Does this mining light make me look fat?

With a mining light perched on my head and life jacket strapped around my torso, it probably wasn't my best look, but both are required pieces of safety equipment when preparing to traverse a series of tunnels dug into the side of...

"Vancouver to Nepal: $299."

Nepal is not included in the bucket list of intriguing travel destinations my partner and I have created. But since much of our travel is dictated by seat sales, the above advertised airfare recently published in a Vancouver newspaper, promising such a low price for such...

One road in, one road out.

Driving up the narrow, palm tree-lined road to the Kahala Hotel and Resort on the east side side of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, our local tour guide and friend explains the property is famous for its privacy and security.

"I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."

That quote from Buddy the Elf from the Christmas movie Elf always comes to mind when I write or hear of anything to...

Staring down at the roasted pig's head adorning a kiosk at the Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agricultural Festival at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Island of Hawaii, I had no idea the wild boar I had just happily sampled would mark the start of a weekend I...