2018
- Movie Hustle:Top Travel Blogs 2018
2017
- Finalist: NATJA Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Local Lifestyle for Not Trump Country
- Finalist: NATJA Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Historical Travel for The Last Ifugao Weaver
- 103 Best Travel Sites – Panoramic Villas
- 17 Top Travel Blogs to Follow in 2017 – Discover Corps
- Top Eco-Traveling Enthusiasts of 2017 – Greenmatch
- The Best Outdoor Blogs – SmartLad
2016
- Gold Medal – Photography: Portrait, People – Online Publication for Bhutanese Woman – North American Travel Journalists Association
- Finalist: Independent Travel Blog – North American Travel Journalists Association
- The Top Outdoor/Adventure Travel Blogs of 2016 – #10 – Hello Travel
- My 50 Favorite Travel Blogs – The Professional Vagabond
- Top 25 Adventure Travel Photographers On Instagram – Journalist On The Run.
- Top 5 Canadian Travel Bloggers – Urban Xenophile
- Inspirational Travel Bloggers of 2016 – Compare the Market
- 13 Sensational Travel Photos From 2015 – Holiday Lettings
- Best Adventure Travel Blogs To Follow In 2016 – Credit Donkey
- 6 Best Travel Bloggers – Pissup.com
2015
- Interviewed on CBC Radio about travel tips (no online audio available)
- Featured in the Singapore Straits Times
- Named one of 12 Instagrammers Crushing It In The Canadian Rockies by Matador
- Starred in one of Calgary’s 48-hour web video series
- Starred in the Keen Uneek Advertisement, which aired on several cable channels in Canada
- Featured by Business Insider
- Featured in Explore Magazine’s 50 Best Hikes in the World
- Featured by the Travel Channel
- Was chosen as one of Rayna Tours Bloggers Who Inspire You To Travel
2014
- Ranked #38 in TraveloCafe’s Top 50 Travel Bloggers
- Featured on Rolf Potts’s Vagablogging
- Flipkey’s Top 25 Adventure Travel Blogs to Follow in 2014
2013
- Named one of the Top 100 Travel Photographers in the World by ChiliSauce
- One of Off Track Planet’s 9 Favorite Travel Bloggers of 2013
- Interviewed by HotelsCheap.org
- Interviewed by Philippines Travel Photos
- Photoessay Sugar Bowl Powder Porn featured in Snow Travel Magazine
- Feature article Adventurous Taipei appeared in En Voyage (the Eva Air inflight magazine)
- Mentioned on Gadling.com for my post about House Hunters International being fake
2012
- Starred in an episode of HGTVs House Hunters International
- Interviewed on CBC radio’s Cross Country Checkup about travel (download an .mp3 of the broadcast here)
- Chosen as one of Canada.com’s 11 Travel Canadian Travel Bloggers Sure to Inspire
- Mentioned on Tripping’s list of the best adventure travel blogs in the world.
- Ranked one of the best travel blogs in Canada by Easy Voyage.
- Mentioned by ZeTrip for having exceptional travel photography.
- Ranked one of the most influential travel blogs in the world by Konnector
- Ranked among Nomadic Samuel’s Top 100 Travel Blog
- I was interviewed by Vagabundo Magazine
- I was interviewed by Tim Leffel’s Travel Writing 2.0
- I was interviewed by Flip Nomad
- I was interviewed by Nomadic Samuel
- I was interviewed by Travel Link Sites
2011
- 1st Place: TravelerVoice’s Best Ecotoursim Blog
- Semi-Finalist (Top 125) in Austin-Lehman’s Best Travel Blogs Contest
2010
- Taiwanderful’s Best Travel Blog in Taiwan (popular vote)
- One of Awarding the Web’s Top Fifty Travel Blogs of 2010 (the website was not available at the time of writing)
- ODP Top Fifty Blogs for Travel Writing in 2010
- GoOverseas Top Ten Taiwan Blogs
- OnlineDegree.net Top Twenty Travel Blogs
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