I quickly realized that Mauritius is mostly an island for romantic couples, vacationing families and single women looking for local Mauritius men. In addition, the ratio of men to women is probably close to 4.27:1, but that’s just a number I completely made up just now. Nevertheless, and despite the crappy, cloudy, rainy and humid […]
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Taking a moment
Before leaving Montreal, my friend Stephanie told me, “Alex, don’t live your vacation through a camera lens”. Sage advice. I’ve actually been keeping that principle in mind for most of the trip. Upon arriving at an interesting place, I try to absorb the scene first, then snap a few pictures, and then return to simple […]
Johannesburg
Quite a few people warned me to stay away from Johannesburg, or Joburg or Jozi as the locals called it. They claimed it was a very unsafe city, with robberies and car hijackings occurring frequently. To prove this point, a couple from Singapore who had traveled for the last 16 months, admitted nothing bad ever happened, aside […]