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DANCE ACROSS BORDERS

8 Jan

Until tonight the only time I’d seen Dance Me Outside (1995) was at the Ottawa
theatrical premier on March 8 of that year. Indie/Canadian cinema was not really
my thing at the time so the only reason I ever saw this movie was because I’d
scored a pass to see it for free. And the experience was strange because I
didn’t care for the first 70 minutes of the film but the final 10 minutes erased
all that because the ending was so fucking good.

Because of this, any time in the past 25 years when I’d think about this movie
it always generated those hits of endorphins you get when your mind wanders to a
wonderful experience from your past.

So tonight I decided to revisit it. I was worried that it hadn’t aged well – a
movie about the experiences of First Nations’ people that was written, directed,
and produced by white guys – could be a perfect storm of cringe.

But I didn’t find that at all. The social commentaries felt as relevant today as
they would have been then and the casting (and performances) were great – most
of the actors were hired locally in Parry Sound Ontario. The subplots were full
of surprises that I’d forgotten, and the ending remained perfect.

So to summarize: Dance Me Outside (1995) – 8.5/10 – available on Apple’s movie
service for $5 CDN (and it’s only 80 minutes so you should really give it a
try.)



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – DIE HARD (1988) IS NOT MY FAVOURITE FILM

2 Mar


AND IT HASN’T BEEN FOR SOME TIME.

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now – it’s something I’ve
revealed only to close friends and family. At the beginning I needed a shared
secret that could be used to verify the identity of the person I was texting
with. In a crisis situation I would ask some variant of “what’s my favourite
movie?” and the kidnappers (having done some background research on me) would
respond, “Die Hard.”

I would then abruptly end the chat, turn to my partner and tell him, “Your
foster parents are dead” – the real answer eluding the villains and giving me
(and my lovable but naive partner) the upper hand!

But as the years have passed my reasons for needing a secret passphrase have
slowly evaporated, like unfrozen water in the sun. So I have chosen today to
share with you what I have come to discover is my one true cinematic love –
because it was thirty years ago today, on March 2, 1990, The Hunt for Red
October (1990) was released in theatres.

I’m not going write about why HFRO is objectively the perfect film and current
pinnacle of human achievement, I have another project lined up to explain all
that. And I’m not going to go into why Die Hard (1988) has fallen from the top
spot – it’s a great film, near-perfect and genre defining. Today is not about
knocking things down, it’s about building them up.

So let us all enjoy Hunt for Red October Day as we celebrate with our friends
and family. This business is under control.

And we’re lucky to have lived with it.



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FIRST EVER GUEST BLOGGER! WHAT TOILETS AND TRAVELLING HAVE IN COMMON

22 Jan

Hi, I’m Miri from Germany and I’ll be guest blogging today for our new best
Canadian friends Jason and Sarah. It might sound a bit weird talking about “best
friends” (Canadian or not), when you find out that we only spent two days
together (also Jason and Sarah actually are the only Canadians we know… ). But
let me tell you, you will soon find out why this does make sense.

We met them in November in Botswana at an incredibly breath-taking place called
the Chobe Bakwena Lodge. Jason already took you there in his blogpost (in which,
by the way, he never even mentioned us. Bloody good best friend, eh?!).

But first things first: the toilet thing!

We met Jason and Sarah the day we checked into this marvellous, luxurious lodge
in Kasane, right after my husband Manu and I returned our
rooftop-tent-camper-van, in which we had been travelling through Africa for the
previous 17 days. Getting back to comfortable accommodations was an incredibly
good feeling as I am not the most passionate camper (although this whole
roadtrip-living-outdoors experience in Namibia and Botswana was absolutely
amazing). If you understand German (or if your browser has a translation
function), visit our blog to read about our adventures!

The most important reason for our obtaining “best friends” status with Jason and
Sarah is that I (like Jason) have strong feelings about toilets. Specifically I
don’t really like sharing. I’m not high maintenance but having a clean and
private toilet is something I consider to be priceless. Well actually, not
priceless… On our first honeymoon roadtrip through Western Australia – also in a
camper van without any facilities – we purchased this practical travel toilet
for the very affordable price of 35 dollar-adoos. Just look at it. Can you
imagine how luxurious this was for me on this trip and how much hilarity was
billed to this “thing”?



I should mention the plastic disposal bags were not solid white like on the box
but transparent.



