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I write a fun MSN travel blog. Here’s my list of 8 ways to celebrate New Year’s and the Mayan mayhem in 2012, which you can also read below: Apparently the Mayans predicted we will all die in an impending 2012 doomsday. Might as well have a good time while it lasts. So here are…
Ask any Dreamy Poet or Bearded Wannabe Novelist to name their favourite book of travel writing, and they’ll no doubt give you an impressively literary title like Steinbeck’s ‘A Russian Journal’ or ‘The Sheltering Sky’ by Paul Bowles. Like broccoli, these books are no doubt high in mental vitamins. But they also bore me to…
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year…unless your relationship explodes like a washed-up whale on a Taiwan beach. Years ago, my marriage tanked on the Monday before Christmas. My sudden freedom felt raw, inspiring, and painfully unique. But turns out I wasn’t alone. A Facebook survey discovered that December is a breakup bonanza.…
When I was 18, my first hotel job was at the Chateau Jasper in the Rockies. They hired me to be a houseman. A low-paying summer gig but my responsibilities were exotic. By day, I delivered towels to the pool and at night I vacuumed Bits & Bites off the bar carpet. I loved it.…
Welcome to this month’s Travel Gear Guide. Just in time for Christmas shopping, here’s a strange sleeping bag called The Napsack. I’m excited about this one, my friend, as this is no ordinary retro-looking ‘70s-style sleep cocoon. See, the Napsack has shoulder zippers. So you can unzip them, stick your hands up in the air,…
Ken Hegan meets holiday travellers while squatting at a chic Vancouver hotel By Ken Hegan for MSN Nothing gets an employer’s attention like a cover letter that doubles as a ransom note. MSN was seeking a new blogger and when I saw their ad, I dove into action. Travel writing is my dream job –…
Ken Hegan 