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“F#ck off, old man,” wasn't quite the response I expected from the dreadlocked young woman sitting at the computer in the hotel lobby. Or, perhaps, it was.

23h17 - Like trying to dodge the cracks on a pavement I manoeuvre myself over and around sleeping bodies that litter the platform in Agra. The pungent vapour reeking from the urinals burns my nose so I hasten my step...

From the locker room as I looked at the bathing area through the glass partition wall, the first thing that caught my attention was a completely unclothed teenage girl being vigorously and voraciously scrubbed by...

He let the cigarette dangle from his mouth while we battled out our argument via the most intense staring contest I’ve been honored to be involved in since perhaps grade school.

I arrive in Rwanda after traveling hours on end. What a contrast! From a city defined by gutters to a stunningly clean city that brings good thoughts to mind. What I had in sight was well worth waiting for.

I met my friends at the same café where Snoop Dogg filmed a music video. It’s tucked at the base of Corcovado Mountain, home to a statue of World Wonder status, Christ the Redeemer.

I wake up in Merida, sweating and alone, a double bottom bunk to myself. I kick my foot out across the lumpy emptiness and wish the whirring fan could blow me out of the bed. I turn the fan off and hear the faint tinkering...

At -40 Fahrenheit and Celsius are the same. That was the cold in Quebec City in January – so far below freezing, it ceased to matter.

As I stood overlooking the sand grave that had been dug for me, my jaw dropped open and I nervously glanced around for an escape route. Julio’s beaming face lent little reassurance and when he started gesturing towards...

I am not a traveler. I’d rather stay at home and watch TV all day long rather than explore places and meet different faces. I never imagined that I will be travelling for almost 48 hours-back and forth- to a world-renowned...