Get your Airfare Refund!
Are you sitting on airline credits because of interrupted travel from Covid-19? I just got mine refunded. Want to know how? There is nothing more frustrating than having a flight (or two) canceled while traveling. Oh wait, there is, when the airline refuses to refund your fare. We had a mild amount of fun getting […]
Essential travel only
Help stop the spread of Covid-19 – essential travel only, read signs everywhere along the Trans Canada Highway. I think coming home is essential, but I’m not completely sure. Weeks before leaving Victoria, my anxiety level surrounding this road trip increased the closer we got to the date. We delayed a week, but that didn’t […]
Vancouver is opening for business
Our first stop on our Covid-19 road trip home to Pinawa is the beautiful Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver. This heritage hotel is located right on English Bay, on the edge of Stanley Park. My very pregnant (but you wouldn’t know it) and beautiful niece Chelsea, her partner Louie and Foxie their husky met us on […]
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Did we get the coronavirus? It was a joke among the four of us, Ken Louise, Ray and myself. Maybe it wasn’t that funny. When we left on our south-east Asia trip on January 21, the coronavirus outbreak was just hitting the news. It had been around for a couple of months, but no […]
Railay Beach, Thailand
Railay Beach, Thailand Located about an hour by long-tail boat from Krabi, Thailand Railay Beach is a backpackers dream. We are arriving on a large ferry from Koh Lanta. Within view of Railay a long boat met us to take us to shore. Jumping out of the boat right into the ocean, we waded to […]
Koh Lanta, Thailand
Ahhhh…. After a month of trains, planes, buses, boats and scooters through 3 countries, it’s time for a little vacation. A week on the beach is just what the husband ordered. Koh Lanta Koh means island in Thai. Lanta is in the middle of the Andaman Sea, accessible only by boat. It’s a relatively large […]
Adventure on the Andaman Sea
Snorkeling Thailand “Sometimes the only difference between an adventure and an ordeal is your state of mind.” Not everyone enjoyed crossing the wild Andaman Sea on a long-tail boat as much as I did. The wild rocking and rolling of the old wooden boat and the walls of water pouring over the side and over […]
The Killing Fields – Cambodia’s Bloody Legacy
We are travelling into Cambodia from Ho Chi Minh City by road, a five hour drive, so we can stop in Phnom Penh and visit The Killing Fields. Our “luxury” van Is filled with an interesting group. Murray is a travelling Brit. Yo and his son are currently exiled from China, their flights home canceled because […]
Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam’s cosmopolitan centre Saigon, renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976 is the country’s largest city. 13,5 million people call it home. On first impression, Saigon appears modern, clean and orderly, but spend a few days here and pretty soon the Vietnam will shine through. Traffic The roads in Saigon’s downtown are wide and pretty, […]
Hoi An, Vietnam
Hoi An, I don’t want to leave you yet. Thank you for your hospitality. Ho Chi Minh is calling, but only because I have flights booked. Even our arrival here is something to write about. We got off the train in de Nang dirty and tired and hopped on the back of a couple of […]
Pinawa Home for Sale
The old Pinawa homestead will be heading onto the market soon. This blog post is really just a courtesy for all those people that have told us to “let them know if we ever want to sell.” Now is your chance. 19 Alexander is an interesting home, with a colourful history. Sixty year olds in […]