So the four of us met and we were a perfect fit – like a toilet seat to toilet
porcelain or like “Arsch auf Eimer” as we used to say in Germany. Having the
same interests (toilets! but also Kebabs and traveling) and the same sense of
humour is most probably the best base to build a friendship on. Have you ever
heard someone say: Hey, our relationship is based on a mutual love of toilets?

So, what about the travelling? Why do Manu and I love to travel so much? First,
it’s because of all the experiences, adventures, breathtaking landscapes, wild
animals, and exotic food, the things that are stunning and so diversified in
every single country. Second, it’s because of the people: the locals that open
their homes and hearts for you and tell you their stories and secrets.



Jason took this photo! 



And then, there are these other travellers, like-minded people you meet along
your journey and that might sometimes become friends. A good thing about
travelling is that you develop a pretty refined sense of human nature and it
helps sharpen your gut feeling. It’s this feeling as if you have known someone
for a long time, although it’s the first time you’ve meet. I like to call it
“friendship at first sight”. We had that feeling when we met Jason and Sarah.

So finally, what is the proof that, in fact, we are (best!) friends? Well, true
friends know what’s best for you, right? With that in mind, it recently came to
my attention that Jason and Sarah assumed that Manu and I would prefer to spend
the final night at the luxury lodge with them and a bottle of free champagne
instead of being pampered by the lodge in private with a special dinner for our
second honeymoon. And then (without any consultation!) they proceeded to make
their assumption a reality!

We may never know if this story is actually true, but in the end it doesn’t
really matter as Manu and I would have made the same decision anyways. Or maybe
it does matter, because now that I think about it, Sarah and Jason now owe us a
special dinner the next time we meet! Maybe a Kebab…

If you want to read more about this (and other) shenanigans, check out Jason’s
guest blog post on our Professional Travel Magazine Website (it’s mostly in
English!)

Miri
https://teilzeittravels.de
Jan 11, 2019

PS: The pics in Jason’s Botswana Post are not as shitty as he thinks, but if you
want to see more, feel free to visit our Botswana post!

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39/40-1 CAN I WEAR A SHORTSLEEVED SHIRT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY?

16 Dec

… no



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37/40-5 CURRENCIES

14 Dec

One of the most annoying features of non-EU multi-country travel is having to
deal with different currencies. It’s annoying. Exchange rates and withdraw fees
and finding banking machines that actually work and don’t dispense bills that
are too large to be accepted by the locals and aren’t modified to skim your PI
Number and extra bills left over when you leave the country.

But on top of that there’s been some good comedy to be found with the various
currencies we’ve encountered on this journey. I already made a funny about the
Zambia money – Kwachas totally sounds like Quatloos (joke reprinted here for
your reading convenience)



I’m going to bring some Zimbabwe money to the next poker game and watch the
looks on Steve’s and Mark’s faces when I buy in for several thousands year’s
worth of games.

You guys are going…. down!



And finally there’s the money in Vietnam. Comedy gold.



We were always running out of dongs. The Vietnam money is the dong.

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37/40-4 TRAVEL DAY – SECOND-LAST ONE

14 Dec

So this is it – we’re heading home. Sort of. We left Hanoi a few hours ago and
we are now on an eight-hour layover in Taipei. I was hoping we could pop out of
the airport for a couple hours and grab something to eat so I could add a new
country to my list but then two things happened.

First, I realized I’ve already been to Taiwan because according to China this is
China and I visited China back in 2008*. Second Sarah scored us TWO
all-you-can-eat passes to the Luxury Lounge at the airport. And this is where we
are now. Eating free food and drinking free beers.

Originally I wanted this “vacation” to be longer. I said, Sarah, we should go
for seven weeks or even EIGHT weeks. And Sarah was like, nah, under six weeks is
more than enough. And then I was like seven! And then we booked five and four
fifths weeks of travel and I forgot about it until just now when I was like –
holy crap, I wanted this thing to go longer!? What the hell was I thinking?!!

We now fly to Vancouver. Canada is going to be so strange after being away for
so long. I wonder if the Vancouver airport international terminal has a
McDonald’s restaurant…



*also right now China is arresting Canadians left right and centre so I need to
be as pro-China as I possibly can. I do NOT want to spend the rest of Peanut and
Pepper’s birthday in a Chinese prison. All hail glorious China!

