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A Van Sexy Event: Future of Tourism Talk in Vancouver

May 20, 2012 By 2 Comments

For those of you that have been reading recently, you will have seen the addition of Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll in our stories, as they explored Egypt with us.  Audrey and Dan write one of the World’s most popular travel blogs, Uncornered Market and are two amazing individuals that I love.

 

Audrey and Dan in the Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan)

 

I’m quite excited as at the end of the month I get to share these sassy cats with my hometown of Vancouver, as they roll into town to speak at the Future of Tourism Talk being put on by G Adventures and Planeterra. Aside from loving listening to Audrey and Dan talk, the event looks like it should be an interesting one with thought-provoking ideas around culture, travel and sustainability, shared by Bruce Poon Tip, Paula Vlamings, David Suzuki, and my friends Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll.

 

 

On May 31, 2012 G Adventures invites you to the Future of Tourism—an evening of discussion, debate and creative exchange between visionaries from across the tourism spectrum.

Together we’ll explore the roles travel and sustainable tourism play in the world today, and set the agenda for the future of our industry and our planet. Join Bruce Poon Tip, Paula Vlamings, Daniel Noll & Audrey Scott and RSVP for this special FREE event. Space is limited and will sell out fast!

 

Here are the details:

  • Date: Thursday May 31st, 2012
  • Time: 6:45 – 9:45 pm
  • Location: The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts (777 Homer St.)
  • Registration: By Donation on Eventbrite (tickets are going fast)

Hope to see you there!

Emme

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Ross Neilsen RAWKS Vancouver Tonight!! (Saturday May 19th, 2012)

May 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

For those of you that have been reading along the past few months, you may recognize the name Ross Neilsen, the dark, mysterious, and terribly funny Blues Man that has been finding his way into mine and Roamancing’s stories as we keep bumping into him on the road.  We’ll I am pleased to say, he is rolling into Vancouver today, just in time for my homecoming.

You can catch Ross tonight (Saturday May 19th, 2012) and me with my feet a stomping at Pat’s Pub and Brewhouse at 403 E. Hastings St. at Dunlevy Ave in Vancouver. Show starts at 9 pm.

Curious as to what Ross sounds like?  Here is my favourite youtube video of him:

 

 

Tonight he will be playing with his new band, which I am very much looking forward to hearing.  The band includes Karl Gans (previously from Ross Neilsen & the Suffering Bastards) and Young Will Pacey (the new band mate).  Speaking of which I am a little overdue sharing Episode 3 of Ross and Karl’s Great Bass Search (for Episode 1 & 2 , click on the links), so here are the fools themselves:

 

 

Really, how can you not love these boys with classy videos such as that.

Hope to see you at the Show tonight.

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

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Egyptian Daily Diaries: Roamancing Jet Lag in Cairo

April 21, 2012 By 5 Comments

I’m writing this post while watching the sunset over the Nile from my king size bed at the gorgeous Fairmont Cairo Nile City.  Why?

 

 

Yes, it’s true, life is rough, and work this week has taken my digital tales to Egypt to demonstrate some ‘real’ time digital storytelling for the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference: Partnering with Media in Challenging Times in Egypt with Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott of Uncornered Market and Lucy Duck and Erica Hargreave of Roamancing. You can read more about it on UnCornered Market and Ahimsa Media:

Would love for you cats to join in the fun by:

  • Share what we are doing in Egypt and the #WeVisitEgypt hashtag to your media channels;
  • Follow #WeVisitEgypt on your social networking channels and retweet content that appeals to you;
  • Interact with us on our adventure at @UMarket, @Roamancing, @EmmeRogers and @EricaHargreave; and
  • Share your own photos, video and blog posts from Egypt with the #WeVisitEgypt hashtag (and we will do our best to retweet them).

 

Cairo Sunset on the Nile

 

*Blowing Kisses* of thanks for the smiles and support you all give me.

Emme xoxo

 

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that on this trip, our expenses were paid by Egyptian Tourism, as a guest to the country and the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference.

