Joyful travel to fuel mind, body, and spirit.
Hi! We are Danielle and Tom.
Married for 30 years with two grown children, we started this site to share our combined passions for travel, photography, and fabulous plant-based food. We hope to inspire your next adventure, to make your travels a little easier, and to showcase marvelous plant-forward global cuisine.
Welcome to our Plant-Based Voyage.
Danielle Lavallee
Nutritional Psychologist, Writer
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and a masters in nutrition, Danielle is passionate about the impact of food on our mood, our brain function, and our long-term cognitive wellness. You can view her work on eating for brain health at:
https://thewell-nourishedbrain.com.
Travel is one of the best ways to keep our brains young and vibrant. It broadens our vision, exposes us to unfamiliar languages and customs, encourages us to move our bodies daily, and enables us to try incredible new foods. Danielle loves exploring, learning new things, and trying plant-based dishes from around the world.
Tom Barwick
Professional Photographer
Tom has been a travel and lifestyle photographer for the past three decades. Creating beautiful images of people, locations, and food are his passion. You can view his work at:
https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=thomas+barwick+travel.
Tom has a unique ability to bring out the best in anyone he photographs. His impressive body of work is a testament to his remarkable skill at capturing beautiful moments on film. He loves any outdoor adventure, especially climbing up tall mountains and skiing down.
Why Us, Why Now?
Our last 25 years were happily spent caring for others - first our wonderful children, one of whom has a debilitating health condition (a rare red blood cell disorder), and then our beloved parents. As our time of caregiving is now over, we are free to roam as we like and we are lucky enough to be able to travel the world while doing work we love.
Given our backgrounds, we are uniquely placed to provide a window into truly special global experiences. We often travel for Tom’s work and we hire a producer in nearly every country we visit. These talented individuals not only help with photoshoot organization, but they find us remarkable venues, lead us to unique experiences, and introduce us to amazing chefs, vendors, and artisans. They also give us insight into their cultures that we would never gain as casual tourists. We can then share this knowledge and these special experiences with you. Our aim is to highlight exceptional places and people worldwide to make your future travels more enriching.
Given Danielle’s training as a nutritional psychologist and her clinical focus on eating to maintain optimal cognitive health, we also hope to inspire travel that encourages healthy and delicious eating while away from home. We want to keep our brains strong and vibrant and our bodies in peak traveling condition, so we seek out fabulous plant-centered food wherever we go. We showcase the best of what we discover, including special dishes, chefs, and restaurants, to make your own healthy travels even more delicious.
We hope this site will inspire your journeys, ease your way into foreign lands, and encourage you to venture out into our big beautiful world. We are excited to have you with us on our plant-based voyage.
Warmly,
Danielle and Tom
