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The Middle Kingdom

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: June 01, 2013
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The Middle Kingdom

Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to me ...

Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to meet Chinese women working in science, at home, in politics, on farms and in factories; and to to ...

June 01, 2013
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Exploring the Thames River

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: June 01, 2013
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Exploring the Thames River

Of Britain’s thousands of footpaths, the Thames River Path seems perfect for our self-guided walking holi ...

Of Britain’s thousands of footpaths, the Thames River Path seems perfect for our self-guided walking holiday. Maps, guidebook and baggage transfers to pre-booked lodgings make it possible. So, with ou ...

June 01, 2013
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Prevent Jet Lag

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: June 01, 2013
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Prevent Jet Lag

Flying to a different time zone? Jet lag can leave you feeling fatigued, affecting the first few days of ...

Flying to a different time zone? Jet lag can leave you feeling fatigued, affecting the first few days of your trip. And it creates other symptoms like dehydration, indigestion, inability to concentrat ...

June 01, 2013
| by Eve Lees

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Beautiful Blissful Bali

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: January 01, 2013
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Beautiful Blissful Bali

Our usual budget-mode of travel is thrown to the soft tropical breezes. Rick and I decide to lavish ourse ...

Our usual budget-mode of travel is thrown to the soft tropical breezes. Rick and I decide to lavish ourselves in a bit of luxury… heck, über-pampering even. After all, it is our Wedding Anniversary we ...

January 01, 2013
| by Irene Butler

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Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: December 01, 2012
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Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing e ...

As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing even one golf course! Our discoveries begin on horseback just outside Scottsdale. Slapping on co ...

December 01, 2012
| by Chris & Rick Millikan

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A Trans-Kalahari Adventure

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: March 01, 2012
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A Trans-Kalahari Adventure

The Trans-Kalahari Adventure is a guided 21-day safari starting in Cape Town, South Africa and ending in ...

The Trans-Kalahari Adventure is a guided 21-day safari starting in Cape Town, South Africa and ending in Livingstone, Zambia via Namibia and Botswana. Accommodations range from historic guest houses t ...

March 01, 2012
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Captivating Kyiv

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: January 01, 2012
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Captivating Kyiv

My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukrai ...

My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukraine have long been lost, I feel the tug of my ancestral roots as I step onto Kyiv soil. Within m ...

January 01, 2012
| by Irene Butler

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Memory, Motivation, and Moxie

Posted by Chris Millikan
|Date: December 01, 2011
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Memory, Motivation, and Moxie

Prelude Ordinary seniors enjoy brisk walks in the park, some moderate hiking or cycling and swimming laps ...

Prelude Ordinary seniors enjoy brisk walks in the park, some moderate hiking or cycling and swimming laps each week. But, at 60-something, Marian Lowery is no ordinary senior! A retired educator marri ...

December 01, 2011
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Skyscrapers, Souqs, and Sandscapes of Qatar

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: December 01, 2011
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Skyscrapers, Souqs, and Sandscapes of Qatar

Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey ...

Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey through the Arabian Peninsula has not waned. Sixty years later, I am to realize this dream. My ...

December 01, 2011
| by Irene Butler

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Cowpokes and Collies

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: July 01, 2011
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Cowpokes and Collies

Standing amid elegant log structures, we gaze eastward over green pasturelands rolling toward the Marble ...

Standing amid elegant log structures, we gaze eastward over green pasturelands rolling toward the Marble Mountains. To the west, wooded hills border a grassy valley that goes on forever. Echo Valley R ...

July 01, 2011
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Soaking in Adventure

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: July 01, 2011
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Soaking in Adventure

During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfield ...

During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfields. Falling from a canoe, a prospector expecting frigid waters discovered a future hotspot inste ...

July 01, 2011
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Whirling Through French Canada

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: June 01, 2011
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Whirling Through French Canada

Packing a French dictionary, we're off to Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, an hour's flight from Montreal. Our expe ...

Packing a French dictionary, we're off to Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, an hour's flight from Montreal. Our experiences extraordinaire begin along the shores of Saguenay fjord at Nouvelle-France. Inside its ...

June 01, 2011
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The Place of Caves

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: June 01, 2011
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The Place of Caves

Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name co ...

Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name coined by the Portuguese when they landed on its shores in the 1500s. In 1864, however, British a ...

June 01, 2011
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Dung Beetles Have Right-of-Way

Posted by Julie Ferguson
|Date: June 01, 2011
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Dung Beetles Have Right-of-Way

Dung beetles have right-of-way here! Nothing else, not even pedestrians, just dung beetles. I’m in South ...

Dung beetles have right-of-way here! Nothing else, not even pedestrians, just dung beetles. I’m in South Africa and road signs proclaiming this law are everywhere. I first encounter the beetles in a g ...

June 01, 2011
| by Julie Ferguson

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Hanging Loose in Paradise

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: August 03, 2010
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Hanging Loose in Paradise

Honolulu makes a perfect one-week, hang-loose holiday. Nixing the rental car, we invest in trolley passes ...

Honolulu makes a perfect one-week, hang-loose holiday. Nixing the rental car, we invest in trolley passes for travelling to outlying attractions and sturdy sandals for robust walks around bustling Wai ...

August 03, 2010
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