Good Heads & Hearts in Dharavi
You must have it a good heads, to like these things, and you must be having a good hearts, to not like them too much…Now my Bombay, with your good heads… Read More
Lunch with a Monk
It’s eleven o’clock in the morning and I can feel the beginning stages of a full-blown hanger attack creeping in, the type of irrational wrath and fury that can only come from… Read More
Why Language Matters in Marseille (and why it doesn’t)
The Mediterranean breeze welcomes me in a warm hug as I step off the plane and onto the tarmac. After two rainy days in Edinburgh we had made it to Marseille, gritty… Read More
Raving about Reykjavik
The buzz of Reykjavik is a shock to the system after driving through the largely uninhabited, untouched beauty of Iceland’s south coast for three days. Two-thirds of country’s tiny population lives in… Read More
Iceland’s Golden Circle
In a few short days we had already watched the sun set and rise over Vik’s black beach, climbed Sólheimajökull glacier, stood in awe on the shores of Jökulsárlón’s glacier lagoon and… Read More
Blue Lagoon vs Laugarvatn Fontana: Battle of the Geothermal Pools
In Iceland you can literally watch the Earth bubble and boil, a poignant reminder of the active force that lives deep underground. Icelanders have been harnessing this geothermal energy for centuries, turning it… Read More
Falling in Love at Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Marina
The buzz of the city is a shock to the system after driving through the untouched beauty of Iceland’s south coast for three days. I nervously clutch the wheel as I find… Read More
Capturing Jökulsárlón
Few places on this earth have the power to bring onlookers to a revered silence, struck in awe by the unspoiled beauty of nature. Jökulsárlón is one of those places. Driving east… Read More
Chasing the Northern Lights
Of all the natural wonders that draw visitors to Iceland like a magnet, the Northern Lights were at the top of the list for me. Not only was winter an appealing time… Read More
Ice-Climbing on Sólheimajökull glacier
The great beauty of Iceland is that you will stumble across many of her most spectacular sights by simply driving along the circular Route 1, and that these natural wonders can generally… Read More
Garðar Cottages – Discovering a Hidden Gem on the South Coast of Iceland
With only six days to soak in as much of Iceland as humanly possible, four long-time friends/roommates/teammates piled into a sad-looking 1995 Honda 4×4 and took off along the south coast of… Read More
Why Going to Iceland in the dead of Winter is Not Crazy
Here in Onterrible, we have been patiently enduring one of the harshest winters of recent memory. First, the worst ice storm in years coated much of southern Ontario in the days leading… Read More
An Olympic Tale
With the world poised to descend on Sochi, Russia for the Olympic Winter Games, I thought it was time to share perhaps the greatest Wannabe Wanderer tale yet untold – one of… Read More
Home for the Holidays
Ottawa, the Capital of our Nation strong and free, typically conjures images of skating on the world-famous canal, devouring the quintessentially Canadian ‘Beavertail’, or strolling past copper-topped Parliament buildings turned green from… Read More
Two Weeks in Peru & Bolivia- Confessions from an Over-Planner
Full disclosure: When it comes to travelling, I’m a planner. I’m sure almost annoyingly so. In fact, I may get almost as much enjoyment out of the planning, anticipation and lead-up to… Read More
