This has been a mountainous summer. Two countries, three jurisdictions, but just one time zone – mountain time (my time)! The University of Calgary Rather than travelling east-west, I have made…

Reflecting on New England As my refined smorgasbord of lobster, quaint towns, beautiful coastlines, rolling mountains and the extremely rich has come to an end, this is an opportunity to…

It had to be done! A handstand atop Cadillac Mountain 🙂 The New England Coast is beautiful. Naturally beautiful, architecturally beautiful and culturally beautiful. The highest point on the American…

Classic Cuban: meat, fried plantain, rice and beans Rice and beans? Or; Beans and rice? … Your choice!  And thus has been Cuba’s culinary reputation since Cuba began opening as…

Sunset from Mallory Square is one of the most famous sunsets in the world “… we’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow …” – The Beach Boys…

It is quite possible I have now found my favourite (very) large city. Seoul is huge, lively, interesting, extremely friendly, reasonably affordable and easy to get around. We really only…

The train route between the two capitals. My photo is a little artsy, but factual. The border is entirely barricaded and closed. On my very first visit to the Korean…

A replica of the bomb dropped over Hiroshima At 8:15 AM, August 6, 1945, the militarized southern Japanese city of Hiroshima was utterly destroyed by the first ever atomic bomb…

It has been a long time since I have visited a place I have never before been. The Land of the Rising Sun is a place I have wanted to…

These iconic Moai were toppled and then further destroyed by a Tsunami triggered by the 1960 earthquake in southern Chile (rebuilt with Japanese money) Two mysterious Moai statues on the…