 

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Last Chance to Enter to be @VisitEngland’s Fan in a Van

April 8, 2012 By 3 Comments

Having lived in an Olympic Town my advice to the residents, take the time off work to fully enjoy the experience and start planning now to make the most out of the experience.  I can’t say that living in an Olympic Town is all a bed of roses.  We are still paying for it in Vancouver and the Games Committee can certainly make things trying for the residents leading up to the Games. While a few local businesses benefit, many can suffer during the Games.  You can dwell on these negatives, or you can recognise that it is happening and turn it into a fun once in a lifetime experience for you.  You don’t even have to be into sports, because, as I discovered, the Games brings with it this lovely thing called the Cultural Olympiad, where you get to experience cultural flavours from around the World in the form of food, beverages, theatre, music, and art, and much of this is free.  It really is a lovely way to get a taste for World travel without leaving home (or at least your hometown).  In fact, it was this that I needed to finally bring Roamancing to life.

 

Watching a few of the Russian Figure Skaters Train

 

So speaking of making the most of it, one thing I wish I’d done (had I stopped being annoyed by the Games Committee sooner), was apply for experiences to take part in the Games.  I mention this as Tourism England (aka. Visit England / Enjoy England) has a pretty gosh, darn cool opportunity for a UK digital storyteller leading up to London 2012, in the form of the Fan in a Van Search.

 

Tourism England's search for the Fan in a Van is on. Will this be you?

 

Basically they are putting one lucky budding digital storyteller with a passionate love for England in an iconic Anglomobile, decked out with everything they need to get started on a 70-day, all-expenses-paid trip around their green and pleasant land, following the Olympic Torch.  In return, the fans job is to entertain England with videos, photos, tales of adventure and lots of fun.

If this is something that sounds like fun to you, then it’s time to put down the crumpet, pour a fresh cup of tea, roll up the sleeves and get writing as the deadline for Round 1 of this competition is April 9th at midnight, UK time.  That’s tomorrow!

To be entered into Round 1, you need to send them 100 words on your favourite place in England and why you love it, accompanied by a picture you’ve taken to go with it.

Depending on how you fair on Round 1, there will be 2 more rounds:

  • Round 2: A 60 second video clip telling them why you love where you live.
  • Round 3: Meet the team at VisitEngland HQ and tell them why you’re the best person for the role.

Here is where to go for those that wish to apply.

Wishing those of you that decide to apply, good luck and have fun with this!

 

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I’m Not Sure I Want the Miss Universe Canada Pageant Defining the Question of Gender

March 28, 2012 By 6 Comments

Courtesy of Model Mayhem

Picked up the newspaper yesterday to see that a striking woman, by the name of Jenna Talackova, had been kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada Pageant after being selected as a finalist.  Normally, this would not be an article that would be of particular interest to me, but this woman is transgender, meaning she started out life biologically as a boy, but felt like she was meant to be a girl, so underwent the hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery to make her a woman.  So forgive me if I’m wrong, but I suspect Jenna has been kicked out of the competition by some very narrow minded people when it comes to defining gender.

The statement that the Miss Universe Canada issued last week is that “Jenna will not complete the pageant, because she didn’t meet the requirements to compete, despite having stated otherwise on her entry form.”  I ask Miss Universe Canada, which of those requirements did Jenna not meet? If it’s that she said she’s a girl, well from the reports in the media, she is, having gone through hormone therapy from the age of 14 and gender reassignment surgery at 19.  In fact, I’d harbour a guess that Jenna has thought a lot more about what it means to be a woman than those of us that were biologically born as such.

‘She was dishonest,’ said Denis Davila, the director of Miss Universe Canada, referring to the fact that Jenna wrote on her application that she had been born a female. Denis – I suspect in Jenna’s mind she was born a female, otherwise she would have never gone through such a surgery. Gender is more than just your biological bits. Jenna has already been through more challenges than most her age, yet the Miss Universe Canada Pageant wants to penalise her for that?  In my mind, that is not an institution that should be penalising someone with embracing being a woman.

Clearly, based on this video from Miss International Queen in Thailand last year, Jenna is not trying to hide anything, as far as her gender is concerned.  Jenna appears at 8:08 minutes into the video.

 


That is my opinion though.  I am sure there are other opinions out there.  Feel free to weigh in here or to sign Jenna’s petition, which maintains she was disqualified from the contest solely because she was born male.


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