http://blog.livemoreadventures.com find yourself in another world Tue, 06 May 2008 09:48:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a great time in Penticton on Wednesday where I spoke at the Get Active Penticton Speaker Series. My host Bob Pope was phenomenal in arranging every detail including having a local sponsor advertise the event on their sign (in the photo gallery). The crowed was very warm and ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2008/03/22/penticton/ Recently I was flying to Reykjavik Iceland from JFK airport in New York. After braving two hours of public transit from my friend's apartment on Madison Ave in the city I arrived at JFK toting my 53 pound wheeled duffel bag. As I pulled up to the counter and laid ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2008/03/07/celebrating-small-success-that-make-you-smile-2/ Here is a note I just sent to the Long Island Railroad at Penn Station in NYC. I have been meaning to write for a couple weeks now to let you know of a very kind ticket agent. As a guy from small town Canada, visiting NYC can be very intimidating especially ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2008/03/07/celebrating-small-success-that-make-you-smile-1/ I have just gotten off the plane in New York from a week in Iceland! That's right Iceland in February and it was incredible. I was attending the Mid Atlantic Travel Seminar hosted by Iceland Air in Reykjavik. During my time there I met with local adventure travel operators to ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2008/02/11/iceland/ LiveMore Adventures has just wrapped up two very successful trips in Newfoundland with the Fox River Country Day School, Elgin IL and the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ. The Grade 7 and 8 students from The Fox River Country Day School participated in a week long environmental studies trip to eastern ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/06/30/livemore-adventures-in-newfoundland/ A friend of mine, fellow Newfoundlander and NOLS Instructor, TA Loeffler is currently in the middle of her Mt Everest expedition. Encourage her and follow her every move with daily updates from the mountain on her web site www.taloeffler.com. Shawn President and Founder, LiveMore Adventures http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/04/22/ta-loeffler-climbing-mt-everest-now/ It has been a while since I have written so I am going keep this posting as a short update of what has been going on with LiveMore Adventures the last couple of months. - I am happy to announce that two schools have signed up for exciting student trips to ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/04/19/mid-april-update/ Today I am writing from the Atlanta airport where I have been patiently waiting (9 hours) for my connecting flight to Vancouver. After getting only a couple hours sleep on the over night flight from Quito to Atlanta and pushing my tight schedule to the last minute I am officially ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/02/11/huge-potential-in-ecuador/ I am back in Quito, Ecuador's capital city, after an amazing 4 days in the Galapagos Islands. The place is amazing! I was traveling on one of the larger ships carrying 90 passengers. Through our many shore visits, I managed to get closer than I ever imagined and really ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/02/02/galapagos-islands/ I am currently traveling in Ecuador on a “scouting” trip until February 11. I am traveling with 12 other operators and journalist from North America as guests of Tourism Ecuador. For the last week our days have been filled with one regional highlight after another as we have snaked our ... http://blog.livemoreadventures.com/2007/01/27/ecuador/