Exploring | Paris & Barcelona

A little over a half a year ago, I half-jokingly suggested to my sister that we should go to Barcelona to go to Primavera Sound (edit: it has been brought up that my sister actually mentioned Primavera Sound earlier than this. I don't remember this but I am assuming she is correct because I have a pretty bad memory). That night we ended up booking flights to Paris. Barcelona and Paris were so photogenic that we ended up walking everywhere just to check out all of the cool street art and alleyways (one day we walked 28 kms and I don't think my legs had ever ached so much). We had some great food, saw some great dogs, and got to listen to some great music. And - Killer Mike gave us a shoutout in the middle of Run the Jewels' set. One heck of a trip.

2016: Year In Review

Exploring | Vancouver, BC

This trip in a nutshell: an all-around great time with some of the best people I know. We drank a lot of coffee (mostly at Revolver), ate a lot of amazing food (those wings at Phnom Penh!!!!!), wandered around Gastown a lot, hung out in a forest in the pouring rain, soaked in some warm sunset rays on the beach, experienced the most amazing sunrise I have ever seen, and then drove home while having the most epic 12-hour car karaoke session. I can't wait for the next trip.

All photos shot with the Fujifilm X100T.

Exploring | Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto

Adriana and I spent a couple weeks in Japan mostly wandering around looking out for good food, nice light, and cute dogs. None of these were really too hard to find.

Exploring | Emerald Lake

There's some sort of sense of accomplishment I feel when I manage to wake up and get to the place I wanted for sunrise especially in the summer, when it starts at the ungodly hour of 5:30. Everything is so quiet and calm, and you have the luxury of soaking in the beauty of the scene in front of you without other tourists talking loudly and getting in your way. I love mornings like these, even when everyone I'm with is incredibly grumpy due to the lack of sleep, lack of food, one-too-many-drinks the night before, and the fact that the sun didn't actually rise above the mountains until two hours later (all very understandable).

Emerald Lake was a dream to finally see in person, with nobody but my favourite people to experience it with.