Excursion 2017 - Updates

The destination list grows: In addition to Morocco, I will now be in Egypt (Cairo, Luxor), Jordan (Amman, Petra), Turkey (Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Istanbul) and Greece (Athens, Mykonos and Santorini). Four short weeks to go until the adventure begins!

Excursion 2017 - Time to add a few more wonders!

Gearing up for an extended backpacking adventure throughout Northern Africa, as well as Jordan, Turkey and Greece. Super pumped to be looking into the Pyramids and Petra, especially to tick them off my list. Early days of planning, but more news will certainly follow. For now, Morocco is essentially booked up in terms of flights and hostels - only missing train tickets between destinations, but that I will most certainly do when I have boots on the ground.

At this point, Casablanca, Tangier, Fes, Marrakech and Ouarzazarte have been confirmed as destinations, with an exit from Casablanca to Cairo Egypt booked as well.

More to follow...

Firenze - everything came down to this!

This photo says it all about the joys of backpacking across Italy! :)

Il Duomo, Florence Italy

Italy: Everything is ready!

In nine short days I leave for Italy, for a two week race across the country! Everything is now booked; hotels, trains and tickets to various sites. Very pumped for this outing, to a place with so much history and so much impact to the modern world. I am sure there is more I wish I had the time to do and places to see, but I will be more than content with my itinerary as is:

Rome, Venice, Florence, Monteriggionni, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Naples, Pompeii and Vatican City.

A lot of ground to cover and oh so many things to see and food to eat. The food! God, this is going to be a waist thickener! LoL!

Two years later...

Its hard to believe that it has been nearly two years since I last updated. In that time, I was actually abroad for the year, living in Malaysia and touring South-East Asia and Australia. Way too many stories to rehash. But the travels in that part of the world have ceased as I am back now in Quebec City, aka my prison. LoL!

On the upside, I leave for Italy in May for a two week cross country run and that escape will be golden :)

Day Seven - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

After the whirlwind that was landing in KL, scooting off to Singapore, back to KL again and then hopping on a train to Ipoh to explore the temples of doom, it was high time on day seven to take it relatively easy and go see a few small sights in KL with Miranda. Because you know, on day six, when I got back from Ipoh, we didn't take it so easy and had a very drunken escapade in and around Bangsar. Haha! It wouldn't be me otherwise, right??? If you only knew...  for my safety, what happened in KL, stays in KL. :p But on day seven, we took in a Chinese temple called Thean Hou and went to Jalan Alor to scarf down some amazing street food and man, were we stuffed! Enjoy the views!

Day Five - Cave Temples, Ipoh, Malaysia

Day four was a day of total transportation and swap out of gear in between, with a nice lunch with my friend who is hosting me in KL during my time here. Nothing eventful to comment on aside from a nice early flight, a great meal with Miranda, a shower/shave and a train ride to Ipoh. That one day I would spend in Ipoh, man, I ran all over the place, visiting no less than six cave system temples. Exhausting is not the word for it - there was a bevy of Tigers for me that night, lol ... and an offer I would not have expected here in Malaysia - Thailand yes, here, no... but on with the photos. :p