In all of multi-cultural Toronto is there a Sri Lankan restaurant? Elenka doesn't know and neither do I. If there aren't any back home there should be. Each and every - very spicy - curry has been tops, only to be beaten by the next one, in the next town we visit.    The beaches along the south coast have a distinct, Varadero or Punta Cana, all-inclusive feel to them. You're sitting at a table on the beach chowing down on your be-all, end-all m...

It's been more than three months since Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper refused to visit Sri Lanka for a Commonwealth Summit meeting, citing among other things, human rights abuse. Not knowing what to expect, with the arse falling off of our nation's once friendliness towards all countries on the planet, Elenka and I severed the Canadian flags from our backpacks before coming to Sri Lanka.  We flew here with Emirates Air, via Dubai, on the big two...

We arrived home around dinner time after driving straight thru from Chicago. We'd talked about doing the north of Superior drive for a long time and are glad it finally happened. Total driving distance: 3,500 kilometres.For the record only:

 Toronto has an amphitheatre that should be torn down and set afloat in Lake Ontario. At least that's how I feel after visiting the ultra-modern one at Millenium Park, called the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by Frank Gehry. And then there's the Bean, which is a big metallic/mirrored thingy that you could just stand and look at all day. I can't begin to adequately describe it. Do a google images search and you'll see what I mean. Late in the a...

Dickeyville is a town in south-eastern Wisconsin, not far from the Mississippi River. Elenka, our amiga Lynn from Owen Sound, and I were driving through the town, perhaps named in honour of the Toronto Blue Jays less than stellar knuckle baller, R.A. Dickey. It was late afternoon and we were on our way to Chicago when I saw the circa 1950s, Bates-like motel. We just had to pull in.  Elenka and I had been negotiating for a few years about the journey we were on ...