Category: Around the World in 60 Days

Thursday, 10 June 2010 Winnipeg, Canada   Whole day on the rails trundling through flat as a pancake landscape. Having left the mountainous Canadian Rockies behind now crossing the Canadian Prairies. God. It’s flat. Am to spend the weekend in Winnipeg. To meet people I’ve never met before. But. We have a connection. My Great… Read more

Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Jasper, Canada Quick excursion up the Jasper Tramway. Don’t know why they call it a tramway. What they actually mean is a cable car. Whisks you up to 7,500ft for magnificent views back down into the valley and Jasper town below. Of course, the higher the altitude, the colder it is.… Read more

Tuesday, 8 June 2010 Jasper, Canada Day trip down the Icefield Parkway to the Columbia Icefield. Having paid for the trip last night, discover I’m not on the bus driver’s passenger list. So not going. Two others from the hotel are not on the list either. Despite having paid. Driver discovers the error of his… Read more

Monday, 7 June 2010 Jasper, Canada I’d love to tell you what a brilliant night’s sleep I had, dear reader. I really would. But. You know. Carriages creaking and bumping along the tracks. Makes for a noisy night. That not even Jameson’s can resolve. Following the Fraser River through the Canadian Rockies would be a… Read more

Sunday, 6 June 2010 Vancouver, Canada Disturbed to discover my credit cards are not working. Necessitates a discussion with a call centre in India. On a dodgy line. You can guess how it went. It’s a fraud check having picked up credit card activity in Korea on the same day as card activity in Vancouver.… Read more

Saturday, 5 June 2010 Vancouver, Canada Miss Vancouver is a morning person. I. On the other hand. Am not. You all know the drill by now. Do. Not. Disturb. The. Grumpy. Ogre. Who. Is. Asleep. Woken from a deep sleep at 0530hrs by that well known phrase, “Get your sorry ass off that pillow and… Read more

Friday, 4 June 2010 Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Fulfil one of life’s ambitions this morning. Making a driftwood fire on the beach and cooking breakfast on it. Oh yes. This. Is. The. Life. The beach a few steps away from the cabins. Collect kindle and larger bits of dry driftwood from the shoreline. Am… Read more

Thursday, 3 June 2010 Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Regular readers of the blog, and those that know me, will know that I don’t do mornings. So you can imagine the grumpy ogre that has to wake up at 0415hrs to catch the ferry to Hornby Island. There is only one 4.15 in my day,… Read more

Wednesday, 2 June 2010 Vancouver, Canada Another day. Another time zone. Another country. Another continent. Could’ve taken the bus to the airport but instead opt for a taxi. Mad Mary flies through the traffic and halves the time it would take the bus. Your life in their hands. Well, dear reader. It’s about 10hrs of… Read more

Tuesday, 1 June 2010 Seoul, South Korea Breakfast on the 19th floor of the Ibis hotel with window seat enjoying my brew looking out over the other tall buildings adjacent the hotel. Spot a young man in a suit and tie walk out of a door on to the roof of the building opposite me.… Read more