The Free World Traveller

When I was a young boy, my family moved from Southern Ontario to Nova Scotia. It would be the start of my life of movement. I love to go to new parts of the world, and outside of my current North American home, I've been to Asia, the Middle East and Europe as well as living in the Caribbean for a short period of time as a child. The travel bug hit my sister too. She has picked the other continents where I have not been, having gone to Kenya to volunteer and most recently Guatemala for three months. I can remember when we were first driving to Nova Scotia in 1994, we developed a family moniker: The Free World Travelers. I have let the name stick as I feel it suits me today.
I have always been one to want to travel the world and I consider myself exceptionally lucky that I have these opportunities, which is why I am now deciding to travel with a purpose. My travels have helped shape who I am as a person and have formed the international values that I live my local life by. That being said, I would like to share some of my travels for you as a prologue to my future posts regarding the volunteer work I will be doing in Nepal, Uganda and Rwanda coming this summer. I have posted some of my favourite traveling shots here for you!

The Red Light District in Amsterdam
The celestial presence of a nighttime Swayambuth Stupa (aka Monkey Temple) in Kathmandu, Nepal

The touristy Lake Pokhara, at the base of the Annapurna Himalayans

The opulent (and hazy) skyline of man-made Abu Dhabi harbour
The nighttime reflections in elegant Hamburg

And daytime in the city with the most bridges in the worldThe quaint town of Osnabruck, in northern Germany

But it is always nice to be home in Nova Scotia