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  • My Very Canadian Entry For Capture The Colour Contest

    My Very Canadian Entry For Capture The Colour Contest

    There’s this neat little contest going around that’s hosted by TravelSupermarket.com, it’s aimed at bloggers who take photos. Seeing as I fit the bill I figured I’d give it a go. Basically you need to submit a photo that is red, a photo that is green, a photo that is blue, a photo that is…

  • Why I Love Quebec & You Should Too!

    Why I Love Quebec & You Should Too!

    Located throughout this french Canadian region are a thriving people that have fought for their culture. The french Canadians are truly one of Canada’s brighter shades of colours, with decadent food, a thriving arts scene, a passion for history, and all things fun. While tensions between the french and the english have seen waves in…

  • The Giant Flowerpots at Hopewell Rocks

    The Giant Flowerpots at Hopewell Rocks

    Straining your neck upwards it’s hard to grasp the immensity of these massive boulders. Carved out of the landscape by thousands of years of erosion from the largest tides in the world, with the assistance of the hot heat of summer in New Brunswick and its frigid temperatures in the winter (known formally as “Freeze…

  • Discovering Canada By Train with VIA Rail

    Discovering Canada By Train with VIA Rail

    Up until now, most of my travels across Canada have been done by campervan, car, bus, and countless long and boring flights. While I’ve been fortunate to see some of the most incredible sights that this massive nation has to offer, it always felt like I was missing something, like the journeys I had taken…

  • The Haunted Jail Hostel of Ottawa

    The Haunted Jail Hostel of Ottawa

    I walk gently down the creaking skinny corridors, grazing the smooth black iron bars of the jail cells that once housed the guilty, the innocent, the crazy, the murderous, and the drunk. Some of these cellars would have been the final form of accommodations as several of the detainees in these cells were put to their…

  • Camping on a Cliff at Hole in the Wall Campgrounds – A New Brunswick Experience

    Camping on a Cliff at Hole in the Wall Campgrounds – A New Brunswick Experience

    Looking out from the edge of a cliff, I watched as the Grand Manan ferry sails over the horizon, off in the distance to my right is the Swallowtail Lightstation, shining light on it’s tiny corner of the Bay of Fundy. My eyes wander down from the horizon to my footing. A jagged 15 meter…

  • A Weekend on New Brunswicks Grand Manan Island

    A Weekend on New Brunswicks Grand Manan Island

    Hopping onto the massive Grand Manan Ferry from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick – it’s hard not to anticipate what lies on the the largest island in the Bay of Fundy. A light fog had settled over the water, limiting visibility. We overheard from some locals that it would open up by the time we got…

  • 2012 Canada Day According to Canadian Travel Bloggers

    2012 Canada Day According to Canadian Travel Bloggers

    Canada Day is and always has been an important day for Canadians. Not only because it represents the birth of our nation, an extra day off work, or the fact that more often than not, some cold beverages are enjoyed. But I think what truly makes Canada Day so important, is that it is typically…

  • Ottawa Celebrates Canada’s 145th Birthday

    Ottawa Celebrates Canada’s 145th Birthday

    On Parliament Hill, thousands gathered to celebrate the birth of Canada. Flags were raised high, red & white was plastered on everything and everyone, and rowdy screams declaring their love for this country filled the streets. Musicians performed on every other corner, patios herded thirsty customers in and the free events at Confederation Park, Major’s…