aymexume
Fried plantain is bomb, and this is not up for debate ;)
I wrote this post a year ago. I never published it. But, today, a debate about food (fried plantains specifically) brought it back to...
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aymexume
Apr 12, 20182 min read
Diary of a traveller who doesn't like flying
Doesn't like is an understatement. I am scared of 1) being in the air, and 2) having absolutely no control over the vessel transporting...
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aymexume
Mar 22, 20184 min read
Here’s what we’ve learned from 4 years of (relatively) frequent travelling
Learning from the mistakes we made during our first big trip, from how we budget for meals to searching for free activities.
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aymexume
Mar 12, 20182 min read
Fellow travellers can we stop saying we're collecting stamps?
"While others are doing XYZ, I'm collecting stamps." Ugh. I don't think another expression annoys me more than this one. Not only does...
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aymexume
Mar 10, 20184 min read
Why I think everyone of Haitian descent should go to Haiti at least once
A while back, I met a young Haitian-Canadian woman (born and raised in Canada) who told me that I was lucky to have been born and raised...
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aymexume
Mar 2, 20182 min read
Un lundi après-midi à Little Haiti
Le long de la NW 54 St, les églises évangéliques pullulent. Bethany Baptist Church. Église de Dieu Indépendante. Certaines affichent le...
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aymexume
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Travel blogging and the terrible twos
Pieds Poudrés is 2 years old! And like any other toddler, she’s affirming her personality. She’s feisty and throws tantrums. But she’s...
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aymexume
Feb 15, 20183 min read
Ma sœur élève la nouvelle génération de pye poudre
Les Douyon de Port-Salut sont des pye poudre. Le goût de l’aventure et des voyages se transmet d’une génération à l’autre. Ma sœur et moi...
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aymexume
Jan 30, 20184 min read
#FoodTalk: Let's talk about Greek food
Upon my return from Greece, the first question Hubs asked was "how was the food?". I named our favourite Greek restaurant in Ottawa and...
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aymexume
Jan 25, 20184 min read
Big hair, don’t care: my hair care routine when I’m travelling
Let’s talk about hair. Or rather, let’s talk about how I don’t let hair care come between me and my travels. When it comes to hair care,...
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aymexume
Nov 21, 20172 min read
I 💓 Vermont
Hubs and I love weekend getaways. They are short and sweet. Our favourite spot is in Lower Waterford, Vermont. Do you watch Scandal? If...
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aymexume
Oct 29, 20174 min read
Blackouts and other things I will fail to mention (because I'm a childless Haitian woman who liv
Beware of the travel blogger who says they'll tell you all there is to know about a place. It's nearly impossible to do so. Here's why....
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aymexume
Oct 27, 20175 min read
Pieds Poudrés goes to Spain: The Madrid Diaries
I hope you are OK with me blogging about each city separately instead of writing a longer post about my entire stay in Spain. This will...
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aymexume
Oct 27, 20172 min read
Is Lebanon on your list? Here are 3 reasons why it should.
History. Food. Beauty. End of post. Just kidding. Not 1, not 2, but at least 17 civilizations Lebanon sits at the crossroads between...
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aymexume
Oct 26, 20172 min read
De politique et de foot
Vouloir séparer la politique du sport est, à mon avis, un moyen de faire taire des athlètes que des millions de personnes connaissent,...
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aymexume
Oct 26, 20174 min read
Laissez-moi vous parler de mon expérience au Liban
L’histoire a commencé cet été lorsque notre ami Bassam s’est rendu sur la terre natale de ses parents, le Liban, pour la première fois....
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aymexume
Oct 20, 20171 min read
Cause of death: good food
In Haiti, we have a saying: sa w renmen se li ki touye w. Loose translation: what you love will kill you. In my case, it'll be good food....
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aymexume
Oct 16, 20172 min read
How I ended up in Lebanon: it was a conspiracy
Lebanon had moved up the list this summer when my friend Bassam flooded my timeline with beautiful pictures from his first visit there. ...
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aymexume
Oct 13, 20172 min read
Every trip is like the first one
Butterflies in my stomach. Hundreds of thoughts in my mind. Going through my mental checklist for the nth time. Did I turn off the...
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aymexume
Oct 7, 20172 min read
Finding the time to travel
Last year in Spring, I was away for 3 weeks on a mini world tour with friends. In December, I spent 10 days in Haiti. This year, I...
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