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A Portrait of India – a photo essay

August 16, 2020

When I travelled in my twenties and early thirties I never wanted to go to India. I’d heard of the …

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Jungle Adventure – a Kinabatangan River cruise in Borneo, Malaysia

August 6, 2020

15 March 2020 There are two things I remember about the very long bus ride from Sepilok to the lodge …

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Here Be Dragons – Kiyomizudera Temple and the Seiryū-e Festival, Kyoto

July 25, 2020

13-14 March 2019 It begins with a long mournful drone on conch shells. The sound fills the air like a …

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Wild Majesty: Pacheedaht Beach and Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island

July 17, 2020

24 October 2019 It is bigger than Belgium, much bigger than Crete, about the same size as Taiwan, and nearly …

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Born Of All The Sacred Waters – rituals and devotions to the Ganges River in India

July 8, 2020

She begins high in the Himalayas, a rivulet from the Gangotri Glacier that becomes a stream that becomes a river …

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People of the Forest – the orangutangs and other wildlife of Borneo, Malaysia

June 27, 2020

13-17 March 2020 Initially Don didn’t want to go at all. As usual when we’re planning a trip he checks …

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A Moving Work Of Art – a glimpse into the world of the geisha

June 17, 2020

A short anecdote about childhood curiosity: When I was ten years old and living in Melbourne, I was in a …

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The Colours of Joy – Vancouver Pride Parade 2019

June 7, 2020

Warning: naked butts and boobs ahead. It’s Pride month! Gay pride was not born of a need to celebrate being …

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The Life of the Town: the people and wildlife of Rishikesh, India

May 29, 2020

10 Feb-10 Mar 2019 and 10 Feb-9 Mar 2020 I recently read an opinion piece in India’s The Telegraph by …

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Yes, We Have No Orangutangs. But we do have a lovely town: Kuching, Malaysia

May 21, 2020

10-12 March 2020 We didn’t really know what to expect of Kuching, on the northwest edge of Borneo, other than …

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You Can’t Trust the Man Behind the Bar; food and fashion in Kyoto

May 11, 2020

11-26 March 2019 After thirty hours of non-stop travel from Delhi we finally arrive at our Airbnb in the Gion …

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Best. Summer. Ever. Vancouver when the sun shines.

May 2, 2020

June-July 2019 Warning: naked butts ahead. It was the best summer of my life. Well one of the best. I …

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A Hindu Hallelujah – India’s Ganga Aarti

April 24, 2020

Our first introduction to the ritual is from a boat on the river in Varanasi.Looking towards the “stage” we see …

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Turtles Turtles Yeah Yeah Yeah! Bako National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

April 16, 2020

11 March 2020 The trail is narrow, and lumpy with tree roots and rocks, which makes it a continuous negotiation. …

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