Wait a minute – the joy of flight delays
If there’s one word that strikes fear in the heart of even the most seasoned traveller, it’s ‘delayed’ – especially when it’s on one of those big electronic airport signs.
Check it before you check in
The great thing about independent travel is you get to choose your own adventure. The downside is, when something goes wrong, there’s only you for your wife to blame.
Finding Adventure in a Quiet Place
The shark is harder to see now, just a vague dark shape in the water about ten metres offshore. It seems to know that today is not its day. No easy meal of man-flesh, washed into the deep by the raging current.
I’ll sea you Zen
We once visited a famous, ancient garden in Kyoto, Japan. It only consists of a small courtyard with fifteen rocks, set on little patches of moss, surrounded by carefully raked gravel. Every day, hundreds of visitors come just to sit, in quiet contemplation, looking at the rocks. Some, like me, try to work out the…
Lost in Galiano – Galiano Island Part 2
It takes commitment to get lost on Galiano Island. Many try, but few really succeed.
Off with the ferries – Galiano Island Part 1
I love ferries and reckon it would be great to have one at the bottom of the garden. Except, that’s not very likely when we live inland and far from any waterways.
Looking for the Real Vancouver Island
Every place has a secret side, hidden far from the eyes of prying tourists. After years of searching, I have finally found the “Secret” of Vancouver Island.
Taking the Waters at Penticton
It’s funny how we like to call ourselves Travellers, or even Adventurers, whenever we go somewhere new, but we call all those other people who come to the same spot – Tourists.
Putting the Okker in Okanagan
Australians don’t understand lakes, probably because we don’t really have any. Sure, we have puddles, and ponds, and the occasional billabong, but lakes – not so much.
The Travel Planner
My friend Bill (not his real name) told me the other day he’s started a destination wedding business. My first thought was “how hard can that be? You just cram a bunch of twenty somethings on an island, then marry off whoever’s left after the last rose ceremony”.
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