Ewok tree houses?

My first blog ever! Do I like it? I’m not sure yet, but its definitely a challenge I accept. At this point you must be wondering…Tiny treks the World? What does this mean? Well ladies and gentlemen, “Tiny” refers to me (I am a vertically challenged young woman, as my friends would say). “Treks the World”, well this refers to...I have no idea, I thought it was catchy. I do know that I intend to blog about things in the world that I think are interesting. Such as, places I'd like to go, people, topics related to PR, and of courses things I stumble across I find humorous.

To start off, most of the places I’ve been to, I’ve been to visit family. No complaints of course, its best to do it that way, but the next time I travel…I don’t want to end up, yet again, wasting most of my trip visiting houses of relatives or family friends I have never met and shall probably never meet again out of sake of good etiquette. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather make use of every penny I spent to get there!

When I first thought of this blog, I recall a picture of a place I saw a few years ago that really got my interest. Its called Free Spirit Spheres. Located in Vancouver, Canada, Free Spirit Spheres are comfy tree houses that sleep up to four people. Created by Canadian carpenter Tom Chudleigh, these spheres are created with wood and fiberglass – they look like wooden globes hanging from trees. So cool. 

(images found here: http://goo.gl/DTTGL)

Whenever I look at them, it reminds me of tree houses made by the cute furry creatures (Ewoks i think is their name) in Return of the Jedi. It doesn’t hurt that it’s located in Vancouver…not far from the homeland, Toronto. Okay, it is a bit far, on the other side of our very wide country, but one day when I visit Vancouver, these Ewok-style tree houses are on my to do list!

For more info, here is their website http://www.freespiritspheres.com/

Unfortunately, children under 16 are not allowed…due to liability considerations. An overnight stay is about $135 + 12% tax. Not too different from your average hotel stay.

Well that concludes my first blog post! Hope you enjoyed it…if not, at least I hope you learned something new!