Profession: Helene Barrette manages Professional Services for an up-and-coming Canadian software company.
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Languages: French, English, Spanish and Japanese
Interests and Hobbies: TRAVELLING (with everything it entails), mountain climbing, reading, travel writing, skiing, scuba diving, movies, photography, and yes... TV...
Favourite Book: Too many to single one out: historical fiction, non-fiction narratives, travel writings, survival stories...
Favourite Music: Mainly Jazz -- old classics
Favourite Movie: Casablanca and Saving Private Ryan stand out, but so does Bull Durham :-)
Favourite Quote: If you aren't living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. It has nothing to do with thrill-seeking. It's about making the most of every moment, about stretching your own boundaries, about being willing to learn constantly... - J. Whittaker
The most amazing moment in my life so far: 1) Standing on the summit of Kilimanjaro 2) Watching the alpenglow on the face of Everest 3) Staring at the stars over the Indian Ocean in the Maldives 4) Setting a personal altitude record of 6,075m in Peru 5) Anytime I board a plane to go adventuring...
One thing I want to do before I die: Write a book and be published -- be acknowledged as a talented writer.
My friends describe me as: From one of them: friendly, caring, compassionate, adventurous, smart, articulate, detail-oriented, strong, persistant, serious, intense, funny
I have posted 973 photos and 116 entries in 8 travel blogs.
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 A Quick Interlude in Cuba
Jul 01, 2009 to Jul 06, 2009
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 My Walden for a Day: Hilton Falls  109
Oct 18, 2008 to Oct 18, 2008
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The Toronto-Paris-Bruxelles-Paris-Toronto mad dash over a long weekend 151
Jul 25, 2008 to Jul 29, 2008
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A trip of a lifetime - taking three months off to see Perú, a bit of Bolivia, and as it turns out, parts of Argentina! 457
May 18, 2007 to Jul 28, 2007
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Discovering a part of history in Normandy and Paris, with my parents, in May 2007 162
May 05, 2007 to May 15, 2007
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Madrid, olé!
A two-week business trip to the Capital of Spain provides a few opportunities to explore, play tourist, and... create my first Travelogue :-) 40
Mar 23, 2007 to Apr 07, 2007
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Reminiscing about my first trip to Africa in 2003: reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro 54
Aug 29, 2003 to Sep 14, 2003
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These are all the countries (minus a few islands) I have visited to date. Sadly, TravelPod didn't always exist...
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