Here are Twomey Travel’s confirmed tour dates for 2019 so far! Follow the links to see the individual tours and to book! Hope to see you soon! January 9th – Winter Rockies Spectacular (Just You) January 16th – Rockies Winter Wonderland January 30th – Niagara and Toronto Winter Escape February 11th – Chile – The Atacama to Patagonia (Just You) March 11th – Natural […]
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Twomey Travel (2me Travel) represents the synthesis of years of travel, writing and sharing experiences. Although a published author, Patrick began writing his first real blog in 2014 while working in Peru.
As an international tour guide / operator and lecturer, Patrick is part of a much larger community of ethical travellers.
Throughout these many pages are fun discussions of trips, destinations and, from time to time, ethical issues.
Much of this 2me Travel site focuses on the Americas in general, but in no way limits itself. This is first and foremost a site dedicated to the love of travel! It is governed by the support of group travel and strongly influenced by ethical awareness. Please enjoy, share, participate and join our journeys!
Real Time News
$10 Canadian – Empires, Resistance & Slavery
The new Canadian $10 bill has been released and it is visually impressive. It is of course plastic, see-through and has a woman’s face on one side. Canadians are accustomed to seeing the Queen on their money and have even seen the ‘famous 5’ – women who actually had to fight to have women declared […]
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Farewell 2018 – a few highs & lows from a Life on the Road
Travel is Fatal to Prejudice – Mark Twain Sadly, I’m not convinced Mr. Twain was entirely correct. For a clear majority, travel opens eyes and hearts, but there are those who seem to travel just to confirm their own biases or, even worse, to take advantage of people in marginal conditions. Undoubtedly travelling the world is […]
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Twomey Travel November Newsletter
Dear friends, It has been far too long since our last newsletter. Firstly we hope this letter finds you healthy, happy and well! It is cold and snowy here in the Canadian Rockies – should be perfect for our winter tours! The snow and coldis, in fact very welcome after another summer of forest fires. […]
A week in London with Dad
My trip to England began very well. We left our home in the Rockies and drove to the airport. Once on our Air Canada flight, we were lucky enough to have two full rows! A place for me to sleep, and a place for dad. Our flight even landed early. I managed to fit in […]
Thoughts from the front
Culinary Britain – Really, Worth the Trip (seriously)!
Ah British food… At its best, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (something I really do enjoy). At its typical, fried scampi & chips in a smoky pub, or perhaps a Wimpy Burger (virtually nonexistent these days). Other regional delicacies include mushy peas, bubble and squeak (fried leftovers from a roast dinner), the less appealing sounding ‘spotted-dick’ (a dessert or pudding), […]
Touring Colombia; Service, Scenery, Escobar & the Beauty of Peace!
After several work and personal trips to Colombia, this was the first time I developed a tour to actually take a group myself- it turned out to be one of my best tours yet! I had been wanting to develop a trip and when several frequent travellers (and friends) asked about Colombia, it was the […]
100 Years since ‘The War to End all Wars’ …. What have we learned?
On November 11 each year, Canadians listen to John McRae’s poem: In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and […]
York, Romans, Jews, Northern England & Murder
After finishing what may only be described as an almost perfect tour, I had a day to make my way to central England. Instead of flying and taking buses and trains, I decided to hire a car and drive. I love driving over here. On the left – and the idyllic winding country roads. After […]
Belfast, Borders, BREXIT and a Scottish Backstop – Geo-politics on a few small islands
Much Ado About Something …. While waiting to board the ‘Stena super fast ferry’ to Scotland, two immigration officials wandered through the waiting area. Two days beforehand, we technically crossed an international border at 100 km/h whilst driving between Eire (Republic of Ireland) and Northern Ireland. Of course, many people in the North feel far more Irish […]
