SLOW TRAVEL
Travel Blog
Retire and travel the world for less than living in Canada? Let me show you how.
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The Ethics of Ethical Travel
I was all gung-ho to start this blog in order to encourage people to retire early and travel the world. Then I read an article about thousands of Barcelona residents protesting over-tourism because of its negative effects on their quality of life. It gave me pause.
Egypt
Walking out of the airport near midnight I was greeted by a warm breeze and a swarm of taxi drivers. An airport official was barely containing the mob behind their “line” with harsh words and a stick.
What is a slowmad?
Slow travel is the opposite of being a typical tourist. Instead of staying in a large famous city for two nights with a packed itinerary and then moving on to the next city or country, slowmads will park their butts in the same place for weeks or even months.
BETH DOMAN
West Coast Watercolours
Watercolours inspired by the rich abundance of life on Vancouver Island.
Beth
About me
I was born and raised on beautiful Vancouver Island and grew up on horseback in a rural area. When I was seven, our family spent a year in a beautiful hill town in Mexico while my father earned his masters degree in fine arts. I suppose that’s where my love of travel began.
Since that time, I’ve whitewater rafted in Austria, dodged water buffalo in Laos, snorkelled in Costa Rica, fallen off a galloping horse in Turkey, swum with a wild beluga whale in Nova Scotia and thrown a giant centipede out of my bed in India.
Through a series of (un)fortunate events during the pandemic, I found myself in the position to semi-retire and travel the globe. I’m not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but I have figured a few things out and would love to share them with you, if you want to come along for the ride!
Contact
bethdoman@proton.me