Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
For more information on the the capital of Upper Egypt, Luxor click here and for the exotic southern city of Aswan click here. Before you Leave Luxor! If you are a drinker like me, or a budget traveller like me, you may want to make a quick run into town to pick up some cheap …
Entry to the Park, Ski and Accommodation When you leave the highway and enter Lake Louise, you will be greeted by a small alpine town with a general store, some hotels and restaurants such as the excellent eatery in the old Railway Station. On the north side of the highway you will find the Lake …
Geography As previously mentioned, Aswan is built on the first cataract of the Nile. These were shallow sections of water between Aswan and Khartoum in the Sudan that were difficult to navigate in ancient times, some would call them whitewater rapids. The city is located in southern tier of Egypt and beyond it lies the …
Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa All the way from Ottawa in just one day Big Joe Mufferaw, Stompin’ Tom Connors The above chunk of lyric was taken from the Stompin’ Tom Conners song Big Joe Mufferaw, about the legendary French Canadian folk hero Joseph Montferrand – a man with a connection to the Ottawa …
Since I’m sure this picturesque desert hideout has been heavily covered by travel bloggers, I will instead attempt to give travellers a guide to navigating Wadi Rum. At the time of my visit the weather was not cooperative and the pictures did not really come out very well! I am planning on returning to the …
A shot rings out, and a man lies dead near the shore of the Tay River… a gentleman’s face-off gone wrong. Welcome to the home of the last duel! Historic Perth, a once important center of Eastern Ontario, is a city almost entirely composed of Scottish crafted Ottawa Valley limestone. Within its ancient confines one …
On the East Bank of the Jordan river, the historic lordship of Oultrejourdain is often neglected as a crusader stronghold. The region’s imposing fortresses are overshadowed by imposing citadels an castles at Tripoli in Lebanon, Acre (Akko) in Isreal or the Krack des Chevalier in Syria. Yet in Jordan stand two of the most impressive …
Among the locations explored in this post are: Geography Between Kingston and Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario, is an enormous littoral landmass jutting into the water. This triangular shaped bulkhead is surrounded by the north and east by the Bay of Quinty and exposed to Lake Ontario along its other shores. Today its …
Located at the second cataract of the Nile river, in the southernmost tier of Egypt where the land of the northerners gives way to that of the dark skinned Nubians. It is here that the Pharaoh Ramsses II, known as “The Great”, undertook the construction of one of the most monumental works of temple building …
The tiny town of Bath located in the heart of Loyalist Township is a rather impressive relic of its time. Bath was first settled in 1784 by a handful of British Subjects called the Loyalists, refugees of the American War of Independence. The lakefront community is considered to be one of the oldest in what …
