Mining Cerro Rico
One of the people traveling with me looked at me as we came out of the mine and said “this is all put on for tourists isn’t it?” And it is easy to see how he co... Read More...
Brendan van Son
3 Things that Now Annoy me About Home
3 Things that now annoy me about homeIt may be that case that I have been on the road to long, and that the world used to live in works at a different pace ... Read More...
Chicago: A Week’s Guide to Attractions
Chicago: A Week's Guide to AttractionsI set foot in Chicago knowing very little about this historical city. To be honest, I wondered at the start of my tr... Read More...
Chicago: A Photo Essay
Chicago: A Photo EssayI have spent nearly the entirety of the past year in South America. I had become accustomed to great architecture, insightful museums... Read More...
Chicago and my Love for Subway Music
Chicago and my love for subway musicAs I submerged myself down through the gates of Chicago O’Hare International airport and into the awaiting subwayCh... Read More...
My Experience with Reverse Culture Shock
Reverse Culture ShockThe idea of culture shock is talked about all the time. The idea is that we have become so set in on you ways of life in our particula... Read More...
Rafting the Amazon Basin
“Wow, look at that,” one of my co-paddlers punctuated as she pointed upwards at a tall bridal veil waterfall that found escape from the high flats and spiralled... Read More...
Why I Travel: A Life Travel Story by Brendan van Son
Why I Travel: A Life Travel Story by Brendan van SonAs I sat down to wright this article I began reminiscing about the person that I was before each of my t... Read More...
Traveling Green in ‘Brown’ Countries
Traveling Green in 'Brown' Countries
Garbage on the Honduran country-sideI remember arriving in San Salvador, El Salvador about five years ago. Our bus pu... Read More...
Bungee Jumping Mexico – A Video from Acapulco
I have to admit something. I am an adrenaline junky. It's not something I'm proud of, but it definitely is something that I pursue on a regular basis. I love th... Read More...
When Monkeys Attack: A Day in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
When Monkeys Attack: A Day in Manuel Antonio National Park
Yesterday, I was sitting on a bus up into the mountains of Northern Peru. I was very tired from a sh... Read More...
Santa Catolina Covenant – Reds, Blues, and Drunken Nuns
Santa Catolina Covenant - Reds, Blues, and Drunken Nuns
Enjoying the viewThey call it the “White City.” Rather than the usual red cement blocks that form ... Read More...
Chauchilla Cemetery – Bones, Hair and Eyes
One would not expect to see full skeletons sitting comfortably at the base of these tombs, many of the tomb’s inhabitants still with hair, skin, and in some cases eyes. This is the Chauchilla Cemetery.... Read More...
Everything is bigger in Peru’s Colca Canyon
Everything is bigger in the Colca CanyonThe tall cliffs of Peru’s Colca Canyon are lined with brick like terraces that give the impression of a Lego-lik... Read More...
Brendan van Son
Author: I am a travel writer and photographer from Alberta, Canada. Over my years as a travel photographer, I have visited 6 of the 7 continents and more countries than I have any desire to count. If you want to improve your skills, be sure to check out my travel photography channel on Youtube . Also, check out my profile on Google+. to learn a little bit more about me and my work.