I’ve been involved in travel medicine for more than 25 years now. During that time, I have seen many changes. Changes in where people go …and where they don’t go, and more importantly why they go.
As a kid, my parents took me exclusively to destinations within driving distance – Ottawa, Cleveland, New York, Detroit. […]
Entries from April 2008
What the world needs now
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:humanitariansism·travel·volunteer
Cyberseder
April 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I can remember travelling through South America 35 years ago. There were no internet cafes then. We would instead have our friends and family send us mail care of the various Canadian consulates and embassies. This would also give us a brief repite of clean washrooms, comfortable furniture and old issues of Macleans magazine. Phoning […]
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blurb.com
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Maybe you’ve taken a look at my photos. Probably you’re in love with your own photos and memories. As we know, lots of pictures, and memories, remain hidden on computers, memory cards, and in shoeboxes and envelopes. Here is something new … and wonderful, in my humble opinion.
Check out www.blurb.com . On this site, you can […]
Bacon and eggs
April 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
There are many reasons why people travel - for business, for rest, for adventure, to visit the country where they were born, for religious reasons, and one growing category - to visit children who have moved away. Two years ago, I went back to Ghana to visit my son Benjamin, who was volunteering at the Horizon’s Childrens […]
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