You Had Me At Hello: Venice, Bali, Varanasi
This is the fourth post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
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Small World Up Close – macro magic, a photo essay
It’s like looking into another world, a miniature cosmos I’ve not seen before. I see unexpected, new, different things. I …
Street Art For The Win! A pARTy in Canberra.
They’re coming at me from all directions, huge menacing beings who look like they’d take no prisoners – Batman, Storm …
The Long White Cloud and the Top End: road-tripping in New Zealand and northern Australia
This is the third post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
Water Sports! Kayaking and tubing on the Cowichan River
2-3 August 2021. Firstly, I had no idea how big it would be! I look at it askance. Holy shit …
Fantastic Fiestas: three of the world’s great festivals
This is the second post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
Seas The Day – Vancouver’s Spanish Banks at low tide
Not financial institutions. Not Spanish. It’s a beach that goes on forever. We start wearing sandals because the land edge …
Out Of My Comfort Zone
The Solo Travel Adventures series Do one thing every day that scares you. Mary Schmich 9 July 2021. I’m perched …
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 …
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 …
Adventures in Wonderland 