Happy New Year! Well, we are back and getting settled into life in Canada. And while we are getting into a routine, the concept of staying put in one place isn’t hampering our style. It helps that we live in Canada’s biggest city, Toronto, whose population and diversity provides countless options for things to do.…
Sri Lanka is an incredibly beautiful country and we have especially loved hopping from beach to beach in the south. I know there is more to discover in Sri Lanka, national parks, UNESCO sites, temples and cultural gems. But we haven’t really done any of that. When the beaches look like this, it’s pretty hard…
Why should you visit Mirissa? Here’s why: Need I say more?
Our mostly winging-it plan for Sri Lanka was to do a clockwise sweep of the lower half of the island nation. This plan fell through when we found that our option to head to the east coast from Kandy would involve several stops by bus or train, with no two people quoting us the same…
We stayed in Fethiye because we wanted to. Truth. While we only stayed for a short time, we definitely got a good amount of beach action in. We did one day at a rocky beach in Fethiye and the next in Oludeniz, a short minibus ride away. This stop had ancient ruins to offer, but…
We rolled into Puerto Varas with little expectation. The weather wasn’t conducive to do many of the activities this town is known for (and frankly after the epic volcano adventure in Pucon we were happy to take it easy). Our days have been filled with relaxing at our extremely comfortable hostel, cooking or enjoying the…
I am sure everyone has a similar story: you are out somewhere in public and you come across a family where a child has a major meltdown. This happens. In fact, you would likely be some sort of alien if you never had a temper tantrum. Growing up, this outburst was either ignored or reprimanded.…
So far each place we’ve been in Mexico has had a completely different feel. Sure there are lots of similarities, but there is a distinct character in each locale and Puerto Vallarta is no exception. The city cozies up to it’s malecon with a Centro area full of beautiful buildings, bars and great perches to…
A common tour offered from Puerto Vallarta is a day trip featuring the Marieta Islands: uninhabited islands with an abundance of aquatic life and interesting rock formations due to military bomb testing by the Mexican government in the early 1900’s. We signed up for a tour that included snorkelling, whale watching and a visit to…
Mazatlan. It’s one of those winter getaway tourist destinations that we, as Canadians who ‘suffer’ through dreary and bleak, frigid and unforgiving winters, are familiar with. Well…at least by name for us. We assumed Mazatlan would be like what we saw in Cancun, or in Varadero (on our Cuba trip last year): a steady flood…