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The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

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    • EUROPE (A to M)
      • ALBANIA
      • AUSTRIA
      • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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      • CROATIA
      • CZECH REPUBLIC
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    • EUROPE (N to Z)
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      • UKRAINE
    • CAUCASUS
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      • HONG KONG
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      • THAILAND
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      • SINGAPORE
    • NORTH AMERICA
      • MONTREAL, QUEBEC
      • REGIONS OF QUEBEC, CANADA
      • MEXICO
        • Pueblos Magicos of Mexico
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    • CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
      • COSTA RICA
      • CUBA
      • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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      • NICARAGUA
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      • ARGENTINA
      • BRAZIL
      • CHILE
      • COLOMBIA
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      • ZIMBABWE
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      • Australia
      • New Zealand
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full-time travel

Things that seem weird when you go to Europe

by Frank (bbqboy)

Things that seem weird when you go to Europe When we left Canada to travel full-time 4 years ago we didn’t think that most of our travels would be in Europe. It’s a continent we’ve fallen in love …

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Bashing on full time travellers – and why ‘we’ bring it on ourselves

by Frank (bbqboy)

Bashing on full time travellers – and why ‘we’ bring it on ourselves There’s a German word that’s come to mind a few times recently. It’s Schadenfreude – ie. the pleasure derived from the …

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Things learned through 8 months of travel

by Frank (bbqboy)

Things learned through 8 months of travel You learn many things about yourself and your partner when you travel full time. Our first 9 years together, Lissette (Spanky) and I lived quite the routine …

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We’re not on Holiday! Differences between vacationing and travelling explained

by Frank (bbqboy)

Differences between vacationing and travelling Our recent one-week stay in Siem Reap Cambodia was fun. We would get up early and be picked up by our tuk tuk driver for our almost daily excursion to …

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Looking back at 2014 (a.k.a our year in photos). And our hopes and dreams for 2015.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Looking back at 2014 (a.k.a our year in photos) 2014 was like two very different years in one as we went from conventional life in Montreal (the first 6 months) to living a life on the road. I don’t …

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Everything IS Personal. And why you can’t love every place you visit…

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why you can’t love every place you visit… “Some would certainly stone me for saying this, but I don’t travel to places for the people anymore. It’s the sights and things to do there that …

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Travel Insurance for Canadian Travellers – sifting the facts from the BS

by Frank (bbqboy)

Travel Insurance for Canadian Travellers I knew little about Travel Insurance a few months ago. We had always been covered through a comprehensive policy through work which covered any trips with a …

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Our Apartment in Prague, the cost of Booze, Air Transat, and other stuff…

by Frank (bbqboy)

Our Apartment in Prague and other stuff… Hello from Prague! It’s been a crazy last 10 days; moving out of our apartment in Montreal, putting our stuff in storage, moving into a temporary …

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