Support
Here are three easy ways to help with my project:
1) SHARE “The Conversationalist” WITH YOUR NETWORKS. A great way to help is by talking about me! If you read a story, see a photo or watch a video that you like, please share it: Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Email, StumbleUpon, Reddit. Heck, you could even print out one of my “Letters Home” for your Great Aunt Mildred. All I ask is that you direct people towards this website. Expanding my audience will inevitably lead to expanding my future opportunities.
2) GIVE A LITTLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. If you derive value from my writings, photos and videos, one of the greatest ways to reciprocate is through a monetary gift. Giving is easy. Visit PayPal, and use your credit card to forward some dollars. All you need is my email address (dannyboy@danielbaylis.ca), and to follow the easy steps. A complex travel project of this nature certainly has significant costs. Volunteer sites request donations. Equipment for photo and video documentation is expensive. And then there is airfare, visa fees, food and all the other “unknown” expenses that present themselves along the way. Your gift, no matter how big or small, is put to good use.
This blog is advertisement-free and corporate-sponsorship-free. You can help maintain this indie spirit!
3) ENGAGE. Leave a comment somewhere on this website. Help create a space of conversation. Or share your personal thoughts, feedback and questions via Facebook, Twitter or Email. And getting old fashion snail mail on the road is a delightful treat (contact me for details on where to forward a letter). Your sentiments spur blog entries, and more importantly, they warm the cockles of my heart.
Thank you for being here with me.
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I send deep bows of gratitude to the following individuals who have cheered me on through PayPal donations. Beside their names, I have listed how their contributions have been allocated to enable my volunteerism, content creation and other travel expenses.
PATRONS OF THE CONVERSATIONALIST
Elaine Crabb - A much-needed external hard drive to back-up my photos and videos!
Morgen Pilon – 200 Skype minutes to maintain contact with friends and family!
Ken Monteith - Costs associated with creating my first short film (I Went to Huanchaco)!
Ian Capstick – Weekday lunches in Peru, prepared by local a local woman (Estella), using local foods!
Gus Goose - Expenses for a much-needed administrative workweek in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica!
Jen Gonzales – Two nights accommodation and all food in Lima, as I transferred to Buenos Aires!
Daniel ‘Danulous’ John – Return ferry ticket to Uruguay.
Benjamin Howdeshell - Flight from Lima to Buenos Aires, including a story-making layover in La Paz!
Chantal Smith – A delightful day watching gauchos on an authentic Argentinian Estancia!
Lucy Kitchen – A steak dinner, with a glass of wine and a view of the stars in San Telmo.
Reg Baylis – Two weeks accommodation in an apartment to recover from bed bugs and mosquito bites
Elaine Crabb (2nd Gift) – Cape Town bus tour and Cable Car trip to the top of Table Mountain.
Kelly Fremmerlid – Day trip to visit Robben Island and Nelson Mandela’s prison cell.
Lori Giampa – Picnic for Moses and me when hiking Lion’s Head.
Jeffrey Cufaude – Food. And lots of it (to prevent that ghastly 1990s emaciated model look.)
Curtis Bathurst – Township tour in Khayelitsha.
Maggie Panko – Food and water during my epic 36-hour transfer between Cape Town and Marrakech.
Koji Komatsu - A two-day trip to the Draa Valley, and the opportunity to meet Petunia (my camel).
Elaine Crabb (3rd Gift) - A ticket on the “Marrakech Express”!
Lucy Petry - The costs of the wonderful, therapeutic hammams in Morocco.
Kimm Renaud – A week of buses, trains and hostels as I explored Rabat, Fez and Chefchaouen.
Jennifer Allan - Fresh undies and toiletries to hold me over while my backpack was delayed in Casablanca
Kelly Fremmerlid – (2nd Gift) – Four bottles of wine and a couple bars of chocolate (AKA ‘friend-making’ materials).
Jeanine Davis - Train tickets to Toulouse!
Brenna Kaukonen – A delicious meal, great conversation and a comfy fold-away bed in Paris.
Laura Delany - A flight from Paris to Edinburgh. Oh yes, and an affirming skype conversation.
Ken Monteith (2nd Gift) - A evening of Scottish wonderfulness: Haggis & Whiskey.
Lisa Baylis-Wegwitz – Two tickets to see Dolly Parton in Glasgow!
Maggie Panko (2nd Gift) – Three nights accommodation in Glasgow (to see Dolly Parton/recover from Pleasance).
Julie Butterworth – A trip to Isle of Skye, and the opportunity meet some classy locals!
Jamie Taylor - A burger and a beer in Scotland! (PS: They were delicious.)
Rosemary Reilly – Three nights of restful accommodation in Tel Aviv.
Safa Sawish - A mobile number and portable USB internet stick in India.
Christopher DiRaddo – Train fare from Goa to Mumbai, and taxi transfer to the airport.
Rosemary Reilly (2nd Gift) – A week of accommodation while volunteering at Big Brother Mouse.
Lynn Habel – A trip to the Nong Khiaw area to experience life in rural Laos.
Madame Terri - Train fare from Nong Khai to Bangkok. Including a great hotel room!
Katerine Rollet – Bangkok hostel room! Airport transfer! Dinner in Kuala Lumur! Australian Visa fee!
Ken Monteith (3rd Gift) – Australian adventures… (to be determined…)
PLUS: Check out the awesome folks who chipped in to help offset the carbon emissions of my air travel!
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