Pictures can be deceiving – You will realize my photos and words will not align in this post. Morocco’s largest metropolis and the universally famous white city caught my attention lifetimes ago. Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to journey through the most important financial and economic centres in all of Africa. Whether it be my appreciation for adaptations from Hollywood films,…
The simplest advice I could give any newbie to the Marrakech souks is to breathe… Just breathe. The Red City is home to many distinctive, winding, and extremely confusing markets. The Medina is densely packed with hundreds (probably thousands) of vendors. I should have adjusted my expectations before visiting this city. Raised in Canada by Western-European parents, I anticipated a marketplace similar to the weekend…
A swarm of nausea rushed through me as my driver recklessly navigated our car through the hectic Moroccan streets. I silently panicked. My stomach was twisting from all of the motion of the vehicle. How could I possibly spend four-hours riding a lumpy camel after this unstable car ride? We finally arrived in the desert. We were greeted by a few of the hosts from…
The Hollywood sign is probably one of the most notorious landmarks in all of Los Angeles. Tourists from all over the world flock to this landmark to experience the greatness, which is the Hollywood sign. Glistening in the dirt-filled mountain, the letters H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D spell out a history and culture of excitement, entertainment and opportunities. I saw the sign (Ace of Base beat) illuminating from my…
How are your New Year’s fitness goals going for you? Are you sticking to them? Year after year, we watch too many people create unrealistic fitness and weight loss goals. They sign up for a gym membership, hustle for a few weeks, then get “busy” and give up. We are already halfway through the year. Each day, I see fewer and fewer people at the gym.…
This blog post was written as a loose guide I have been following. These techniques have been essential to achieving personal happiness for myself, but self-care is different for everyone so adjust your habits accordingly. Be Beautiful I needed an attention-grabbing title and this was it. To be beautiful, you need to see yourself as such. NEVER conform to someone else’s standards of beauty. You…