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NameAn old-fashioned Christmas
DescriptionFlames from giant bonfires burst into the night air, illuminating the gently flowing Ottawa River and the tepee on the edge of the woods , is is Christmas night. My husband and I cradle mugs of hot chocolate in gloved hands…
NameJust in case
DescriptionBags stacked on top of bags. the front porch looks like the rallying point for a platoon of soldiers. Only the Kalashnikov rifles are missing. I try to ignore the mutterings of, “Why do we have to take this lot? Anyone would think we were going up the Amazon”.
DescriptionSomewhere between Kimberley and Christiana in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, I sip champagne and lie back in the warm depths of Victorian claw-foot bathtub. Outside, the sky deepens from soft shades of pink and blue to an explosion of orange and red lights.
DescriptionBarcelona seduces you. City of design, with a rich history of textile production, art, and culture, and stunning architecture from Romanesque… to Gothic… to Baroque… to the school of modernisme.
NameAcapulco gold
DescriptionACAPULCO – THINK OF ACAPULCO AND what springs to mind? Highrise hotels as far as the eye can eye, discos, night-culbs, fast food restaurants, Wal-Mart and gap stores. All the paraphernalia I like to leave behind
DescriptionCORTENNANO, Italy – Bats swoop and dive in the violet-streaked dusk. A breeze ripples across the terrace high above the valley, carrying with it the heat of the day. Cypress tress sway as i savour the strong fruit flavour of local Vernaccia wine…
DescriptionHUE, Vietnam – I stare at the seemingly innocuous Austin motorcar. It’s the vehicle that was driven by the monk Thich Quang Duc from the Thien Mu Pagoda in Central Vietnam to Saigon…
NameRediscovering the fanciful treasures of Gaudi’s Barcelona
DescriptionEnormous raindrops bounced like popcorn on umbrellas and the grey-tinged street. I looked at my wet shoes and wondered why a supposedly sane person would stand for an hour and a half in torrential rain on the Carrer Noude la Rambla in Barcelona…
DescriptionBARCELONA, spain – Enormous raindrops bounced like popcorn on umbrellas and the grey-tinged street. I looked at my wet shoes and wondered why a supposedly sane person would stand for an hour and a half in torrential rain on the Carrer Noude la Rambla in Barcelona…
NameCambodia Calling
DescriptionFor three decades, travellers didn’t come to Cambodia. The country’s infrastructure and the lives of the people were destroyed by the anti-urban Pol Pot and his followers, the Khmer Rouge, and civil war…