Year 2009 in review
What did I do in 2009?
Compared to 2008, this year was slow on travel. Since I was in school and pretty much broke from all the trips last year, there was very little I did.
India
I started the new year in India and flew back to Canada shortly after that.
Canada
Camping in a farm outside a little town in southern Ontario
I went on several biking and trekking day trips with Chad to places around Toronto, but our biggest one was a 4-day biking trip to Southern Ontario. Equipped with camping gear, we bicycled across small towns and through the woods for a total of 170km.
Fall colors at Frontenac Provincial park
There were few camping trips too, the biggest one being to Frontenac park amidst beautiful fall colors and an unexpected cold wave (-5ºC) on the Thanksgiving weekend .
Humber bridge, Toronto
Toronto Tuesday, with sights an flavors of Toronto will continue in the next year.
Abandoned mineshaft on a snowy Christmas day in Timmins
Right now I am in Timmins, a little city in north-eastern Ontario where I am spending the holidays with Chad’s family. I did several things for the first time in my life, such as seeing reindeer, eating reindeer meat and bear meat, drinking home brewed wine, getting my first Christmas present, going skidooing and snowshoeing and many other things… etc.
USA
Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls
I made three trips across the border, two of them were to nearby places: Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
NYC – near the courthouse and department of Justice
Before my Fall semester began, I went on a 8 day trip to New York city and Chicago. I walked till my feet fell and did many touristy things like walking with a I ‘heart’ NY shirt and taking cheezy pictures at the cloud gate in millennium park.
Plans for 2010
Simply stated, it all depends on how much money I have…hehehee. I’d like to see more of Canada and if possible make one trip overseas. Lets see where it goes!
This travel blog is one year old and I am excited about the next year. 
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Israel
Peru
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USA
Well, you still did quite a lot! I have yet to visit NYC… I keep on pushing it back, either it’s the weather, either I don’t have enough money to enjoy it properly. I have the feeling it’s like Paris, not a place you can fully enjoy without a bit of $$$.
What I want for 2010… more travels!
↵Hey Zhu, NYC is actually doable on a shoestring. I spent very minimal and I think I did a lot. Save accommodation $$ by couchsurfing, save food $$ by eating on the street, save transport $$ by taking public transit and save sightseeing $$ by visiting places during happy hours!
Perhaps I should write a post on this.
↵My bets wishes for 2010, may you travel more.
↵Thanks Mridula, wish you the same!!
↵Priyank,
Congratulations on the 1-year anniversary of your travel blog!
Not just you, but I suspect many others like me have traveled “virtually” to many places via your blog. Keep up the great work!
You are an awesome photographer, an avid traveler, and your posts always bring the essence of the journey as well as the destination to your readers.
↵Thanks Mahendra! I feel very encouraged!
↵Bear meat? Didn’t know it was a food! Any comparisons?
↵Bear meat and reindeer meat. Interesting.
↵hahaha
↵Wait a minute, I thought you were mostly a vegetarian!! How does reindeer meat and bear meat (is that even legal??) come into picture?
Hope you have a great 2010. The money part is tricky…If you have money, it means you have a job which means limited vacation!!
↵Hi Vamsee, yeah I was a vegetarian until recently. Then I went to Russia. LOL. Now I can eat mostly everything, although given a choice, I prefer vegetarian food. Bear meat is illegal to sell in the market, but it seems the government has a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy about it – I’m not so sure!
And I see what you mean about money. I have a job now.
↵Happy new year..im sure you will see many places in 2010..the traveller in you cannot be stopped..cheers to that !
↵Cheers and wish you the same Lakshmi!
↵wow thats alot of places…
wishing you more travels this 2010
happy new year btw
↵Thanks Flipnomad and welcome to my blog!
↵Hi Priyank! Happy New Year!!
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Slow travel? Imagine me…
Meanwhile Blogtrotter has reached 500 posts on all blogs with some views of «La Petite France, Strasbourg», truly missing your comments! Enjoy and have a first great week in 2010!!!
↵Hi Trotter, I haven’t visited you (or anyone else) for a long time. Hope you are having a good year!
↵Heya!
↵Wish you a happy new year! I loved the pic of fall colors in your post. In my imagination, Canada has one of the most beautiful fall colors. One of my dream places to travel to in Fall.
Hope to see much more travel on your blog in the next year!
Thanks Suchi! Fall colors are beautiful, I hope to catch more this year!
↵Hey Priyank excellent review. Looks like you done it more this year than I did. Canada is beautiful and would be a shame not to see most of it. I have future plans for that. So you in Timmins, glad you have had nice xmas, and got your first present – so what you got? lol. Happy new year my friend. Anna
↵Thanks Anna, wish you the same! It’s so nice to get away from the city for a break. I got woken up by the chirping of birds, reminding me of Mumbai – in Toronto I hear only streetcars and taxis. For presents, I got a bunch of things ranging from tea to torchlight… hope you had good holidays too, lol my reply is coming so late!
↵You made quite a few trips after all. It doesn’t sound like a little. Hope 2010 will be filled with more great journeyes!
↵Thanks Erica, and wish you the same!
↵Dear Priyank: May the current year have more travels in store for you, and thank you for sharing your travel stories. A very happy 2010 to you.:)
↵Thanks Celine!! Wishing you the same!
↵Great summary, and great trip! Your adventures are bringing back good memories of my recent trip, and now I’m quite jealous. Great photos, too!
↵Thanks Bryan, and welcome to my blog!
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