Vegan World Trekker – Vegan Travel

Hello Vegan Travelers!
During the summer season, our lives are intertwined with mosquitoes and other insects. You may decide on taking a trip to a Costa Rican jungle, an Amazonian rainforest, or a Kenyan adventure. In those climates, it is a given fact that there will be lots of mosquitoes around you as you walk outdoors in the woods or plains!

If your accommodations are in a tent, then you are even more susceptible to bugs and mosquitoes. What’s a vegan to do ? What would you do for protection? Some bugs only produce itchy rashes on your skin when bitten. Others are actually quite dangerous to your life. They may produce venom.

You certainly would not to use one of those florescent lights that attract the bugs then zaps the life out of them. One great option is to use a net over your bed if you are staying at a lodge. It will keep the bugs from reaching you.

There is a wonderful solution to this problem. It is safe, effective, cruelty-free, ethical, and VEGAN!! There are actually vegan, insect repellents! The products repel and ward off bugs. The ingredients are also non-toxic.

The following are some of the vegan, insect repellent products:
1. “Buzz Away” from Quantum Health – This deet-free, chemical-free, insect repellent works well to deter mosquitoes, flies, ticks, gnats.
www.quantumhealth.com/productgroups/itchandbite.html.
They manufacture a variety of vegan, bug repellent products including spray bottles, towelettes, candles, and oils.

2. “Bug Ease” by Wise Way Herbals – This product is made with herbs and essential oils. It is also not toxic. It repels both mosquitoes and flies.
www.wiseways.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

3. “Bite Me Not Spray” sold online by Etsy shop – This repellent is made with essential oils. It repels insects and mosquitoes. It can be sprayed on the body but not the face.
www.etsy.com/listing/52718316/bite-me-not-spray-bug-insect-repellent

4. “Incognito” bug spray by Less Mosquito – This non-toxic spray protects against malaria, mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, wasps, fleas, bees, midges, and gnats.
www.lessmosquito.com

5. “SunSwat” by Kiss My Face – This vegan product repels bugs and mosquitoes. It is Deet-free. www.kissmyface.com/sunpages/sunspraypage.html

6. “Heart Broken Mosquitoes” sold online through Etsy shop – This vegan line offers many options for their insect repellent product, including sprays and bottles.
www.etsy.com/shop/heartbrokenmosquito

These options will provide strong protection from insects. Vegans can feel confident that their holidays in the outdoors will be safe and healthy!!

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Hello Vegan Travelers!
It is encouraging to find that vegan meal options are becoming more and more commonplace just about anywhere we may wander. I had a consulting job which brought me to the small town of Nashua, New Hampshire today. For my lunch break, I decided to head into the downtown area to dine at an Indian restaurant. Much to my surprise, as I was driving towards the parking garage I glanced over at the pizzeria on the corner. There was a sign in the window which said “Vegan Pizza”! The pizzeria is “Pleasant Street Pizza”, Pleasant Street, Nashua, New Hampshire.

Of course, I changed my plans and ended up going into the pizzeria. The vegan pizza selection was incredible! There were vegan chicken and vegan bacon options for the pizza toppings. I chose the vegan chicken. For no additional cost, I also chose extra toppings of olive, onion, spinach, and green pepper. The cheese was also the vegan variety.

As my eyes looked over to the snacks and cakes on the counter, I was in awe again! They actually offered vegan whoopie pie and vegan peanut butter cup. I opted for the whoopie pie.

As I anxiously awaited my meal and dessert, I thought to myself “Wow! This is incredible! Vegan pizza and desserts which I found just “out of the blue” as I happened to glance at a random pizzeria at an intersection”.

Finally my meal arrived. It was well worth the wait! The faux chicken was perfect in texture and taste! The vegan cheese was tasty, warm and had a good consistency. It was not overly gooey and not overly clumpy or melted. The crust and veggies were equally delicious! The was indeed one of the best pizzas I had ever eaten in my life!

Next..the vegan whoopie pie. Again, this was another great choice! The cake was moist and the creme filling had just the perfect amount of sweetness. It was scrumptious! I completely enjoyed my wonderful vegan pizza and whoopie pie!

Nashua, NH may not be a popular tourist location. However, my main point is that vegan meals can be found anywhere these days. Whenever you are driving through a random town anywhere in the world, look at the signs on various restaurant windows. They may say “Vegan meals served here”. It also is definitely worth walking into any random restaurant, cafe, or pizzeria during your travels to take a look at the menu. You may be pleasantly surprised that the word “Vegan” is not so foreign to them and there may be a few vegan selections for you!

Take a chance, think positive and take a look at the menus of random restaurants no matter where you travel! You never know. Vegan options may be offered there!

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Hello Vegan Travelers!
I would to share some information regarding a very yummy topic! Lets discuss what kinds of vegan food products you should research online prior to your international journeys.

Whenever I travel, I first go online to the happycow.net website (and others) to locate vegan or vegan-friendly restaurants in my destination city. I enter the name of the country or city to return a list of vegan/vegan-friendly restaurants. As you check each of the returned websites, you should also notice which ones serve a vegan brunch.

Happycow(like other vegan restaurant lookup sites) also returns a list of health food stores that carry vegan foods or vegan products. Whenever you would like a vegan meal or snack for your hotel room, lengthy bus tours, or souvenirs to take home with you, a visit to one of these international health food stores is a nice convenience. However, that does not complete my online research for my trip.

I also do an online search for vegan ice cream, gelato, donuts, cupcakes, snacks, candy, and chocolate. Basically, I bring up google, then enter the keywords “vegan” +”ice cream” +”Montreal” (for example). Google then returns links to any shops in Montreal that may serve vegan ice cream. I do similar searches for vegan cupcakes and so forth.

You would be surprised at just how many vegan food shops you may find globally!!
For example, it is not a difficult talk to find vegan ice cream all over North America, Europe, and Australia. However, it is difficult to find in South America. Vegan gelato is also sold across the USA and Europe. Though you may not always find an ice cream shop that is completely vegan, you may find an ice creamerie that offers five or six vegan varieties. Such is the case at Meu Meu in Montreal, Canada.

Vegan donut shops are sprouting up at various locations also. Vegan donut shops are not typically as popular as vegan ice creameries. However, it is well worth the online research if you find such a tasty treat during your travels!!

I also search online for vegan bakeries at my destination country and city. Again, the search may find bakeries which sell some vegan goods, not necessarily a completely vegan bakery. My next step is to specifically do a search for vegan cupcakes in that city.

The final thing I research prior to my trip are vegan shops. There are retail outlets internationally that sell vegan clothing, beddings, shoes, logo items, and so forth. Examples are the “Vega Life” shop in Amsterdam (www.vega-life.nl) and the “Vegan Pride” shop in Sao Paulo, Brazil (www.veganpride.com).

After completing this online research, I feel well-prepared to explore the vegan scene in any international city that I visit!!

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Hello Vegan Travelers!
The winner of the Vegan Pure Bar Variety pack is….. Amy Cook!!Congratulations Amy!!
Amy..Please email me at VeganWorldTrekker@gmail.com with your full name and mailing address.
I will then forward your address to the Pure Bar company so that they may send the Pure Bars to you.

Thank you so much for all the entries everyone!!
I selected the winner in the following manner:
1. For every Tweet about the contest, you received one entry into the contest.
2. For every Facebook like, you get one entry.
3. For every comment on my blog post, you get one entry.
4. I wrote each person’s entry on paper and put them in a bowl.
5. I then shuffled them in the bowl without looking and I drew one piece of paper randomly.

Stay tuned as I will have another vegan product, giveaway contest in the upcoming months.

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