Posts in Tag: Hiking
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The Matterhorn – A Perfect Day in the Alps
This is a post I have been eager to write since experiencing one of the best days of hiking in my life last June in the Swiss alps with the Matterhorn looming in the background on every step. Alison and I are well into our Swiss hiking tour with Adventures Abroad led by our good […]
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Engadin Valley – Hiking Above St. Moritz
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad walking and hiking tour of Switzerland we took the train to St. Moritz and enjoyed a walk around this fabled resort town. We later paid a visit to the famous Heidi Hut and walked back down into St. Moritz from it. In this post we’ll undertake our […]
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Ua Pou – Marquesas’ Cathedral Island
In the last post we made landfall at Nuku Hiva the first of the Marquesas Islands we visited on this Adventures Abroad French Polynesia tour. There, among other things, we were treated to a display of the traditional island drumming, chanting and dancing in the shade of a sacred banyan tree. In this post the […]
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Switzerland with Adventures Abroad
Alison and I have just returned from our latest overseas excursion, a two week walking/hiking tour of Switzerland with Adventures Abroad which was quite a departure from our previous trip on a passenger/freighter in French Polynesia. The two trips could not have been more different in every aspect but one, we loved them both. What […]
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Great Caribou Island – Hiking From Battle Harbour
In the last post I extolled the many reasons why Battle Harbour is a must visit destination in Labrador. In this post I’ll add another one – hiking on Great Caribou Island. The island is literally only a minute away from Battle Harbour across a small strait or as they call them in Newfoundland and […]
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Gros Morne – Introducing A Canadian Treasure
It’s taken several days and six posts since we landed at Port aux Basques, but Alison and I have finally arrived at Gros Morne National Park which I truly believe to be a national treasure that every Canadian should visit at least once in a lifetime. Join us over the next few days as we […]
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Greenwich Dunes – The Best of PEI
This is my sixth post from a recent golf trip to Prince Edward Island, but Alison and I have been doing much more than just playing golf. During our stay in Mill River we took the time to explore some new destinations along the North Cape Coastal Drive in western PEI. While at Brudenell River […]
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Chiriqui Highlands – Search for the Quetzal
This is my fourth post on a recent visit to the country of Panama with Canadian travel company Adventures Abroad. The first three were all centered around activities in and around Panama City including a tour of the old and new city, a half transit of the Panama Canal and a visit to an Indigenous village. As […]
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Valle de Cocora – Unique Wax Palm Landscape
This is my ninth post from a recent trip to Colombia with my favourite travel company, Vancouver based Adventures Abroad. In the last post, after traveling by plane and bus to the remote town of Salento, we visited the nearby El Ocaso coffee farm and I finally got a taste of just how good real, fresh coffee can […]