Homely Planet

I just bought a ticket for Australia this summer. I haven't even gone to Moscow/London yet, but it was a deal that was too good to pass up!

Between work and play I don't have time for anything else!

August 2011

A pleasant day trip out with the folks. My first time back to Canada in the summer in over 10 years (the other two times were Christmases). Bay of Fundy breeze, touristy art shop and restaurant...overall not too shabby.

July 2011

The showpiece of the revolution, showing the official version of events from the planning of events in Mexico, to the overthrow of Batista and the triumphant march into Havana, with a whole exhibit on the modern successes of communism in Cuba and abroad. It is the pinnacle of sticking it to the US, and unfortunately it is all in Spanish.

I can only say three things in Spanish, so I pretty much focused on the more visual exhibits and the building itself. Most of the museum is like a revolutionary Hard Rock Café, with…

Just booked my tickets for Moscow and London today for March. Got a screaming good deal too!

July 2011

I just got off the plane in Vancouver airport coming from Korea. I was exhausted, and a little weirded out from being back in Canada, a place that was so familiar and yet so intimidating for some reason. I was supposed to stay the night with a friend in the city, before getting up the next morning to continue on to Cuba, via Toronto. My friend (who is awesome, in case you're reading this), had called me a few days before to tell me that she had double booked the day, and that she…

July 2011

Oddly enough, the old city is the most modern and well maintained area of the whole city. Crossing over Prado from Centro Habana to here is like crossing from night to day. In just one block, the number of tourists increases tenfold as does the number of touts and beggars. In the city centre, no one talked to me, but here, many people were clamouring for my attention. Still, the toutmanship was not nearly as prevalent as in Egypt, where a 20 minute walk could fetch over 10 offers for alcohol, women, hotels and transportation.…