Why did the visitor cross the road in Phnom Penh?
OCanadiana May 12, 2018: Crossing the street in Phnom Penh is an adventure all its own. The Cambodian city has 2.3 million people and at least 2 million of them […]
Category Archives: travel
Beef on a bun girl judges lobster roll contest
OCanadiania Feb 15, 2018: White Point Resort, Nova Scotia—My training regime includes eating lobster poutine, creamed lobster and lobster in the shell. There is gravy, cream and butter, forks, bibs […]
Max out your time in NYC at the Moxy
Toronto Star, Feb 16. 2018: New York, N.Y.—The rooms may be small — 150 to 350 square feet — but the personality is huge in the new Moxy Times Square in Manhattan. […]
Cruising down the Mekong
Toronto Star Dec 18, 2017: PREK KDAM, CAMBODIA—Little kids shout hello from the shore. A fisherman drops his net in his long narrow boat to give us a wave. White […]
Stories that swirl with Northern Lights
Toronto Star Dec 1. 2017: YELLOWKNIFE—“Never whistle at the northern lights, or else they’ll come and get you,” my pal, 10-year-old Jakob Hotson, says from the back seat as his […]
Getting ‘freaky’ at Manitoba Leg
Toronto Star Oct 18 2017, WINNIPEG—“This is going to get very freaky,” says Frank Albo, grinning, as he walks backwards into the foyer of the Manitoba Legislature. We follow him past […]
In search of sloths in Costa Rica
Toronto Star, Oct 17 2017: NEAR ESTRADA, COSTA RICA-I have no idea why we’re pulling over. The guide behind the wheel just grins as we jump out at the side […]
Becoming Anne: PEI’s superhero
Toronto Star, Oct 11, 2017: BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I.-I expect the little girl in fake red braids to collapse in giggles as she poses as Anne of Green Gables in the gift […]
Every day is a snow day at Quebec City’s Carnaval
Toronto Star, Sept 1, 2017: QUEBEC CITY-When you’re in Quebec City for Carnaval, you can’t help but think about snow days when you were a kid. Remember when you’d pull […]
Long weekend in Halifax
Toronto Star, March 29, 2017: HALIFAX, N.S.-Halifax is built on a little hill that rolls up from the second largest natural harbour in the world to the Halifax Citadel, the […]
