Welcome to my Travel page.
"One travels the world searching but returns home to find it"
This is one thing that is very important to me. I feel it is such an education to view the world in other people's eyes, as well as appreciate the things that we have. I also realize that no matter where I travel, people love to smile. One thing that I have discovered is that people who have very little are sometimes the happiest people. Hmmm. Something to think about.
Attached are some highlight photos of various trips around the world:
A little trip within our own city. Queen Elizabeth Park
November 2007 - Las Vegas
Las Vegas - Dale Chihuly blown glass in the foyer of Bellagio.
New York - Central Park
New York Subway
Victoria, BC - The Empress Hotel
La Habana, Cuba in December 2006.
This photo could have been taken 50 years ago.
With the embargo, nothing has been imported into the country so everything is old and falling apart. But in saying that, the people have music and sole and no one can ever take that away. The people are always dancing and listening to music.
The best thing about this picture is that the fan in the wall was actually still working. It was slowly turning with one of the blades slightly rubbing against the frame making the slightest scraping sound.
This was taken from the street into a courtyard. They had no idea I was there.
October 2006 - Family trip to Hawaii for my father's 85th birthday. The photo is of my brother and nephew. I just love the colour of the grass.
Sonora Fishing Lodge on Vancouver Island
October 2005 - Bogota, Columbia. Took some time away to visit this beautiful country. Extremely diverse topography, ranging from hot beaches in the west to mountain ranges in the east.
Overlooking Bogota from the mountainside. Heavy Spanish influence in the building styles with several new modern structures now being built.
From Bogota, hopped over to Cartegena (pronounced cart-e-hay-na) on the Caribbean Sea. Very lazy town with low colonial structures.
Spent a day on one of the islands. These two guys paddled up in a hand carved boat with one huge live crab and one huge live lobster. "Do we want lunch?" They paddled off , cooked them both up and brought them back. Simply the best food I have ever eaten, hands down.
February 2006. Spent a weekend away in Sedona and the Grand Canyon training for Everest.
Ran to the bottom of canyon and back up again. I dropped 5000' to the Colorado River. I therefore had to climb back up the same 5000'. Shorts and T-shirt at the bottom with snow at the top.
November 2000 At the side of the road in Birmingham, Alabama
January 1992 - Japan Hopped on the high speed train to Kyoto passing Mt. Fuji.
1990 - 1991 New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Mayasia, Fiji
Ayer's Rock at Sunrise
King's Canyon, Australia - I was a little crazy in my youth .
