About Me
Brendan van Son
I am a travel writer and photographer from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada. After completing degrees in both Political Science and Human Geography with specialization in Latin America and the developing world, I decided that it was time to discover the world beyond the pages of textbooks and university lectures. I have decided to let the streets be my classrooms, everyday people become my teachers and the world my jungle gym. Beyond my own personal website I have written for a number of travel magazines and ezines. My photographs have appeared everywhere from print magazines to a variety of advertising agencies. I have now been on the road for nearly three years straight, and my itchy feet continue to push me to continue to explore this wonderful world we live in.
Brendan van Son
“If travel really is what you want to be do doing then go out and do it. If you seek guidance you need not look further than your own desires. If you need support your friends and family will always be there for you. And if you need a hand, those who have set the trail ahead of you will always be there to lead you or, more importantly, remind you that it’s alright to burn your own path.” – Brendan van Son “How I made Travel a Career“
“I live without a path a path to guide me.But I am not lost, I know exactly where I am…It’s only that I don’t yet know where I’m going.” – Brendan van Son
“the journey has shaped it. The waters and minerals of the sea have made it smooth and flat. Regardless of whether or not it had been striving to reach this beach, it was the journey that moulded it into what it is today.” – Brendan van Son from “The Boy and His Skipping Stone“
Yet there is nothing insignificant about you Brendan!
Hi Brendan! Found you through #tni and linked you on the blog! I am looking forward to checking out all of your posts!
Hey Brendan,
So happy to have found your site! Tons of great stuff to read – there goes my productivity. Anyways, thanks again for being our expert on the Canadian Rockies this week for #TNI. Cheers! -Rachel
Hi Brendan!
Found your blog on Twitter (@lilyleung) and wanted to drop a note to say hi and look forward to more of your updates.
P.S. Is the pic on your About page from Ecuador? I think I was in the exact same spot 3 years ago, I recognize the little hearted island
Beautiful quotes you’ve got there. Keep traveling. And writing too.
Hi, Brendan, it’s great to know about a man like you who braves to breaks boundaries. May you always got some worthy life lessons. God bless you, Brendan!
Here’s a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson that you might like:
There’s a race of men that don’t fit in,
A race that can’t stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
I bookmarked your site a while ago, but only just now found out we have something in common: both from Rocky Mountain House (although haven’t lived in the area for many years). Well I remember the day when Grandad P. dropped me off on the highway just east of the Alhambra corner where I started hitch hiking to Panama. That was in 1965, and I’ve been breaking the hearts of kith and kin ever since.
All the best
Jim P