Category Archive: Interviews

Interviews

Study in Canada

READER STORY: How Annina came to Canada to learn English and ended up as a horse guide

One of the biggest challenges for a first-time traveller to Canada with limited knowledge of the English language is trip planning. Annina’s dream was to learn English on a ranch. Searching the Internet she came across my blog Unique English Language Schools in Canada and knew that this was what she had in mind. A language school in one of […]

Interviews

Transportation

Canadian Travel Company for Budget Backpackers – meet Jared from Out Here Travel

Canada has only a limited offer in ways of budget travel for backpackers. Therefore I’m excited to interview Jared about his new travel company Out Here Travel. After many years in a conventional job, Jared decided to share his outdoor experience and the amazing country Canada with travellers and adventurers from around the world and start a Travel Company. Yrene: Could […]

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Yukon highways, iconic roads to adventure

Fast, wild and beautiful – a road trip on Yukon’s iconic highways. Get behind the wheel and get ready for a road trip of a lifetime, driving the Yukon highways. There is no better feeling than driving the northern highways and having the roads to yourself. Forget about traffic jams, busy roads and driving stress. Enjoy the fantastic scenery from […]

Road Trip

Solo Travel

Special Places

Yukon

Keno City Yukon, the end of The Silver Trail

(This article was published in the July 2020 edition of Globerovers Magazine) Here I am, back again, driving the Silver Trail gravel highway on the way to Keno City. A small dot on Google maps marks the existence of this tiny, nearly forgotten, old Gold Rush town in the mountains of central Yukon, northern Canada. Despite its name, Keno City […]

Outdoor Activities

Road Trip

Wild Food

Yukon

Memorable Morel Mushroom Hunt in Central Yukon

Morel mushrooms are a delicacy and a sought after food in kitchens worldwide. My first introduction to morels I remember the time growing up in Switzerland when each spring my dad got on his old bicycle and went to some secret spot in the forest to harvest a bagful of morels. Centuries later I came across morels while hiking on […]