Today I was leaving Merida after my week long trip. The Westjet flight to/from Toronto is every Tuesday. I'd asked the lady who worked in the hotel office that came on the bus with me from the airport, how do I get the bus to go back.I had to walk a few blocks to Parque San Juan in the 8am morning heat. Luckily it was still a bit breezy.Eventually I found the bus which was only 7P ($0.50). Instead of taking the route I had been taking for my day trips past the ai...

In all my travels across Europe, Asia, or the Middle East I have never explored the Americas south of New York City or Chicago. Part of my reluctance to Central and South America were food and language issues.Having exhausted much of Europe and Asia and looking for a low budget option I decided to pay interest to the Americas. Lately I've been watching shows about a lot of the Maya civilizations so wanted to explore options to see the ruins.Most package vacations...

On my last trip to the Balkans in Sept I was given 25,000 bonus Aeroplan miles by TD Bank for switching cards. Inside the terminal during departure CIBC Bank had another promo and I got 10,000 promo miles on their card.Recently they mailed a promo that I can goto New York, Montreal, or Quebec from 7,500 points. I was toying with New York but after a lot of negative hysteria in the media I decided I'd rather goto Quebec then some paranoid society.I used to drive t...

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After many years of waiting Toronto finally has a rail line linking Pearson International Airport to the city centre. The newly opened line only just started this summer in time for the recent Pan Am Games hosted in Toronto.Since opening the line has caused huge controversy. Despite having frequent trains running every 15 mins tickets can be an exorbitant $30 one way from the airport to the city centre. A TTC bus from Kipling Subway can do the same trip for only ...