• A Week in Los Angeles, California featured photo at Griffith Park
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    A Week in Los Angeles | California

    One of the joys of working remotely is you can just pick up the laptop and go wherever to work. Which is exactly what I’m doing for 3 weeks in California, in search of sunshine after surviving winter in Vancouver.…

  • Seattle skyline from the Puget Sound - 3 day trip to Seattle, Washington feature photo
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    3 Day Trip to Seattle, Washington

    It’s only been a few weeks since I went to Portland, but here I am crossing the Canada-US border again! A while back, I realised my birthday landed on a Saturday this year. So, what better way to celebrate than…

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    3 Day Trip to Portland, Oregon

    Vancouver is about an hour away from the Canadian border with the USA, making it easy to access the Pacific Northwest region. Think temperature rainforests, mountains and wild coastline (it’s also where Twilight is set). So with my most recent…

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    Weekend Trip to Toronto | Canada

    I was very lucky to get a job pretty quickly when I landed in Canada back in October. Luckier still that as soon as I got the job, I was offered the chance of a weekend trip to Toronto over…

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    Weekend Trip to Victoria | Canada

    So, about three weeks ago now, I started my new job here in Canada. And within the first couple days, I discovered that I had a day off during week two, as Remembrance Day is a public holiday here. And…

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    Arriving in Canada on a Working Holiday

    So, I’ve moved to Canada, and I’m a little over a week in so far. Strangely, it feels like much longer than that somehow, even though I still feel incredibly new to the city. My first impression of Vancouver is…

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    I’m Moving to Canada

    Who remembers about seven years ago when I published this post about moving to Hong Kong after I finished university (that’s your cue to go and read it if you don’t remember)? Well, here we are again, except this time,…