After not being able to find a suitable flight from Kolkata to Chennai, I resorted to an 30+ hour train ride to Chennai.  The train ride was quite cramped after…

After the cool weather of Darjeeling, I found my way to the bustling and heat of Kolkata.   Fr. Santi had connected me to the Jesuits in Kolkata, where I had…

Having met Fr. Kinley when he studied at the University of Manitoba over 10 years ago, I always had an open invitation to visit the Jesuit Fathers in Darjeeling, India. …

After longing to visit India, I finally found the time this December to travel this subcontinent.  Coming in from chilly Beijing, it was a nice change of climate to enter…

The cheapest I could find to get to India was through China.  For a few days, I stayed in Beijing and wandered its historic sites.  I had not been to…

This was a second time to the Great Wall of China.  The first visit was many years ago on a Grade 11 (junior year) of high school.  It was spring…

Last year, I was supposed to visit San Francisco to see my friends Jorge, Brad, Nick, and Joe. Unfortunately, my leg broke from a soccer injury, and I was unable to go to California.

Compared to Banff National Park, I found Jasper to be less busy and more quaint.  I really liked the old town and the chance to go on some challenging hikes…

My close friends, Sam and Geert, had moved back to Brussels less than a year ago from Edmonton. I had wanted to visit them for a while and I was…

When I was booking my flights, I purposely made a 13-hour layover in Istanbul on my way from Shiraz to Brussels. This was my third time in Istanbul and I…