I wanted to share some of the autumn / winter pictures I have been taken the last few months, so therefore another blog from Montréal, Quebec. Against my expectations I have now been here 8 months. With now less than a month left before I travel to Boston and then fly via Iceland to the UK and onwards home, it is more than time to visit a few places in the vicinity of Monteal. Unfortunately winter has not quite yet left us, so not sure if I will get a chance to. Montreal is a city of festivals. No matter the season or weather, there's always something going on including url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Student+protest+Series+April+Fools+marches+planned/6387031/story.html student demontrations I was able to watch from my workplace at Peel the other week. In the heart of winter was the so called Igloofest ... read more

Montréal, Quebec. A weekend of pride 2011, French-Canadian cuisine (in the form of poutine), a lot of walking, and getting info on buying a car to go travel Canada with. Well, that plan flew out the window! I have been here for 3 months by now, the time has flown by, summer has turned into autumn (a colourful one btw) and the first snow is on our doorstep. Yeah, plans change... Montréal really is a fantastic city as I had already see from the air actually when I first flew into Canada. Located on an island within the st. Laurent river, it is the birthplace of multiculturalism thanks to 'Pierre Elliot Trudeau' in the 1970's and the seventh largest city in North America. After that first crazy but fantastic weekend, I happened to get a job ... read more

The flight from Panama City arrived at Fort Lauderdale in the early hours coming from inland and not asI had hoped via the coast, passing Miami on the left. In the lobby of the Hollywood airport I checked hostel world and saw that all the hostels were fully booked! i later learned this was most likely due to a beach party that weekend. Not knowing what to do and not wanting to waste valuable 'tanning time', I picked up all my gear and got on a Broward county bus to the beach, as I had done 9 weeks before. I took this bus farther north this time however and got off Galt Ocean Drive where I parked all my gear on the beach, settled in next to a fenced of area where a turtle had chosen ... read more

As by now I have really lost ALL my pictures of my central america trip, with that my motivation to write an extended blog on Nicaragua has also gone out the window. Therefore only a short summary of events during my week in Nicaragua. Arrived In Leon after a long and grueling trip all the way from San Salvador via Honduras. Freak thunderstorm that evening. Took a day trip out to the beach (Las penitas) and visited lots of the old churches and cathedrals around town, with stunning views out over the city and its surroundings. Moved to the capital, Managua after a stopover at the tranquil Laguna de Xiloa. Stayed for just the one night, after sharing the views with the Sandino silhouette from atop Loma de Tiscapa. Carried on to Granada, a wonderfully historic ... read more

As I had been in the capital one night previous, I made my way back to the same hotel (Hotel Capri in zona 1) as that was the easiest choice, Plus I loved the rooftop terrace on which the rooms were located too. The room they gave me this time had a window looking out east, and when I put my head on the pillow, I could look right up to the sky through it, which was great because the hotel was right on the landing route for Guatemala airport. Big jets flying really low, and I could look right up to their bellies. When I was having a smoke on the rooftop terrace that late afternoon, the evening guard came up and took out a joint from his inner jacket pocket. He offered me some ... read more