Melbourne vs Sydney was apparently a big debate for Australians. I liked to think of the cities as two separate yet equally alluring “in their own way” destinations that carry the pride of urban Australia on their backs. Apparently Australians are more biased and polarizing in their opinions than I. Nevertheless, I arrived in Melbourne […]

3 years since my last time in Sydney. Amazingly enough, last time I was flying solo desperately trying to secure business from the Australian government, and this time the Australian government was paying for my entire trip as a member of their data committee… I felt such a sense of pride arriving into the country, […]

Japan had remained closed to foreigners since the beginning of the pandemic, and I felt extremely fortunate to be able to travel on a business visa while international tourists were still locked out of the country. My last visit to Japan was 3 years prior, as a tourist, visiting my wife, who was on a […]

Porter Airlines? Toronto City airport on a propeller plane from Boston? For a moment there I thought I was getting scammed. What was this airline I had never heard of before, flying into an airport I didn’t know existed, for the same price as all others to YYZ? A few Google searches told me this […]