Warning: politic Alert

(the small p was intentional.) As a traveller I believe that political trends are like pollution, sooner or later they are going to wash up on our shores. Because of that (and so much more)  I tend to react to disturbing news concerning my sisters in other  countries. Brazil has me disturbed.

Weird Way to Spend a Weekend

For some time I’ve been hatching a plan to spend a couple of days at the Jericho Beach Hostel in Vancouver. It has fascinated me in that it is not where one would think a typical hostel should be, which is in the centre of all the action. Nope this one is out at Jericho Beach on…

Mother’s Love Bonds

When I was in Tanzania with my good friend Kerry, we visited a Masai village and took part in the women’s dance. Of course there were children and of course Kerry, the architypical mom, gushed. She was a newly minted Grand-mom and it took very little encouragement for her to whip out photos of the…

A Thai Walk

It was the last day at the Elephant Nature Park , and only a few hours before the van would take me to the airport and away from this amazing place. So my 2 BFFs and I decided to hike to the hill temple … however a few minutes shuffling along the side of a dusty road had us…