Nuite Blanche

Categories: All things Cultured, Exploring the World, Toronto

Picture taken by Mute* Just to prove that Toronto isn’t lackin in culture – the city pulled of one the coolest events ever yesterday – I’d have to say that it definitely ranks in the top 3 if not the absolute top event i’ve ever been to. Nuite Blanche just took over the downtown core yesterday … Read More

TIFF 2006 Movie: Mainline

Categories: Miscellaneous, Movies, Toronto

Rating: 7.5/10 ok i have to admit i’m weak – if i was in the position of the family in this movie, i think i’d be tempted to help the child commit suicide – i don’t think i would be able to watch the agony and misery they’re going through. This movie seemed to go … Read More

TIFF 2006 Movie: Saraphim Falls

Categories: Movies, Toronto

Rating: 3/10 This movie sucked – first I wasn’t expecting much to begin with since my friend had told me that Saraphim Falls it was a slow movie about two cowboys in the early part of the century – i imagined a brokeback knockoff and wasn’t expecting too much. It stared Pierce Bronson and Liam … Read More

TIFF 2006 Movie: The Namesake

Categories: India, Movies, Toronto

Rating: 9/10 When I was backpacking around India earlier this year, a lot of people told me to read The Namesake but being the lazy guy that I am, I didn’t want to carry the extra weight (the book probably weighs over a pound if not two…). So when we went to go see this … Read More

Zanzibar Recalled

Categories: Zanzibar

this used to be one of my favourite places, but i’m not sure it is anymore -way too many drug addicts on the street – and not just ganja smokers, but addicts of harder stuff like coke or something. i felt like i was in the movie New Jack City. people were harrassing us everywhere, … Read More

Roots

Categories: Uganda

The entire time we’ve been in Uganda so far, we’ve been trying to find out where Kamuli and Mbulamuti are (yeah, imagine trying to say those without even knowing how they are spelt…) – our families used to live there before Idi kicked them out in 70s, but everyone here has been telling us there … Read More

Bring on the Nile

Categories: Uganda

we went white water rafting on the Nile today. We took on three class V rapids and number of class IV and class III ones. We even flipped a couple of times, but more because our guide let us flip on purpose! Our guide was Uganda’s kayaking olympian in Sydney, so having no fear, was … Read More

Kampala

Categories: Uganda

wow! this city is awesome! unlike anywhere else in east africa, you can actually walk about the streets here without worrying about being mugged or killed.

Safari Day 3

Categories: Kenya

Well today we were actually supposed to go straight to the airport to fly back to nairobi. along the way though – the call came in: a leopard in a tree! some people i’ve spoken to with who live here in kenya haven’t spotted a leopard in over ten years. one guy said that in … Read More