtravel.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/902/
The Americans are Coming! The Americans are Coming!
I was in Baracoa when it happened: plans that the US and Cuba would reopen negotiations. The fall of the Soviet Union and the US economic embargo left Cuba’s economy in crisis. […]
Holi Cow!
It’s a Holi day in India. This annual Hindu festival marks the beginning of spring and is characterized by much merriment and the throwing of coloured powder at one another. Holi, festival […]
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Like a volcanic eruption giving birth to a new island, the imminent referendum in Scotland may see this country become an independent nation. So what does Scotland have in common with our […]
Chac De Mayo
Pictured is the rain statue, Chac Mool, in Chichen Itza Mexico. From Dutch Liberation to Cinco de Mayo, May 5th is a day that has special meaning in different parts of the […]
Today’s the Day
The Glacier Skywalk in Jasper, Alberta, Canada is due to open today. Jasper, a town in the Canadian Rockies, is about 363km from the province’s capital of Edmonton. It is located in […]
Black History Month – Pah!
Did you know… sign language is not universal? Many countries have their own spoken language as well as their own signed language. In most English-speaking parts of Canada and the U.S. the […]
