March 28
Places to Go: The road to Bath knows no present
We were experiencing Bath looking from the outside in.
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February 5
Places to Go: A month in the mountains of Mindanao
We arrived in Davao City separately, but both found ourselves trudging through local airports, bargaining with armies of taxi drivers in an attempt to agree on a fair rate and arriving in the dead of night at our hotel.
October 23
Places to Go: Everything is sweeter in Paradise, Nevada
Everything is sweeter in Paradise, Nevada — that’s what we concluded after our four-day trip.
October 7
Places to Go: Take me back to Tofino
When you get an out-of-the-blue invite to a weekend on Vancouver Island’s west coast, what are you supposed to say? Normally, I would say no.
April 2, 2024
Places to Go: There's greener grass in London
As I rolled into Bristol with my two suitcases, I wondered how this place — with its little cafés, the Wills Memorial Building, a Gothic tower rising against the skyline, and my flat’s small room and maroon curtains — would become my home for the next four months.
January 25, 2024
Places to Go: Friends are made on Pender Island
Every year, Ubyssey contributors pool their money together and set off to Pender Island for a weekend full of laughs, friends and making memories.
December 20, 2023
Places to Go: Utah is Mars on Earth
Carrying a comically large backpack, I stepped out of the plane and sped through the terminal listening to Erin Mendenhall, the mayor of Salt Lake City, welcome me to her city.
December 18, 2023
Places to Go: London brought me growth
London is freeing. You could be whoever you want and still be perfectly synchronized to London’s Melody.
September 12, 2023
Places to Go: Unpublished and proud at Frankfurter Buchmesse
Submitting an unsolicited manuscript to a publisher or agent can feel like rolling a story into a glass bottle and tossing it into Niagara Falls hoping someone at the bottom will catch it. Niagara Fall Syndrome.
February 9, 2023
Places to Go: Istanbul, a junction where Europe meets Asia
As I stared out the window of the plane, the clouds cleared revealing familiar pink pastel-coloured rooftops below. It felt strange coming back to Istanbul as an outsider looking in.
November 9, 2022
Places to Go: Singapore burns as bright as its sun
The Singaporean sun seared our backs as we ambled out of Changi International Airport with our luggage, but it didn’t deter us from awing at the Green City.
November 1, 2022
Places To Go: Novi Sad meets West in the East
Like the remainder of the Balkans, Novi Sad — which translates to “new plantation” in Serbian — was always a cross-road. Novi Sad is special in its ability to distinctly capture all the different cultures that have influenced the area.
January 21, 2020
Places to Go: Home in the hills of Calabria
In the lead up to the trip, I was determined to take the opportunity to learn more about my heritage on my mother’s side and learn more about what life was like in Calabria.
November 14, 2019
Places to Go: Fact, fiction and farming in Spain
The hardest part was probably the nerves and loneliness that inevitably comes with long-term, solo travel.
September 27, 2019
Places to Go: Troll Gazes and Street Art In Stavanger, Norway
Rushing through the cobblestone streets, between rows upon rows of whitewashed wooden buildings, I thought I could easily spot the massive art pieces but somehow I managed to miss them all.
