CategoryLife & CultureThe Virgin Music Festival at Toronto IslandA few summers ago I enjoyed my very first ferry trip to the Toronto Islands. I can’t believe it has taken me so long but…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Guayaquil, EcuadorMy last memory in Montanita consists of waiting for the bus at the edge of town and seeing a truck full of bright oranges. Speakers…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Montanita, EcuadorThe bus station in Libertad basically consists of a small street with a few jalopy buses. A burly man spotted us and screamed…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Salinas, EcuadorTwenty six hours on a bus really isn’t that bad. I say that because the actual bus journey took 32 hours and at the 26…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Lima, PeruWe hopped off the bus at St. Francisco Square and were greeted by a group of three teenage girls with cell phones in hand and…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsThe Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, PeruOur taxi stopped on the side of the street in a shady little part of town. Directly to our left was the small local transit bus…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Cuzco, PeruOur bus quickly gave a makeshift tour of the slummy suburbs of Cuzco. Notably we gazed up at a famous stone statue of an Incan…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsThe Inca Express Tour, PeruOur cab rushed us to a luxury tourist bus called the Inca Express. We had heard that the Inca Express was the best way to enjoy…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to Puno, PeruEveryone had been telling us the last few weeks that Puno Peru is a hole. Driving into the city along the waterfront you can…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsCopacabana and Lake Titicaca, BoliviaWe hopped off our plane and jumped onto a cheap collectivo through the dirty city of El Alto. We arrived at a makeshift bus…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsRurrenabaque and the Amazon Jungle, BoliviaWe woke up erroneously early and grabbed a taxi back up the mountain to Al Alto’s airport. We paid our airport tax,…By Andrew Dobson
CategoryTravel & ResortsTravel to La Paz, BoliviaWe hailed a taxi in the morning after checking out at the front desk and sped up a steep mountain which afforded us the ability…By Andrew Dobson