Despite getting screwed by Avis and CarRentals.com Jason and myself carried forth with our initial plans to drive up the coast of Croatia in our rental to Zadar. We would then travel east to visit the Plitvice Lakes, before heading back north one again to reach our final destination of Rijeka, where we planned to… Read more »

After spending a lovely 2 days in Dubrovnik it was time for Jason and myself to leave, and head north. Our plan was to drive up the coast of Croatia in a rental car as far north as Zadar. We would then travel east to visit the Plitvice Lakes, before heading back north one again… Read more »

Croatia was never really a country that was on my radar in terms of places to visit, mainly because I really didn’t know a lot about it. However a few years while in a hostel in Malaga, Spain when I asked a French Canadian couple what country was their favorite from their European trip, they… Read more »

As you may or may not have known, I spent the last 3+ weeks in Europe. The main purpose of this trip was to visit my cousin (or is it kleincousin?) Johanna, and attend her wedding to her love Regis. Now I have technically known Johanna since I was about 5. We were at a… Read more »

During my stay in Montreal this past July I wanted to make a point of visiting some new poutine places in my ever ongoing search for the Best Poutine in Montreal, something I started the year prior. This years search almost didn’t happen due to me getting sick. I wouldn’t let my little gastrointestinal problems… Read more »

Sitting in the back of a car, somewhere between Ottawa and Montreal I feel a chill go through my body and I begin to shiver. The humidity outside is raging, and everyone else in the car is desperate to cool down, yet I reach for my hoody and curl up against the window as my… Read more »

Roughly one year ago I took the plunge and bought myself a DSLR. I had always enjoyed taking photos, but never really taken it too seriously. After being pushed by my friend Lee, and positively reinforced by Laura, I ordered my Canon Rebel Xti. When I first started I had no idea what aperture was,… Read more »

2008 was another really good year for me. I was able to do a lot of traveling, see some good shows, spend time with family and friends, and find a new passion in photography. At the start of the year I decided I wanted to get into photography. So as a Christmas gift to myself… Read more »

During my time recently in Montreal I had a goal to find the best poutine in the city. I had grand ambitions, and thought it would be a simple task. What I found however was: 1) There were far more places that served poutine than I had imagined 2) Everyone seems to have their own… Read more »

Jason, Lester and Stefan enter Flanagan’s Pub looking for breakfast. Stefan: “Do you serve breakfast here?” Bartender: “This is a bar with a kitchen.” Stefan: “So uh do you serve breakfast?” Bartender: “I said this is a bar with a kitchen. So what’ll ya have to drink?” Stefan: “So you serve like a proper breakfast… Read more »

Finished reading this Chomsky book about a month ago, just haven’t gotten around to talking about it. The book deals with the past 50 years in history and how the US has moved into a role of aggressor on the world stage and the reasoning why. It puts wars, acts of terrorisms and other marks… Read more »

Good News For a Change – David Suzuki, Holly Dressel Good News for a Change – How Everyday People are Helping the Planet is a book just about that, about people around the world making a difference and moving towards living more suistanably. It gives really solid examples of ways people and attitudes are changing,… Read more »

“What is wrong with infinite growth? It has worked out fine so far?” was the comment I heard last night at a friends barbecue. Having just finished of my 7th beer of the night I decided this probably wasn’t the best time for me to start an arguing this comment. However today the question still… Read more »

I was asked to write an article for a friend about my time working in Uganda. It is a bit of a day in the life of piece, that probably all didn’t happen on the same day but gives you a really good idea of how my days would go. Check the article below: Uganda:… Read more »

My knowledge of the Rwandan genocide going into this book was limited to the very opinionated and biased novel A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche. Courtemanche painted a very ugly picture of Romeo Dallaire making him out to be someone who didn’t care about the dying people and was doing nothing… Read more »