Greetings from Hanoi’s Old Quarter, a maze of one-way streets and free-flowing chaos. Shops, hotels, travel agents, merchants, street stalls selling pho and other foods, taxi drivers, buses, tourists, locals going about their business… and the motorbikes. The millions of…
Chasing daylight
Hello from the Land of the Rising Sun, otherwise known as tomorrow. I’m here in Tokyo’s Narita Airport after a 14-hour flight during which the sun never set. That’s right – we left New York around noon, flew over the…
The early bird … is someone else
To put it mildly, I’m not exactly a morning person. So you might think that after all these years of travel, I would’ve figured out not to book 6:30am flights. But that would assume a level of intelligence that is,…
Some pre-departure practicalities
I leave for Vietnam in about a week, and I thought this would be a good chance to review a few pre-trip practical details. Will that be Visa or…? Those quirky Communist governments being what they are, you need a…
“Mom, Dad, I’m going to Vietnam…”
“Mom, Dad, I’m going to Vietnam.” Yeah, that’s a phrase whose meaning has changed over time. Although you wouldn’t know it from my parents’ reactions. “Why do you want to go THERE???” was the response from my incredulous mother when…
Home sweet home again
Return to Montreal
Back to Ottawa
Return to Ottawa. Lunch at the Scone Witch. Shopping in the Glebe.
Halifax stopover
Another stopover in Halifax
Return to St. John’s
Drive back to St. John’s ahead of Hurricane Maria. Hanging out at Bagel Cafe to wait for the hurricane to pass. Hurricane never arrived. Dinner at the pub, followed by traditional music session at Erin’s. Screech and more Doyle back…
Trinity
Arrival in Trinity. 1840s heritage cottage B&B. Hiking the Skerwink Trail. Dinner at the Two Whales. Watching Republic of Doyle at the B&B.