Brendan's Adventures

Princess Street: A Night on the Town in Yopougon —————————————————- I sat still and intrigued in the colourful bar as the hard beats of just about any song with a rhythm blared through the air.  A sarcastically amused grin sat twisted on my face as my eyes couldn’t take themselves off the scene on the [...]

I’ve been holed up on the beach in Cote d’Ivoire for the past week putting the final touches on the latest issue of my travel magazine Vagabundo Magazine.  Believe me, there are worse places to be stuck working than the beach here in Grand Bassam.  I literally hear the ocean rolling away as I type, [...]

Can someone please tell me what this “sleep” thing is that everyone keeps talking about?  I don’t think I’ve had a proper night in about a month.  Not that I’m complaining though.  Not sleeping means that there are much more exciting things going on. Over the past two months I’ve travelled across 11 counties, taken [...]

I’ve never really been good with Valentine’s Day, it doesn’t mean much all too me since I am romantic daily (enter women saying awwwww). In fact, I tend to forget about the day completely.  Forgetting, however, is actually better than the alternative which is mixing it up with other festivals, holidays and random dates. You [...]

I’m sure that most of you have already heard of my latest project Vagabundo Magazine.  I’ve been harping on about the magazine for the past couple months and have been working very hard to try to make it a success. In the end, I am very excited to be able to announce that just a [...]

I still remember the day I picked you up at the government office in Calgary all those years ago. You were shiny, wide-eyed to the world, and ready for adventure. I remember first holding you in my hands. I felt a great responsibility; and as I looked around the room filled with people, many of [...]

It is with great excitement I reveal one of my projects: an online travel magazine for independent travellers. I would like to present you to Vagabundo Travel Magazine The Inspiration Interesting projects and opportunities seem to have come and gone through my email inbox and conversations at a rapid pace over the past year.  Many of those [...]

Is there a place on earth that has a more interesting meld of people than an international airport? If you’re into people watching then the airport is a goldmine. It’s not only an agglomeration of cultures, but types of people. I have spent obscene amounts of time in airports around the world, and as much [...]

Nearly all of us who travel have a tiny part of us who begs for attention.  Who am I kidding? A large part of us begs for attention. We dream of being able to tell our story.  We lose sleep over the thought that maybe someone might actually care enough to hear about it. For [...]

Dear mom articles have become the bane of my existence as a travel writer. For those of you who don’t follow me regularly, a “dear mom” article is an article in which you could place dear mom at the start of the majority of sentences and paragraphs and it would still make sense. Those types of [...]

When backpacking solo we often find ourselves greatly accustomed to sleeping in a room with 4-12 other people. The dorms are living organisms in themselves. There always seems to be someone sleeping, no matter what time of day, and there are always people in the bathrooms. Some of us who have been on the road [...]

How NOT to get into Paraguay ————————————- Paraguay has always been on my travel radar, which confuses the variety of travelers whom I have explained this to along the way. Why Paraguay? Well, because it is a place on a map. I don’t visit countries to check their names off a list or to be [...]

21 Photos of Antarctica: The B-Sides —————————– In the wonderful land that is Antarctica I took 0n average 400 pictures a day.  Of those pictures I kept about 20-40 each day.  Of those 20-40 only about 2-4 made their way onto the pages of this blog.  Some of the images have sold, others have kind [...]

South American Smackdown: Argentina vs. Brazil Today I am putting to an end the age old battle of which country is better: Brazil or Argentina.  I would, however, love to hear your opinions on the matter as well! Maradona vs. Pele This is my favourite battle in the world.  I love how if you go to [...]