Category: Travel Blog

Heading back home to Canada for an extended period for the first time in years, I’ve been exploring my own backyard with a fresh set of eyes and unwavering enthusiasm. When Audrey and I sat down to decide which Canadian city we’d first like to visit it was a no-brainer – Montreal. Montreal, aside from…

1.Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal – Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal This roman catholic basilica and national shrine is located on the Westmount Summit and you’ll have to climb 283 steps to reach the top. As Canada’s largest church it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2004.…

With one week in Prague, we hit the ground running trying to see and experience as much as we could in the Golden City. There were times when I was wandering down mazes of cobbles that I had to pinch myself. Is this city even real or is it a dream? We had high expectations…

Taking a moment to stop just outside of Sultanahmet, sweat poured down my forehead as I gingerly placed my long sleeve shirt on the ground while reaching into my backpack to grab a bottle of water. Moments later when I looked down at my feet, a ginger coated cat was rolling around on top of…

Having just settled into our apartment in Berlin little did I know one of the most hip flea market events took place just a stone throw away from our living quarters. The flea market in Mauerpark, (known locally as Flohmarkt am Mauerpark) is a hipster hangout hot spot every Sunday afternoon. Initially, I thought a…

Our gregarious guide Mohammad pointed to the intricate carvings on the wall, “It’s a urinal. I need two volunteers.” Naturally, we were picked to do something this humiliating. Facing towards the ‘urinals’ we were suddenly spun around by his hands. My hand touched Audrey’s fingers and at that particular moment I finally clued in to…

Feeling well rested after going to bed several hours earlier than normal, we felt a jolt of adrenaline about exploring the historic areas of Macau located on another island from the hotel we were staying at. Fortunately, our hotel offered ‘free’ transfer service from Cotai to the Macau Peninsula. We literally went from an island…

Have you ever dreamed of visiting a Thai floating market? An elderly Thai lady wearing a conical hat dips her paddle into the water as I fire off an exposure of a vendor arranging an assortment of fruit at her individual stall. As a passenger on this small vessel making its way down a canal,…

Sometimes I’ve been guilty of falling in love with a product and/or service to the point where it blinds me from trying something else. When it comes to flying around select destinations in Asia, I’ve been a huge fan of Air Asia for years. Almost exclusively I’ve flown with Air Asia – on both long…

With sweaty palms and more than hint of trepidation I boarded a tiny vessel equipped with nothing more than an oar, a Bangladeshi man sporting a toothy grin and a tiny wooden plank for a seat. Within moments we began our journey down the most functionally chaotic river port I had ever witnessed with my…