Category: Road Diary

The “road diary” portion of Mike’s Road Trip is a section for daily (ish) posts geared to those who follow Mike’s Road Trip closely—it’s a section for more informal posts that share where Mike is currently, or, where he will be heading next.

Back to “New Scotland” aka Nova Scotia

Pictou Nova Scotia aerial image by Mike Shubic of MikesRoadTrip.com

Road Diary update from Nova Scotia.  Click here to read the previous Road Diary update from this Maritime Canada road trip. After a couple of weeks road tripping around New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Chris (my videographer and sidekick on this trip) and I are back in Nova Scotia,...

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Gastronomy and Nature at its best

Pedestrain floating bridge at PEI National Park by Mike Shubic of MikesRoadTrip.com

Road Diary update from PEI (Prince Edward Island).  Click here to read the previous Road Diary update from this Maritime Canada road trip. Our last couple of days on PEI might have been the best of the trip! Yesterday we had some fun stuff planned, but the weather had other...

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A collision with the land and sea

PEI fishing village

Road Diary update from PEI (Prince Edward Island).  Click here to read my previous Road Diary update from this Maritime Canada road trip. On my third day on PEI, Chris (my videographer and sidekick on this road trip) and I hopped in the car and headed to New London, a...

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Arrived in PEI and had a handpie

West Cape Lighthouse - Photo by Mike Shubic of MikesRoadTrip.com

Road Diary update from PEI (Prince Edward Island).  Click here to read my previous Road Diary update from this Maritime Canada road trip. Yesterday afternoon Chris (my videographer and sidekick on this road trip) and I crossed over the Confederation Bridge onto PEI, which might be the longest bridge I've...

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New Brunswick Bay of Fundy road trip continues

Hopewell Rocks in NB

Road Diary update from New Brunswick. Click here to read the previous update from this road trip around Maritime Canada. After leaving Grand Manan Island the other day, Chris (my videographer and sidekick for this Maritime Canada road trip) and I continued our Bay of Fundy road trip and headed...

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Revealing roads, wondrous whales and lovely lighthouses

Swallowtail Lightstation New Brunswick by MikesRoadTrip.com

Road Diary update from New Brunswick. Click here to read the previous update from this road trip around Maritime Canada. We were met with an overcast day, our first so far on this Maritime Canada road trip. We set off for St. Andrews, but along the way we stopped by...

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Crossing the Bay of Fundy to New Brunswick

Bay of Fundy cliff - aerial shot by MikesRoadTrip.com

Road Diary update from New Brunswick, Canada. Click here to read my previous Road Diary update from this road trip around Maritime Canada. A few days ago Chris (my videographer and sidekick on this road trip) and I boarded a ferry in Digby, NS and crossed the mighty Bay of...

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Nova Scotia still as charming as ever

Westin in downtown Halifax aerial shot by MikesroadTrip.com

Road Diary update from Nova Scotia, Canada. Click here to read my previous Road Diary update from this road trip around Maritime Canada. It has been well over 20 years since I was last in Nova Scotia and it seems more charming than ever. The last time I was in...

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Maritime Canada road trip in early September

Maritime Canada road trip in early September

It has been many months in the making, but this September I will be doing an epic Maritime Canadian road trip. For nearly three weeks I will be exploring the islands and provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (PEI). I have been to Nova Scotia before,...

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The Most Road Tripped Man in the World

Mike Shubic - "Most Road Tripped Man in the World"

Meet Mike Shubic, the ultimate road tripper and publisher of the well-established travel blog MikesRoadTrip.com. He's not just any travel blogger, but arguably the "Most Road Tripped Man in the World!" Mike has been traveling full time and vlogging about his adventures since early 2010 when the travel blogging trend...

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Lumbini to Pokhara: Last stop on the cultural road trip around Nepal

The next day we had a long drive en route to our destination of Pokhara. Along the way we stopped in this Himalayan hilltop village of Palpa where we had lunch on the rooftop restaurant at the Hotel Crown. The food was quite good as were the unobstructed views. The...

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Lumbini: Birthplace of Buddha

From Chitwan to Lumbini - The next stop on the cultural road trip around Nepal. The next day our Nepal road trip took us to the birthplace of Buddha. Lumbini is located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal and is one of the most important spiritual sites in the...

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Chitwan Safari, next stop on the cultural road trip through Nepal

Road Diary Update: Cultural road trip through Nepal continues as we head to Chitwan for a Safari. From Panauti, we headed to Chitwan, which is well known for its national park and safari opportunities. We left Panauti around 5:30am and did not arrive at our hotel, the Landmark Forest Park,...

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The 42-hour journey to Kathmandu

It was quite a long trek to get to Kathmandu, as a matter of fact, it was the longest journey I’ve ever made with regards to travel time, 42 hours in all. I took the first flight out of Phoenix to San Francisco (SFO) and thankfully it was on time...

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Upcoming road trip around Northern Arizona

I meet many people through my travels, and every so often, I make a connection with someone that develops into a friendship. Last year while I was speaking at a travel conference in Manila, I met Archana Singh with Travel See Write, an international travel blogger based in Delhi, India....

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