Guayaquil – Ecuador’s largest city is hot and humid. The sprawling city boasts a tropical, savanna climate. I have always visited during the first half of the year, when afternoon…

Make sure to check out the photo gallery at the bottom of the page! Ecuador Lunch at 3100 meters, before flying to sea level the following day Straddling the equator,…

Just to clarify – that is the Chilean flag, not Texan! February is high summer in Chile. Our planet’s longest, thinnest country is incredible. The entire west is defined by…

Yesterday I sat on a street corner in Cuenca, Ecuador and talked with Cesar from Maracaibo, Venezuela. He was sitting with his 5 year old daughter. His wife had gone…

Banff and Region Today The actual Townsite of Banff – as differentiated from the National Park – is one of a few rare municipalities inside a protected, and nationally managed…

“If we can’t export the scenery, we’ll have to import the tourists.” William Cornelius Van Horne, General Manager and subsequent President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1880’s Banff National Park,…

The new Canadian $10 bill has been released and it is visually impressive. It is of course plastic, see-through and has a woman’s face on one side. Canadians are accustomed…

Ah British food… Lamb & Yorkshire pudding – a classic Sunday lunch At its best, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (something I really do enjoy). At its typical, fried scampi…

After several work and personal trips to Colombia, this was the first time I developed a tour to actually take a group myself- it turned out to be one of…

YYC My trip to England began very well. We left our home in the Rockies and drove to the airport. Once on our Air Canada flight, we were lucky enough…