Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
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 …
In this post we will cover a small part of eastern Prince Edward County often neglected by tourists. This massive landmass is located in the province of Ontario and juts out its jagged edges into Lake Ontario. This peninsula is separated from the nearby Loyalist Township my a thin body of water called the Bay …
Just south-west of Jordan’s capital Amman lies a little piece of the Holy Land steeped in old and new testament history. This area consists of the urban center of Madaba and the hilltop shrine of Mount Nebo, a one-two combo of attractions that can rival most in the Holy Land, or anywhere in Jordan for …
This ancient Hellenic Settlement in northern Jordan was one of the most important in the Roman Levant. Although ruined and left untended in a state of abandon, these leftover are particularly impressive. To some they are a “Pompeii of the Middle East”. For the nomad or a lone shepherd using it as a camp for …
