Going The Distance: the best way to get from A to B
The Travel Highlights series I had thought to do a post about the best of all our travels, those places …
Author Archives: Alison and Don
Within Reach. Beyond Comparison. Bowen Island, BC
The Solo Travel Adventures series: I recently realized that I’d become so dependent on travelling with Don that I’d forgotten …
Girls At The Beach – a photo essay
4 August 2021. A visit to Pacheedaht Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island, a cool windy day, watching …
Catch Of The Day: Steveston fishing village, and the Richmond dykes
The Solo Travel Adventures series 28 May 2021. Getting an early start, I set off at about 8 am on …
Everything In Nature Has Beauty. Vancouver’s urban wildlife, part 2
Wildlife surprises you when you least expect it. Vancouver’s Granville Island is a hub of artists’ ateliers, brew pubs, trendy …
A Humdinger of a Shindig! The Columbia StrEAT Festival
27 July 2019. So there’s just one last outing I want to tell you about that took place during the …
Frozen Music – remarkable buildings around the world
Extraordinary, iconic, and unusual buildings; a collection of images from around the worldSpain 2011 In southern Spain, just outside of …
The Consequences of Righteous Outrage: false accusation and police interrogation
28 May 2021. The Skytrain has pulled into a station. I’m sitting quietly waiting for it to move again when …
Matsuri Magic! Vancouver’s Japanese Festivals
I think there were five or six drums, each mounted on a wooden frame, and the drummers did a precise …
Doin’ the Shanghai Shuffle – a really tight connecting flight
26 March 2019. I’m in a bit of a panic. Quite apart from the time crunch we’re in they’ve taken …
Why Vancouver After Years of Travelling? – a new interview
We were so delighted to be asked by Gil and Gene to be interviewed for their podcast. Gil and Gene …
A Portrait of China – a photo essay
In 2018 I went to China. It was an epic journey lasting four weeks and covering nearly five thousand kilometres …
We live here too! Vancouver’s urban wildlife, part 1
Cities are growing at a faster rate than any other habitat on Earth. They may seem an unlikely place for …
Buildings, Too, Are Children of Earth and Sun* – remarkable buildings around the world
Extraordinary, iconic, and unusual buildings; a collection of images from around the world Japan 2018 Ainokura. In a remote valley …
