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Category Archives: Travel
Do fences make good neighbours? When COVID’s around.
For those of you not schooled in Robert Frost’s poetry, the title of this post refers to his famous poem called Mending Wall. Of course, the point of Frost’s poem, with which I happen to usually agree completely, is that … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Travel
Tagged border control, Canada, coronavirus, COVID-19, Mending Wall, New Brunswick, Ontario, Pond LInlet, provinces, Quebec, Robert Frost, stay home, stay safe, United States, virus
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Wildlife Wednesday: Speech Day, Bucket Lists, and Botswana animals
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about World Speech Day, which occurs every year on or about March 15. Since our son and grandchildren were due to arrive on March 16 to spend their March Break with us, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Wildlife Wednesday
Tagged adventure, bee-eaters, Big Five, botswana, bucket lists, camping, elephants, family, giraffes, guinea fowl, hippos, kudu, leopard, lilac-breasted roller, rhinos, saddle-billed stork, secretary bird, serval, snakes, World Speech Day
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Why you should visit Canada’s Maritime provinces
The simplest explanation to why you should come visit our part of the world, tucked away in the northeast corner of North America, is because it is simply the best. But then again, I’m biased! Every place has a story … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Travel
Tagged Acadian Historic Village, Alexander Graham Bell, Atlantic Canada, Bay of Fundy, Canada, Cape Breton, Fortress Louisbourg, Halifax, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Kings Landing, lobster, Lunenburg, Maritimes, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Prince Edward Island, Shediac, tours, vacation ideas, whale watching
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Mount Everest just the world’s latest victim of tourist hordes
Thought-provoking article by Kelly McParland in the National Post (May 29, 2019) follows in full, for starters. ‘Once, you travelled the world to see the world. Now, you travel to shoot the perfect selfie. It might seem odd to equate a … Continue reading
Guadeloupe: there’s more to sun destinations than just sun, especially learning about new places
When we tell people that we’ve just come back from a week in Guadeloupe, it’s surprising how often the response is, “Where’s Guadeloupe?” It’s right in between several other popular Caribbean winter getaways that we northerners seek out – even … Continue reading
Posted in Sun destinations, Travel
Tagged bananas, France, French, Guadeloupe, history, Iles des Saintes, photography, rum, sugarcane, travel, tropical rain forest, winter
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Running and cycling races in enchanting Bhutan
If you’re looking for a cycling race or a road race that challenges you physically, boy, does Bhutan have some races for you. And if you’re looking for a cycling or running destination race that takes you to one of … Continue reading
China: empires come and empires go … and come back again
The New York Times is running a 5-part series on China, and it makes for fascinating reading and plenty of thinking. The first article, this past Saturday, was entitled “The Land that failed to fail”. The second article appeared almost immediately … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Travel
Tagged China, empires, Eurocentric history, history, innovation, lessons from history, longterm view, New York Times, perspectives, travel
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