More Pics
Date: October 15, 2005
Categories: Exploring the World
I just uploaded pics of Mazar-e-Sharif and Venice (talk about contrasting places…) —
Flat Irons
Date: September 24, 2005
Categories: Denver, Exploring the World
I just climbed up one of the trails in the FlatIrons in Boulder. Ok, so ‘climbed’ is a bit of a stretch. The trail we did wasn’t that strenuous. We went up to about 7000 feet up, but Boulder itself is at about 5000 feet, so it wasn’t that big of a deal. We went … Read More
TIFF Movie: Romance and Cigarettes
Date: September 13, 2005
By far the best movie I’ve seen in long time. I knew that there were a lot of big names in the movie, but I had no idea what the movie was about. I was on the ground laughing my ass off when in the first 15min James Gandolfini (who will always seem like Tony … Read More
TIFF Movie: Water
Date: September 9, 2005
Just got back from the Toronto International Film Festival opening, featuring Deepa Mehta’s latest movie from her elements trilogy – Water. A great choice by far. If there is anything that I could say was a fault with the movie, it was that there seemed to be too many sub story lines. The movie takes … Read More
Whatchya say about my Mama?? – four stars
Date: August 22, 2005
Categories: Restaurants, Toronto
I’ve been meaning to write for awhile about one of my favourite restaurants in Toronto – Joe Mama’s. Located on King West, they serve a mix of high end Cajun/Southern food – one of the best places for food by far. The best part is that in the bar area, on Wed-Sat they have live … Read More
Toronto’s abysmal skyline
Date: July 12, 2005
Toronto used to have one of the best looking skylines when driving in from the west of the city. Towering over the city was the CN Tower and at night, glowing next to it was the world’s first retractable dome, the Skydome (shamefully now called the Rogers Centre). In last view years though, Toronto’s zealous … Read More
Book Review: A Bed of Flowers
Date: June 18, 2005
Categories: Afghanistan, Books
This book was written by a friend, Nelofer Pazira. It’s a great read – it’s a semi-autobiographical account of her life growing up in Afghanistan under the Communist/Russian regimes, the civil war, the Mujahudeen, the Taliban, – it’s not so much a historical reference, but rather an account from her view, of the hardships and … Read More
Girl walking in Zanzibar
Date: March 16, 2005
Categories: Exploring the World
Girl walking in Zanzibar This is a pic of a beautiful girl walking down the main strip in Zanzibar. The locals have incredible features – you can tell that over generations, they have gained mixes of African, Arab, and possibly even Indian features – makes them very exotic looking
CiaoPescao!!
Date: December 30, 2004
Categories: Cuba, Exploring the World
We’re in Veradero for a couple of days – this place sucks! It’s basically a big resort town with great beaches but pretty much nothing else. All the locals have to leave by 6pm unless they working – the place is dirty and looks really poor. No wonder most people who come to Cuba think … Read More
Havana Nights!
Date: December 28, 2004
Categories: Cuba, Exploring the World
Havana Cathedral Wow! what a place! Havana is definitely not what I expected – all the stereotypes and feedback from the news is not a good measure to judge the city (not too sure about the rest of the country…). Havana is clean (relative to other developing countries), well- maintained, and dare I say, funky? … Read More