Travel

Ah, food. One of the best things about travelling is trying out the flavours of other countries. It’s also one of the best things about living in Toronto. The fact that I can get things like Jamaican roti, Indian dal, Japanese sushi and Chinese dim sum within a ten-minute walk from my home is not [...]

Back on my first solo visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2004, I went to a lesson at a samba school. And it was like another world. I swear Rio is made up of a lot of things, and subcultures is definitely one of them. The samba schools rehearse weekly for the Carnaval. The [...]

In my travels, I’ve seen plenty of bathrooms. The WCs (water closets) in parts of Barcelona and other European towns, where you have to pay to go to the loo. Then the woman you give your two Euros to only gives you a couple squares of toilet paper. Various johns in Brazil, where you have [...]

Travel frustrations part three … so I took more than a month to write this blog! I’ve been sick. Which is perfect, not for my health and life in general, but to demonstrate, again, how irritating this particular hassle can be on not only daily life, but travel. The worst bug I can remember in [...]

Travel frustrations part two … So I took a while to write this blog, completely off-schedule, to demonstrate how irritating delays can be. They are nerve-racking because they keep you guessing. You likely have no control over the situation, like being on an airplane… oh, never mind. Anyway, here are a couple nuggets of advice [...]

I love to travel. Really, I do. Anyone that knows me or who has been reading this blog knows I apparently can’t get enough of it. And I have to agree with them. I don’t think I can either. This year alone I’ve taken five trips (sixth to come in December). I went to Cuba, [...]

680News has two main pillars — traffic and weather. Having covered traffic in my previous two blogs, I thought I’d tackle weather now. It’s mid-September and the chilly weather has arrived here in Toronto. I noticed there wasn’t as much going on this weekend and the friends I did talk to were tired, suffering from [...]

My memory of Havana traffic isn’t so much about the actual traffic, but what happened when we were in a classic 50s car on the way back to Varadero with two locals. My friends and I found the locals in a hotel we were staying at in Varadero. When they offered to take us to [...]

Sept 4, 2007 Welcome to my 680News travel blog. I’m Diana Pereira, the Web Editor for 680News (and all affiliate news radio sites) here at Rogers Broadcasting. Every Monday I will share some travel news with you. This could include either an interesting travel experience of my own, local tourism/travel information (things to do around Toronto [...]