Today you ate what has to be the best bowl of shoyu ramen of your life so far. You ordered it from a vending machine outside the ramen place. It was handed to you by someone hidden behind a drop-down…
It’s that long weekend getaway to the country house. No plans. No alarms. No emails. No Netflix. No stress. It feels good to disconnect from our daily realities sometimes.
There are three Durbar Squares (Royal Palaces) in the Kathmandu Valley. They are all part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This one is located in Kathmandu and its building were partially destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. They are still…
Twenty twenty has has not been a particularly good year for the world in general. Due to COVID-19, most Canadians have not been doing much traveling since March. Since we cannot really leave the country, most of us have used…
I’m in the Dominican Republic. It’s five something in the morning. It’s too early, I’m too sleepy and it’s still too dark outside. Why did I set an alarm? It takes all my will power to get out of bed.…
We live in a world where unfortunately some people try to take advantage of others for their own personal gain. Tourists are very easy targets and being aware of what to avoid will make things so much easier for you…
Most of us find ourselves living fast-paced lives. Everything needs to happen now, real-time, instantaneously. Emails need to be sent and received now. Food has to be prepared quickly and ingested before it gets cold. The computer needs to compute…
After four years, my second YouTube video is now online for your viewing pleasure. This time, I invite you to come discover a little bit of Kathmandu. Let this short glimpse of my stay in Nepal be a source of…
This photo tip is mostly geared towards trips in urban areas as opposed to nature type adventures. I understand that after a long day of wandering around a new city seeing and doing as much as we can, some times…
Four days in Paris. There are worse ways of celebrating New Year’s. It was Stephanie’s first time in the City of Lights and she loved it. A lengthier stay is definitely on the to-do list.
A view of Lisbon during sunset. The photo was taken from a viewpoint at the Castelo de Sao Jorge.
When given the chance, I love to travel alone because it means I get to do it without making any detailed plans. I’ll often head out with a rough idea of what I’d like to see and experience but without…