When I lived in Vancouver circa 2021/2022, I went back to Vancouver Island with friends to show them this little gem of British Columbia: the Pacific Rim Trail and the famous village of Tofino. We camped in Ucluelet as accommodations in this area tend to be limited and way out of our budget, and drove…
2020 was a weird, life-changing year. I was still living in Toronto, and I had lost my job, my legal situation in Canada was uncertain. My SIN number had expired, my work visa had expired, and my Permanent Residency application was pending, waiting for IRCC agents to return to the office and resume processing a…
Whitehorse, Yukon territory, was my Point of Entry in Canada, the first land I walked, the first Canadian place I saw. No less. In 2018, when I immigrated to Canada with a 2-year work visa, I knew I wouldn’t have enough time to visit the country on my vacation days alone. I had to make…
The first time I saw an iceberg, I was driving to Twillingate, Newfoundland. On a bridge connecting two islands, I casually looked to my right to take in the beautiful landscape, and it was just there. I screamed! Screaming isn’t a natural reaction for me, but the excitement was too much to be kept inside….