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“I’ll meet you at Grand Central Station,” he said. I’d tried twice before to go to New York. The first time was almost thirty years ago, shortly after I’d graduated from art school—the obligatory pilgrimage. I canceled the trip due to a pending divorce. The second aborted attempt also had something to do with a…
Looking for a tango partner, read the Craigslist ad. I’d been in Buenos Aires a few months and was searching for the same. He was originally from New York, living in Argentina for … reasons he’d not want me to mention. We became good friends. “I don’t want to visit New York until you’re back…
Friend and fellow traveler, Duncan Stroud, is my guest blogger—to start off the New Year. Narrowly escaping death, as he has so many times in the past, he shares his journey home from Ecuador to Argentina. “Travel Tip: Don’t plan to travel on New Years Day if you are in a small mountain village and…
Ironically, surrounded by water, Baja California Sur experienced an 8-month drought before tropical storm Lidia quenched it over the Labour Day weekend. It was a bittersweet reprieve. Although the flora was nourished, structures were destroyed and people died. Three years earlier, Odile had ravaged the same area on a grander scale. It’s an area seemingly…
We arrived in Bali and found a taxi to our hotel, I would stay with Amy and Chan one more night, since I wasn’t able to book a place on my own in time. It was NICE! We hung out at the pool for a bit, where they happened to be having a photo shoot.…
I caught a taxi to Om Ham Retreat in Ubud. I would spend three nights at this yoga/spa resort. Ubud was so beautiful! Driving past all the greenery and color pops of flowers along the way. We arrived at the resort, seemed to be out of the busy, touristy part of town and situated right…
Being about 14 hours apart in time zones, I look forward to hearing from my daughters either in the morning or in the evening. I woke up to this text: “I have not been affected by the earthquake. …” WHAT EARTHQUAKE?! Not only was the event something that didn’t make news in Canada, the 6.5…
We arrived at our hotel early, so checked our bags and went across the street to the Marina Bay Sands Shopping Centre and had ramen and coffee in the food court. After a rest back at the hotel, we headed up to the rooftop infinity pool. It was spectacular! From the fifty-seventh floor, we were…
Koh Phi Phi is a group of islands in the Strait of Malacca between Phuket and the mainland. The beach was so beautiful and white and the water was such a pretty aqua color. We checked into our lovely hotel and went to eat mango and sticky rice. Then, we went to the beach and…