March 23, 2012 | No Comments yet

Located 330km north of Toronto, North Bay is a small city of 50,000 residents on the shores of Lake Nipissing. North Bay has a nice commercial district by the waterfront and is a compact and walkable. Besides the lake, there are neat coffee shops, bookstores and boutiques dotting small streets in the downtown area...
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October 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

Established in 1971, the botanical garden of University of Guelph is spread over 165 hectares (1.65 sq.km) and boasts of over 38 species of mammals, 188 species of birds, 39 species of butterflies, 18 reptiles and amphibians as well as shrubs and trees....
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September 27, 2011 | 3 Comments

We visited Fergus in August, when it was hosting the widely popular Sottish Festival and Highland Games. The games are claimed to be the largest conglomeration of clans and contests are held for music and dancing, in addition to typically Scottish events such as the Caber toss...
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September 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

Located on the bank of Lake Huron's north channel, the little community of Iron Bridge is part of the Huron Shores township. Iron Bridge is small place and the entire village can be traversed on foot in about 15 minutes....
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September 20, 2011 | 2 Comments

Elora is a picturesque township approx 120km west of Toronto in the Wellington County, and a quaint village to spend an afternoon away from the city. Elora is known for its limestone architecture (similar to Guelph), a large left leaning and socially liberal artistic community and its spectacular location at the confluence of two rivers that form a gorge.

Certainly a place I would l...
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August 16, 2011 | 10 Comments

Guelph, about 100km west of Toronto, is a city that is known for its distinctive heritage architecture, high standards of living and a liberal environment. I was driving through downtown Guelph with my partner last weekend and the place, with its independent coffee shops, healthy food joints, bookshops, antique stores and beautiful buildings, made quite an impression on us....
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June 5, 2011 | 13 Comments

Until few years ago, I had no clue that one could traverse through major cities in Northern Ontario (and all over Canada, in general) during peak winter thanks to a comprehensive network of snow mobile trails.

At this rest stop on Highway 69, you are able to see three bridges (rail, road and snow mobile) right next to each other. I like visiting places where man-made structure coexist (...
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April 24, 2011 | 11 Comments

Snow might have melted in Toronto, but it was still winter in the north. I was travelling by bus in a journey that took 11 hours. The bus ran along highway 11, cutting through vast expanse of the countryside with nothing but large farmlands on both sides that stretched for kilometers at a time. Streams of water filled the trenches along both sides of the highway, collecting water that poured out o...
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