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Salento
This is a gorgeous town situated in Colombia’s coffee country. The town is colourful and quaint and is able to keep its charm despite a high number of tourists. My main reason for coming here was to see the Cocora valley, known for its 60 m high wax palms. Here’s what I saw: A local
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Back to Colombia
I arrived in Cartagena March 26 for a 2 week trip covering Cartagena, Santa Marta, Salento, Medellín and, the highlight, la Ciudad Perdida, a 4-day trek into the jungle to see an indigenous “lost city”. Here are my photos thus far. From Cartagena: Walking around Getsemani neighbourhood: Shoeshine stall A really great pizza restaurant Two
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Winter getaway part II
(Late posting of my trip late November early December) After four fun filled days in England I was off to Dublin. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I heard good things from less seasoned travellers I know and really bad reviews from a very seasoned traveller and trusted friend. In her opinion, Dubliners seemed
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Winter getaway – Part I
Here are some photos of my trip to Manchester and Dublin from late November and early December. It was a short trip but I packed in lots. I definitely felt that Manchester had more to offer and I came away with the impression that Dublin, though beautiful, is becoming a horrible tourist trap. I got
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Hola de Colombia
Medellín, Colombia I’m sitting in a hotel that was built by the druglord Pablo Escobar, or so recounted the taxi driver when he dropped me off here. I’m not interested in the life or death of the man whose gang laid waste to this city for over a decade as they fought to control the
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Garden of Eden
If you were looking for a window into the earliest periods of Earth’s existence, Gros Morne National Park would be the place to start. And if you wanted to see some of the most stunning scenery in Canada, you can’t do much better than here. The park is situated on the western shore of Newfoundland
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Escape from St. John’s
On Monday I got on the road to drive to my first destination, Terra Nova National Park. The park, situated about a 3 hour drive from St. John’s, is the lesser known of Newfoundland and Labrador’s great national parks but deserves a visit. The park is full of great hiking trails. I was only there
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Return to the Rock
As with most places I’ve travelled to for a second time, one of my first thoughts upon arriving in St. John’s on Friday was “where did the time go?” The previous time I was here was 21 years ago. I was in my 20s then, an idealistic hill staffer who still had hair. My only
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Backcountry style
September 6-7 I did a fair bit of hiking on this trip. Unlike hiking back home, all of Yukon is bear country and so I’ve had to mentally prepare myself for the eventuality that I would find myself face to face with a bear. I have bear spray but that is only used in certain
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Stepping into the Yukon cathedral
September 3-5 After a quick overnight in Whitehorse to swap out my enormous SUV for something more economical and to replenish my supplies, and to eat an enormous dinner at the very popular Klondike Rib and Salmon restaurant that looked like THIS: I headed west to Haines Junction in the foothills of the towering St.
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