• DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

    Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...

    Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...

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  • ROAMING GREAT BRITAIN

    The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather ...

    The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather. I welcome the brisk breeze from the North Sea, as even Britain, known for its cool, grey weat ...

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  • KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT: HAWAII’S FIRST KING

    Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Is ...

    Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Island… A lifelike statue in little Kapa’au town honours this extraordinary king. Heading west, w ...

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  • GOING WITH THE FLOW IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

    When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I ...

    When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I were on a Viking European River cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, but because of high water le ...

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  • ODE TO A CANADIAN WINTER

    Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbi ...

    Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbirds among us, the thought of not spending our winter under a palm tree in Mexico or in a golf c ...

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  • IF HORSES COULD FLY

    As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose gr ...

    As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose grunting and crashing through the bush 25 metres away. At the tail end of another 100 days of fly ...

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