Posts in Tag: waterfalls
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Alms Giving in Luang Prabang
This is my second post from the Laotian World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang on the Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. In the first post we visited four of the most important Buddhist temple complexes in the city. In this post we are going to become more than just gawking tourists and become active participants […]
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The Granite Coast – Start Exploring the Rock
It’s our first full day in Newfoundland and Labrador and Alison and I are eager to get started exploring. We have a jam packed two week schedule that will take us to Labrador and the top of the Great Northern Peninsula. Along the way we will visit three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a national park, […]
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Creel – Miracle of Stone & Water
This is my third post on the 2019 SATW pre-conference trip to the Copper Canyon area of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. In the first I described the incredible train ride from the city of Chihuahua to Copper Canyon aboard the last passenger train in Mexico, El Chepe. In the second, I explored the wonders […]
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Mississagi River Valley – Ontario at Its Best
I’m driving along the Trans-Canada Highway in northern Ontario passing towns I haven’t thought about since I lived in the small company town of Lively, just outside of Sudbury, more years ago than I care to confess to. Espanola, Spanish, Blind River and Iron Bridge go by before I arrive at Thessalon and the right […]
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Victoria Falls With Adventures Abroad
Alison and I have just completed a 12 day tour of Namibia with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. Here’s a post giving you all the reasons why this is a must-do trip if you like to get off the beaten track and experience a country that is only now coming into its own as a […]
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Golden Circle Route – Iceland in a Day
I first wrote this post in August 2018 and suspect that if you are able to get to Iceland post Covid-19 that a tour of the Golden Circle Route will be a lot more pleasant experience than it was when we toured it then. The natural and historical highlights will remain as good as ever, […]
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Oconee County, SC – 7 Great Reasons to Visit
At the 2017 Society of American Travel Writers conference in Portland, Oregon I had the pleasure of meeting with Ken Sloan, tourism rep for Oconee County, South Carolina. He showed me enough about the county and was so genuine in his belief about its rightful place as a top tourist destination, that I decided to […]
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Lane County Oregon – Covered Bridges, Waterfalls & Wine
In a state that has far more to see and do than almost any other in the lower 48, it’s hard to single out one county as being exceptional, the best of the best as it were, but I’m going to do just that in this post. I nominate Lane County as being the most […]
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Chutes du Coulonge – Adrenalin Rush at the Adventure Park
In this post my son Dale and I will visit the Chutes du Coulonge in Quebec and visit the falls and the Adventure Park there which includes some truly hair raising challenges. But first, a few words on how we ended up in this seldom visited region of the province. For the past five years […]