A Ta(i)le of Two Fawns

I wrote an article for the Coast Reporter, the Sunshine Coast newspaper. It was a great experience and a learning curve, the biggest of which was going on a word diet! On my blog no-one tells me I can only have 500 words! LOL. But I was really pleased and it was for a good…

TC Does a Turkish Bath…

… and everyone survived! LOL. April 2019 I love massages and steam rooms so I assumed I would love Turkish Baths. I managed to navigate my way through the maze of cultural differences, language barriers and a set of rules that no one bothers to tell you. It made for embarrassing moments, for me –…

My Journey, Thus Far

I decided that I need to lay it out in one post, as much for me as for you. I want to see it altogether. So this will change as I update it. It starts when I truly began to travel, my 1st trip to Africa. I had done several trips to Mexico before and…

First Night in Luxor

By the time the Ashwan-Luxor train spit me out, the sky was a breath away from dusk. By the time I made it from the station to the promenade along the Nile, the lights were shining off the water and the warmth of the day was seeping away.

Yellow Wood Forest’s Magical Kingdom

One of Morgan Bay’s jewels is a campground/cottages/restaurant combo called Yellow Wood Forest. It was started 20 years ago by hippie types and has grown into an Morgan Bay institution. It is a sprawling place with camp spots tucked between the trees and some eclectic cottages and dorms sprinkled around. The river runs through the…