Dear friends, As I mentioned in a previous blog, my friends Pauline and Mark have a Nursery Garden and Landscaping business with an emphasis on unusal and very scented plants, so their company name 'SCENTSATIONAL' is very appropriate. Their garden is full, full of fabulous plants and now in the summer many of the flowers [...]
Dear friends, On Canada Day, this year celebrating 150 years, we began of course with a truly Canadian breakfast - pancakes, bacon, maple syrup and strawberries - YUM! We were joined by another old primary school friend, Judi and her husband Tim. I had found an old school photo from 60 years ago, and Pauline, [...]
Dear friends, Travelled from Denver to Victoria via Vancouver to spend a week on Vancouver Island catching up with one of my oldest friends from Primary School Days, Pauline and her husband Mark. The views as we approached Vancouver were pretty spectacular and we had a great view of Mt Baker as well. Hard to [...]
Dear friends, After our visit to the magnificent Mesa Verde, we drove on for several hours through beautiful forested country with still a number of mesas visible above the trees, with racing streams and small lakes alongside the road and still the snow clad mountains visible beyond. Looks like a lion's head or even a [...]
Dear friends, After three beautiful days in Wanaka, we left early to drive through the Haast Pass to the West Coast, passing along the western side of Lake Hawea and then back along the upper reaches of Lake Wanaka before continuing on through the valleys and gorges of the Haast to reach the coast. From [...]
Dear friends, For a long time I have been wanting to travel the Circular train route around Yangon, and finally, I have done it together with Andy, a friend since many years and newly established Tour Guide and Operator. Will tell you more about his business in a later blog just in case you are [...]
Greetings friends, For my last blog reporting on my recent trip to Sabah, I want to take you with me on a visit we made to Kalapuan Village in the Semporna Islands Park in the Celebes Sea off the west coast of Borneo, home to many Bajau Laut (Sea Gypsy) families, most of whom live [...]