Category Archives: travel

Barbecuing in the Rain

With the preface of Anthony Bourdain’s first book read, and the promise of future chapters within reach, I started preparing dinner. It’s the first day of the brand new year and the snow that seemed to foretell the coming of … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka on Two Wheels (part two)

My first dinner in Sri Lanka was good. I don’t remember exactly what I ate–in all honesty, the meals tended to blend together. On my previous trip to Morocco, we had so many tajines that I can’t remember any of … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka on Two Wheels (part one)

At the end of my last post, I, standing alone, had just received my bag from the luggage carousel in Paris and had to make my way to Sri Lanka. I had done some unusual booking for this trip. Much … Continue reading

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Visiting Carcassonne

I have been largely absent from this blog for a bit more than a month. Some of you might have noticed that while others might have found little to remark on. For those that missed my words, I would like … Continue reading

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Changes

After a lengthy consideration period (more than a year) I have decided that this blog cannot go on the way that it has. Posts without pictures are bland and not inviting. As a result, I have archived my posts previous … Continue reading

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Ottawa

I love to travel and have done a decent job of seeing some of it. I have set foot on five continents and experienced countless wonderful things. I have, however, done a pretty weak job of seeing my own country. … Continue reading

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Weekly Ramble

I’m just going to ramble a bit about my week. I didn’t have the energy to write every day, but I did think about things and I have a bunch of comments rattling around in my brain. None of them … Continue reading

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Wrapping Up My Trip

I would like to write a post chronicling some of the things about my recent Trip to Morocco that is a collection of impressions and anecdotes about the trip. Preparation If I am being honest, I would say my preparation … Continue reading

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Karma

I realized that I left out an important moment from my last post. I suspect it is because it required a bit more time to process. It’s either that, or it just really needed its own post. Before I left … Continue reading

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I’m Back and the First two full days in Morocco

Unlike many bloggers, this isn’t a reference to my absence from blogging but in fact a reference to my absence on this continent. In my last post, I indicated that I was flying off to Morocco to take a cycling … Continue reading

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