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November
November 8, 2017
The bright, warm colours of countless maple trees lit up the cloudy cold sky of Toronto. Canadian fall is in bloom. It wouldn’t last, as the leaves are soon to drift towards the ground, crumble and become earth. Gone from the branches, hidden underneath the white snow.
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Flower Universe
October 31, 2017
Wherever there are plants, there are flowers. Their colour, texture and smell attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. We are drawn to them too. Some pills are made of flowers to help us when we’re ill. Though often it’s enough to just have a good look at their delicate form and colour to feel better already.
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The Coffee Province
Of Thailand
October 16, 2017
Chiang Mai has a remarkable coffee culture. Expresso-type drinks are within walking distance virtually anywhere in the city. Cheap too: you can get a decent cup for ฿25 if you know a place. Excellent typically costs around ฿70. Starbucks is more expensive but you’d be a fool to go to that shop here.
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The Magic of Bouldering
Sportsmanship in Solitude
September 26, 2017
I get my exercise at a small climbing gym in Chiang Mai. Here there are only three: a fairly large one with thirty-foot-high climbs, a small practice wall (a “bonus” built for the regular gym) and CMRCA — my spot. Chiang Mai Rock Climbing Adventures seems to make most of its profit from guiding climbers to the Crazy Horse Buttress, which features tons of lead lines and is only about an hour drive from the city.
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23 Days in Myanmar
Yangon, Nyang Shwe, and Bagan
September 5, 2017
It’s been over three years since Betty and I gave up our apartment in Toronto and began travelling across Asia. So far, we’ve seen eleven countries. Vietnam was one of our favourites — spent around three months there. China is where some of Betty’s relatives live; we travelled around the western part of it for about six months.
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Brighton Beach
July 29, 2017
Brighton Beach is a Russian community neighbourhood in New York. When I was growing up in Moscow as a kid I’ve heard a lot about it on TV: the magical place where one can become and live like an American. During the early 90s, there was an obsession with everything USA; it suddenly became “amazing and wonderful”, instead of “the villain” — a narrative it was given for over fifty years prior. Perestroika flipped the entire culture onto its head.
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