Photo of the Week Gallery

A collection of all Photos of the Week

POW: Across the Canal

POW: Across the Canal

DESCRIPTION   Amsterdam is the first city that I've ever visited as a solo traveller. I was on my way to Morocco on my first ever trip by myself, and I had an 8 hour layover in Amsterdam. Instead of hanging around the airport, I decided to hop on a train and head...

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POW: Lost in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

POW: Lost in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

DESCRIPTION   The Old Quarter of Hanoi is busy, crowded, noisy, and a bit of a maze. The city was our last stop for us on a recent trip to Vietnam and it was a pretty cool place to spend a few days. Every street of the Old Quarter is named after a certain product...

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POW: Winter in the Mountains

POW: Winter in the Mountains

DESCRIPTION   After a long, snowy winter here in Canada, I can barely look at more snow and this picture isn't really helping with that. But at the same time, I'm always amazed at how beautiful the snow in the mountains can look. There's something about how it...

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POW: Riding into the Fog

POW: Riding into the Fog

DESCRIPTION   Last week I posted a photo of a place called Meg Hut in New Zealand. As promised, here is a follow up picture from our bike ride home from the hut that day. The hut itself was somehow in a bubble where there was no fog, but everything around it was...

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POW: The Glorious Meg Hut

POW: The Glorious Meg Hut

DESCRIPTION   One rainy and foggy day when Hilary and I were living in New Zealand, we decided to visit a place called Meg Hut. One thing that I really loved about New Zealand was their hut system. You could find huts dotted all across the country and they made...

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POW: The Castle on the Island

POW: The Castle on the Island

DESCRIPTION   Have you ever seen the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail? I've seen it many times and every time it makes me laugh. Maybe it's because I watched it since I was young with my brother, even though our mother staunchly disapproved. Anywho, this...

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POW: Lupins, Lupins, Lupins

POW: Lupins, Lupins, Lupins

DESCRIPTION   It's not the first photo of lupins that I've posted 'round here, but I can just never get enough of these things. These ones are in the Lake Tekapo area of New Zealand where they are by far the best that I've ever seen. And if you haven't noticed, I...

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POW: Wandering Through China Town

POW: Wandering Through China Town

DESCRIPTION   If I had to describe the transit system in Singapore, I would say that it's efficient, clean, and fast. It's also almost completely underground which means that when you get on at one stop, it feels like you are stepping into a portal that takes you...

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POW: Singapore by Night

POW: Singapore by Night

DESCRIPTION   Singapore was the first stop on a 6 week tour through Asia. For a trip like this, Singapore is a great first stop as it gets you into the travel mode with only a small amount of culture shock and confusion that usually comes with travel to a new...

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POW: The Cloudy Peaks of Hawea

POW: The Cloudy Peaks of Hawea

DESCRIPTION   The day that I took this photo still stands out as one of my favourite and least favourite mountain biking adventures from our time in New Zealand. There's the whole thing about type 2 fun that people talk about where it's miserable and not...

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POW: Gasadalur and the Waterfall

POW: Gasadalur and the Waterfall

DESCRIPTION   While I was in the Faroe Islands, one of the places that topped my list of things that I wanted to photograph was the small town of Gasadalur. You can see it in the background of the photo. The town sits near the edge of the cliff on the rugged...

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POW: Cresting the Salkantay Pass

POW: Cresting the Salkantay Pass

DESCRIPTION   I'm not completely sure, but I think that this is the highest point that I've ever crossed in my life. It's around 4600 metres above sea level, or 15,000 feet. Maybe it was my imagination exagerating things, but the air felt so much thinner at this...

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POW: The Shed of Cozy Nook

POW: The Shed of Cozy Nook

DESCRIPTION   During out last few weeks in New Zealand, we decided to head down to the south end of the country to do some final exploring and see a few places that we hadn't quite gotten to yet during our 15 months in the country. One of the places that had been...

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POW: The Petronas Towers at Night

POW: The Petronas Towers at Night

DESCRIPTION   My initial idea when we decided that we were going to be visiting Kuala Lumpur was to take a photo of the famous Petronas Towers from high up in another building. I had seen a few photos taken this way that I really liked and one of the best spots...

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POW: The Castle in the Clouds

POW: The Castle in the Clouds

DESCRIPTION   Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany is the kind of place that I could stare at forever. I like to imagine what building the castle would have been like and then what living in a place like that would have felt like. Imagine all of the...

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POW: Island in the Sun

POW: Island in the Sun

DESCRIPTION   New Zealand blew me away with the colour of the water in the lakes and rivers! I guess it's because a lot of it is glacier fed, so there are a bunch of sediments and minerals in the water that make it that vibrant blue colour. If you didn't notice,...

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POW: Tequila Sunrise in Havana

POW: Tequila Sunrise in Havana

DESCRIPTION   For some reason, the first thing that popped into my head when I tried to think of a name for this photo was Tequila Sunrise. By that point it was already too late and I couldn't think of anything else, even though the name doesn't even make sense....

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POW: Misty Steps at Machu Picchu

POW: Misty Steps at Machu Picchu

DESCRIPTION   The main site of Machu Picchu gets all of the fame and glory, and for good reason. Especially the standard photo that you see taken from the top of the site looking down. In fact, this is almost all that you ever see of Machu Picchu, but there is so...

