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Robin Esrock’s Great Global Bucket List blog contains regular posts, tips and advice about the very best experiences, activities and destinations the world has to offer. Here you will also find inspiration from further afield, commentary, useful tips, interviews, and news from the front lines of life on the Bucket List.
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Chances are I’ll end up at a bar with a bunch of guys, and most likely the fact that I’ve travelled all over the world will come up, in which case the topic of which countries have the most beautiful women will DEFINITELY come up. We are men after all,
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The postcard islands of Thailand offer the paradise of our imaginations. Yet alongside the coconut trees and squeaky white beaches, expect to find hordes of tourists. Thanks to direct flights from Bangkok, the crowds, and the businesses that compete for them, can be somewhat overwhelming. If you’re looking for alternatives
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In which our writer exits a snake pit in search of authentic Mexico…. Apparently, some posh hotels in Cancun will tell you that Cancun means “end of the rainbow.” In Mayan, Cancun actually means “snake pit”, and I can see why. My airport shuttle scuttles past major brand resorts and
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Every time I return from a small ship excursion to some remarkable part of the world, I think: now that’s the way to travel. These are not cruise ships, those massive floating hotels with thousands of passengers gorging on buffets, although there are similarities. Small ships also have amenities like
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“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein We’re all shocked by Russia’s war with Ukraine, although war would imply two nations going at each other, not one attacking another’s sovereignty while
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Photo Courtesy Yongala Dive It is known as Australia’s Titanic, and one of the world’s great maritime mysteries. On March 14, 1911, a luxury passenger steam ship en-route from Melbourne to Cairns hit a Category 5 cyclone and vanished with 122 people on board. The SS Yongala had almost one
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Lost among the pink volcanoes of the Atacama. It is said there are three simple steps to happiness: find something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. I might add: find yourself a bike. One day, on my way to the office, an unlicensed driver ignored
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In 2019, a UK lottery company surveyed two thousand people about what experiences top their bucket list. Number 1: see the Northern Lights. What makes this interesting is that a similar survey held by a different company in 2013 came to the same conclusion, as did another media survey in
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Once upon a time, a Danish writer named Hans Christian Anderson entertained Scandinavian children with fantastic stories. Some of these: The Emperor’s New Clothes, Princess and the Pea, The Tin Soldier became so popular they soon spread around the world. His most popular story however was The Little Mermaid, a
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Choosing the world’s best islands is like choosing the best songs of the 20th century. There are so many hits, and there are so many incredible islands, blessed with fine white powder sand, turquoise water, pin-up palm trees. Many are unoccupied or scarcely visited, while others, jammed with tourists, hold
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Until the vaccines win the race against the virus, we’re not going to be travelling like we could. But we can travel in our imaginations, and certainly through the pages of some of my favourite all-time travel books. Although isn’t every book a “travel book?” Transporting us to places near
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Robin Esrock, one of Canada’s Top Travel Writers Travel Writers Who Put Canada on the Map Canada has produced a remarkable lineage of travel writers who have shaped how the world sees this vast country. These literary explorers haven’t just documented journeys – they’ve inspired generations to discover the extraordinary
Chances are I’ll end up at a bar with a bunch of guys, and most likely the fact that I’ve travelled all over the world will come up, in which case the topic of which countries have the most beautiful women will DEFINITELY come up. We are men after all,
The postcard islands of Thailand offer the paradise of our imaginations. Yet alongside the coconut trees and squeaky white beaches, expect to find hordes of tourists. Thanks to direct flights from Bangkok, the crowds, and the businesses that compete for them, can be somewhat overwhelming. If you’re looking for alternatives
In which our writer exits a snake pit in search of authentic Mexico…. Apparently, some posh hotels in Cancun will tell you that Cancun means “end of the rainbow.” In Mayan, Cancun actually means “snake pit”, and I can see why. My airport shuttle scuttles past major brand resorts and
Every time I return from a small ship excursion to some remarkable part of the world, I think: now that’s the way to travel. These are not cruise ships, those massive floating hotels with thousands of passengers gorging on buffets, although there are similarities. Small ships also have amenities like
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein We’re all shocked by Russia’s war with Ukraine, although war would imply two nations going at each other, not one attacking another’s sovereignty while
Photo Courtesy Yongala Dive It is known as Australia’s Titanic, and one of the world’s great maritime mysteries. On March 14, 1911, a luxury passenger steam ship en-route from Melbourne to Cairns hit a Category 5 cyclone and vanished with 122 people on board. The SS Yongala had almost one
Lost among the pink volcanoes of the Atacama. It is said there are three simple steps to happiness: find something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. I might add: find yourself a bike. One day, on my way to the office, an unlicensed driver ignored
In 2019, a UK lottery company surveyed two thousand people about what experiences top their bucket list. Number 1: see the Northern Lights. What makes this interesting is that a similar survey held by a different company in 2013 came to the same conclusion, as did another media survey in
Once upon a time, a Danish writer named Hans Christian Anderson entertained Scandinavian children with fantastic stories. Some of these: The Emperor’s New Clothes, Princess and the Pea, The Tin Soldier became so popular they soon spread around the world. His most popular story however was The Little Mermaid, a
Choosing the world’s best islands is like choosing the best songs of the 20th century. There are so many hits, and there are so many incredible islands, blessed with fine white powder sand, turquoise water, pin-up palm trees. Many are unoccupied or scarcely visited, while others, jammed with tourists, hold
Until the vaccines win the race against the virus, we’re not going to be travelling like we could. But we can travel in our imaginations, and certainly through the pages of some of my favourite all-time travel books. Although isn’t every book a “travel book?” Transporting us to places near
Robin Esrock, one of Canada’s Top Travel Writers Travel Writers Who Put Canada on the Map Canada has produced a remarkable lineage of travel writers who have shaped how the world sees this vast country. These literary explorers haven’t just documented journeys – they’ve inspired generations to discover the extraordinary