Beware the Ix’tabay!
Yucatán legend tells an age-old story of two women (possibly sisters): Xkeban and Utz-Colel, who lived in the same village. Both women were exceptionally beautiful but while Utz Colel lived […]
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Fall Frolic List- Autumn Events in Vancouver
There’s a chill in the air and the tree tops will soon be ablaze in fiery foliage splendor. Summer weather in Vancouver may be coming to an end, but […]
5 OUTLANDISH SEPTEMBER FOOD FESTIVALS
1. La Festa des Vermar: Grape Throwing Festival: Mallorca, Spain: last weekend in September You’d better wear a shirt that you don’t mind getting stained if you attend this festival […]
-Just Picture it- Edinburgh Fringe Fest
This busker’s guitar playing was rubbish. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is on now until the end of August. I went to to it a few years ago and had a hoot […]
Messy Merriment at South Korea’s Boryeong Mud Festival
As it started to rain, I witnessed for the first time since being in South Korea that no one made a move to frantically run for shelter. No one dug into purses or […]
A gay ole time at Vancouver’s Pride Parade
As queer as it sounds, one of my all-time favourite events when I lived in Vancouver, Canada, was the annual Gay Pride Parade. I, myself, am as straight as a […]
Everything you have always wanted to know about: CANADA
OK, there are things in here that you probably couldn’t care less about, and other things that you did want to know that are nowhere to be found in this post. […]
Rodents take center stage at the world famous Gopher Hole Museum
If you dig a bit of (somewhat creepy) eccentric kitsch, then the ‘world famous’ Gopher Hole Museum might just be worth a detour on your road trip through Alberta. This bizarre […]