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37/40-3 LAST NIGHT IN ASIA

13 Dec

So this is our final night on the great continent of Asia. Tomorrow we fly to a
new country in transit to a familiar country. And how did we commemorate this
evening? By going to the “Obama” restaurant.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, back in 2016, chef Anthony Bourdain
traveled to Hanoi to film an episode for his Parts Unknown television show. What
made this one so special is that he had lunch with the President of the United
States at this little hole in the wall restaurant.

We ordered the “Combo Obama” and it was delicious. Noodles, beef, and pork in a
broth with beer and spring rolls on the side. Was a great final meal in a
country that might have had the best food of the whole trip.



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37/40-2 HA LONG BAY BOAT LUXURY CRUISE

13 Dec

For some reason I thought these were the James Bond islands – but then by some
weird co-incidence The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) was actually playing on TV
when we were on the boat and the film clearly took place in Thailand (which also
has some similar-looking islands in the south).

And because of this experience I now totally understand why he was cast in the
Lord of the Rings *and* Star Wars – Christoper Lee is a real force on screen –
at 6’5” you can totally believe he could take down James Bond and/or various
other hobbits and space/ground wizards. I mean, he never does but it is
realistic in the sense that if he did you wouldn’t be disappointed.

Farming in the middle of the big island (Cat Bo)



More farming:



And the famous non-James Bond Islands.



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37/40-1 VIETNAM

13 Dec

I’m here a week now… waiting for a mission… getting softer. Every minute I stay
in this room, I get weaker. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a
little tighter.

We landed eight days ago. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. I haven’t been posting
because I’ve been ill. It started in Sri Lanka and it felt like pneumonia. I
know this because last year I did get pneumonia and it had similar look and
feel. Not wanting to make the CBC News back home “Canadian Man Falls Ill During
Trip to Asia After Spider Egg Dare” (or some variant of), we decided to take it
easy for a couple of days until the worst had passed.

I called Tele-Health Ontario and for the first time in the history of the
service they didn’t send a caller to see a doctor. The nurse Stephanie was
great. She took my list of symptoms (achy neck, coughie lungs, cloggie sinuses,
painful everything else) and advised me to take the emergency antibiotics our
doctor had prescribed proactively.

One of the side effects of the drugs however was to mess up the one part of my
system that was working fine – the same part from that train ride back in India.
The cure sounds worse than the disease? Actually no – the rest of me was in
pretty rough shape – my head holes were killing me – so I welcomed the tradeoff.
Our Ho Chi Minh City hotel was great so I was more than happy to hang around
there while the Azithromycin engaged in a form of asymmetrical warfare against
my lower colon.

Three days later I was feeling much better. But we had to cancel our thirty-six
hour train ride to Hanoi. We stayed one extra night and flew north. This kinda
sucked because I was looking forward to that adventure. The other train rides on
this trip had been really interesting.

Once we got to Hanoi things returned back to normal travel mode. Local food.
Local sites. The night market cometh. This city is very cool. Lots going on.
Tonnes of traffic. Here are some photos.

Hanoi at night:



A meal – the restaurant served one dish, and one dish only, Vasily.



And the Vietnam Women’s Museum was amazing – a must see.



Next up was the Ha Long Bay luxury boat cruise. This deserves it’s own post.

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29/40-1 ANOTHER AIRPORT, ANOTHER CONNECTION

4 Dec

Today is another travel day. This one was probably the most toughest because I
have a cold and flying while ill, well, that’s no fun. But it’s not just the
cold or the air travel – yesterday morning we had to catch our train at 09:20
but we were awake by 05:50 because our Air-B-N-Be was right by a mosque and the
adhan (call to prayer) happens right around sunrise.

With our flight leaving at 23:00 we had plenty of time. The plan was to arrive
in Colombo at around 15:30, grab something to eat, and then have a leisurely
wait until our flight. Eight hours should be more than enough time.

Except our train was two hours late picking us up and another hour late dropping
us off. And our ride to the airport was almost ninety minutes (double the
estimate) and our driver was insane. By the time we cleared customs/immigration
and checked in to our flight we had about an hour and a half before boarding.

Now we’re in another airport in another country in another timezone waiting for
a connecting flight to take us to yet ANOTHER city in ANOTHER country in a new
timezone.

I miss my dogs. At home when I’m feeling bad Pepper will come up to me on the
sofa and be like, hey you – give me a belly rub, and I’ll do it and he’ll feel
much better.



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