Week Sauce: Now In HD!
Posted: January 23rd, 2010 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: week sauce | 7 Comments »
In this week’s wrap up I’ll share some of the usual good travel article finds and maybe a new blog or what not. You know how it is, a bit of this, a bit of that. I also have my first HD video to share. This new camera I bought a couple months ago has this little “video” button on it. I figure if I paid for the button I’m hella pushing it. So I pushed it. On the bright side, since a video must surely be worth a thousand pictures, there’s no crappy phonetography pics this week. You’re welcome.
Nicaragua is quite possibly where I’ve had the most fun backpacking. I hate to generalize like that, but if I had to pick one place to call the “best so far”, it’s probably there. I definitely recommend it, and I also recommend reading Art of Backpacking’s Tips on Backpacking in Nicaragua. It’s a beautiful country with super nice people and heaps to do. Plus it’s much cheaper and less touristy (almost like they go hand in hand) than neighbouring Costa Rica. The picture above is the tastiest coffee I’ve ever had, which was in Ometepe, Nicaragua. Now that I look at it, I admit the picture doesn’t relay much about the tastiness of the coffee, but that’s really your problem.
So apparently bed bugs aren’t just some cutesy thing that parents made up. It turns out they’re actually fairly gross and prolific. This last year I’ve seen a few articles on them, but this post by T-Roy on GoBackpacking really sums up everything you need to know. I’d consider this article required reading for every traveler.
If you’re interested in seeing some travel shows about places you will never ever go, then check out this article that Lauren did on the VICE travel guides. I’m on episode 4 of the Liberia series and it is really great. The horrible, crazy, shocking and amazing type of great.
Also this week, Matt finally learned to scuba dive (and was nearly murdered by a Portuguese woman), Jeannie finally came up with a travel route, and Steph posted up a sweet compilation of her Montenegro pictures.
On a congratulatory theme; Happy 3rd anniversary GoBackpacking! Way to go on quitting that job, Diana! And welcome to the travel blogging scene, Ayngelina!
I wanted to test out this video feature that my camera has, plus capture the view I’ve been enjoying from this apartment. This what downtown Montreal looks like from a 17th floor perspective. My apartment is small, and the windows are large, so this is what I see from everywhere in the apartment except from the toilet and under the sink. It’s a bit shaky and weird, but hey it’s my first time. It’s also -12°C plus wind chill, so you’re welcome to stand out there and try to do better if you like.
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// shawn
Thanks for the shout out Shawn. :) And thanks for linking to Ayngelina, she would appreciate it. The vid is cool, you’re whetting my appetite for Montreal. Oui, oui…
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I’m disappointed mate no voice over or head shot on your video :) Nice footage though, what sort of camera is that?
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I first read your bit about Vice’s Liberia series as I was “in” Episode 4 which didn’t make a lot of sense after seeing your comment on Lauren’s site. Came back and had a better read and figured out where my error was. Now to find time to surf through Vice’s site.
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Luv the view from your apartment – That’s what you see everyday?? Wow!!
Thanx for the Twitter Shout-out, too! I’m a new fan of yours! :-)
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Thanks y’all!
@NC: Good thing you’re waiting until I’m long gone to visit.
@Chris: I think I might do a quick gear review type post on the camera. I’m not a camera person at all. It’s a Panasonic DMC-ZS3.
@Brian: Haha “in” episode 4 is indeed laughable. If I were I’d be the guy in the pee-stained pants running towards the airport.
@Suzi: Thanks! Yea, this is my view all the time. My bed is the closest thing to the window, so that’s exactly what I see when I wake up. I’m hoping for a nice snow to try getting a video of that.
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Chris - The Aussie Nomad Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 05:29
Nice camera, I have the earlier model Panasonic TZ15 and love it. I’m yet to record any video with it but if its half as good as your’s I may be able to skip buying a dedicated video camera.
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Thanks for the shout out Shawn :) Glad to see you’re enjoying Montreal, I love that city and usually visit for the Jazz Festival every summer. But boy is it cold in the winter!
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