MrCanadianTraveler

A little photo update on where I'm teaching. I haven't been able to do much traveling because I've been getting myself settled into a job, a new place and everything else that goes into settling down for a year or so. LOL ... read more

Well it's taken a little longer than I wanted but I managed to finally finish the best of Cambodia video. I hope you all enjoy it. ... read more

I was told that half of the population of Shanghai has disappeared for the week long Spring Festival. I thought that was someone over exaggerating because that would mean 10 million people have left the largest city in China. After being here for a couple days I think that is right. Walking through downtown Shanghai (what I think is downtown anyway) and to see the streets bare is something you would see in a Hollywood movie about the world coming to an end. You could shot a cannon down the main street and you'd be lucky to hit somebody. While walking down the streets you can see just how many people live here by looking in the sky. You can't look anywhere without seeing a sky scrapper. It's very impressive. Taking a peak at the map ... read more

Nanning turned out to be my first stop in China. It was also the first time I became nervous since arriving in Asia. I had purchased a lonely planet that was a couple years old thinking it wouldn't of changed that much. To my surprise the hostel that I thought I was going to was now a hotel. I managed to find an internet cafe to find the address of another hostel but they wouldn't take US dollars. That's all I had and it was getting late and nobody would exchange it over to Yuen for me. Luckily for me there was women in the internet cafe who had some spare cash and paid for my time. I went out to find my hostel and to my surprise I ended up getting so lost and by ... read more

This is something that I was probably foolish to do but I ended up doing it anyway. It's one of those things you watch after and think WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING? ... read more