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POW: Lost in the Forest of Arran

POW: Lost in the Forest of Arran

DESCRIPTION   Now before you get too misled by the title of this photo, I'll just clarify that I wasn't actually lost in the forest. But it kind of looks like it doesn't it? In fact, my camera was pretty much set up on the foot path, but I was hoping to give the...

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POW: Icy Reflections in Iceland

POW: Icy Reflections in Iceland

DESCRIPTION   I've never seen a place that can quite compare to the contrasts of Iceland. From the lush green mosses, to the towering waterfalls, then the intimidating volcanoes, and finally the cold blue glaciers. And everything is on such a massive scale as...

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POW: A Morning in Venice

POW: A Morning in Venice

DESCRIPTION   When I think of Venice, I think about the old buildings, canals, cathedrals, gondolas, and the vivid colours. And somehow, I think this picture captures everything in one shot. Well, maybe not the gelato, but that deserves a picture all to itself...

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POW: The Blue Alley of Chefchaouen

POW: The Blue Alley of Chefchaouen

DESCRIPTION   When you go to Chefchaouen in Morocco, it's like stepping foot into the middle of a Dr. Seuss book. You might expect to see all of the Who's from Whosville dancing around a giant Christmas tree. In fact, there is actually a giant Christmas tree in...

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POW: The View from Isthmus Peak

POW: The View from Isthmus Peak

DESCRIPTION   Isthmus Peak is a bit of a tough one to say, but the hike is really awesome and makes learning how to pronounce its name worth it. This was the first hike that we did in the Wanaka area and it is wedged in between Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea so you...

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POW: Fall Colours in the Orchard

POW: Fall Colours in the Orchard

DESCRIPTION   I took this photo on May 1st, and if you're like me I know what you're thinking..."Fall colours in May...WTF?". This one, however, was taken in Cromwell, New Zealand which is about 30 minutes from where we are currently living in Wanaka. And as you...

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POW: The Winding Road

POW: The Winding Road

DESCRIPTION   There's certain places that I go where I find myself wondering what it would look like from above. Thankfully, I'm usually able to answer those questions with the aerial perspective that I can get with my quadcopter (a DJI Phantom 4). This would be...

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POW: Super Trees in Singapore

POW: Super Trees in Singapore

DESCRIPTION   Singapore is by far one of my favourite cities that I’ve ever visited. It’s quite large but very clean and easy to get around. Everywhere you look there seems to be cool lights, tall buildings, green spaces, and shopping malls. We’re currently...

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POW: Lone Tree in Vinales

POW: Lone Tree in Vinales

DESCRIPTION   Of all the places that Hilary and I travelled to in Cuba, I think Vinales was probably my favourite. We went to Vinales directly after Havana and the quiet and calm of the small town and countryside was a total relief from the overwhelm of Havana....

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POW: Purple Skies at Rippon Winery

POW: Purple Skies at Rippon Winery

DESCRIPTION   It always takes a bit of an effort to get up for sunrise, but most of the time it's definitely worth it. On this particular morning, I had a day off of work and woke up to catch the sunrise at the Rippon winery which is just a few minutes out of...

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POW: Coronet Peak Mountain Biking

POW: Coronet Peak Mountain Biking

DESCRIPTION   I've been really lucky during our trip to New Zealand to be able to do a lot of mountain biking. First, I got a job at a bike shop which allowed me to afford all of the gear as I hadn't brought anything with me from Canada. And second, we ended up...

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POW: Island Lake Reflection

POW: Island Lake Reflection

DESCRIPTION   When you're somewhere really cool, it's hard to capture the feeling of the place in a picture. This is especially true when you're somewhere vast and epic like a quiet mountain lake surrounded by towering rocky peaks of mountains. In these cases,...

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POW: Entering the Fog

POW: Entering the Fog

DESCRIPTION   On the North Island of New Zealand, there is a hike called the Tongariro Crossing that is very famous. It's around 20km's long and is a thru-hike which means that you have to either shuttle a vehicle or arrange transportation from one end to the...

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POW: Charles Bridge in Prague

POW: Charles Bridge in Prague

DESCRIPTION   A few years ago, Hilary and I made our first trip through Europe with our last stop being Prague in the Czech Republic. Lots of people say that Prague is the most beautiful city in Europe and they're probably not wrong. Charles Bridge is one of the...

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POW: Empty Road in Iceland

POW: Empty Road in Iceland

DESCRIPTION   Iceland is the kind of place that has awesome scenery and photo opportunities everywhere you look. I took this photo on a section of road just after we had pulled over to check out the Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall. There are so many stretches of road...

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POW: Big Cloud on the Prarie

POW: Big Cloud on the Prarie

DESCRIPTION   When I was going to school and working in Calgary, I used to drive a lot along the roads between Crowsnest Pass (where I grew up) and Calgary. There was one particular road called highway 540 where I often found myself stopping to take photos. One...

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POW: The Fields of New Zealand

POW: The Fields of New Zealand

DESCRIPTION   While we were driving back to Wanaka from Queenstown one day, we passes some fields that had a bunch of interesting patterns in them from the tires of farm equipment. I decided to get my DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter out to see what they would look like...

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POW: Jumping at Wharariki Beach

POW: Jumping at Wharariki Beach

DESCRIPTION   So this one is me testing out my new dance moves on the beach. I like to find stretches of empty beach with lots of sand to out my new maneuvers so that no one gets hurt, mostly myself. The beach is called Wharariki Beach and it's on the very...

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