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Nitecore FX2 Pro Review
Updated: February 25, 2020 One of the first things I do when I buy a new camera is to buy a second battery. Fortunately, in…
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Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
This post will be short as I’ve covered most of the relevant content in the previous visit to Chengdu, however I wanted to share some…
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Sunrise in Toronto
This post will be a very short one. I had a conference to attend in Toronto earlier this month and had the opportunity to stay…
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Kyoto, Japan
For this trip to Japan, we kept the itinerary simple with three nights in Osaka and four nights in Kyoto. If you want to read…
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Tuscany, Italy
While Siena was awesome and we could have easily spent more time exploring the town, we also used it as a base to tour around…
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Hutongs at Qianmen Part 2, Beijing, China
Continuing the series on Beijing neighbourhoods started with the Hutongs at Beilu Guxiang and the first foray into the vast Qianmen area, today I’d like to…
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Dambulla, Sri Lanka
If you’ve been following this Sri Lanka series from the beginning, you’ll have read that we re-arranged our trip in order to stay at the…
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
After the excellent train ride from Ella Station to Nanu Oya Station, it was only a short drive to our hotel in the main town…
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Ella to Nuwara Eliya Train, Sri Lanka
Next stop on the journey turned out to be a real adventure and one of the highlights of the trip. We had originally wanted to…
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Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara is a major city in Sri Lanka on the southern coast, about 160km south of Colombo. It’s served by the E01 Southern Expressway which…
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GFX 50R in Sri Lanka
I’m surprised at the level of interest in a relatively expensive medium format camera, but am excited to see more people interested in joining the…
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Galle, Sri Lanka
Galle is a city on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, about two hours away from Colombo by car. It’s famously known for Galle Fort,…
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
Every year around Christmas time, we take an extended vacation to close off the year. For this year, we decided to visit Sri Lanka for…
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Medium Format Travel Camera
Some things in life just feel right, from the very first moment you lay your eyes on them. In my first impressions review…
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Fujifilm GFX 50R – First Impressions Review
I should start this first impressions review by talking about trade-offs. We all have to make them in life, all day, every day.
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
A city you can wrap your arms around Please note the images below and the travel commentary were recorded in December 2017. Chiang Mai is…
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Jinshanling, China
The quiet Great Wall of China If you’re a frequent visitor to this site, you’ll know that I currently live in Beijing, an incredible city…
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Sunshine Coast, Canada
Beautiful British Columbia indeed! I’m going to cheat a little bit on two things. First, this is supposed to be a travel blog, and I…
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Luang Prabang, Laos
The laid back city of Southeast Asia Back home in Canada, some of my closest friends are from Laos. They told us of heroic stories…
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Ko Samui, Thailand
The Perfect Island It was only a few weeks ago that I wrote a post about Hua Hin and here we are again in Thailand!…
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Yangshuo, China
The karst peaks paradise Please note the images below and the travel commentary were recorded in November 2017. Yangshuo is a county of Guilin City, in…
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Hua Hin, Thailand
Paradise, only 3.5 hours away from Bangkok I had never heard of Hua Hin before, but when my friends from Canada said they would be…
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