Khabarovsk to Ulan-Ude (June 17-18, 2019) I’m posting some photos with little or no explanations. Some photos will be a wee bit blurry because we were, after all, going by on a train. These buildings are train stations. Beautiful. We didn’t pass a station that didn’t look like a period piece, and construction was going […]
Khabarovsk (June 14-16, 2019) Khabarovsk (Kah-BAR-ovsk) is a large city (605,000 population) in the Russian Far East, situated on the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur Rivers. The Amur is one of the great rivers of the world, over 4,000 km long, and it forms the border between China and the Russian Far East, and
Vladivostok June 12/13 2019 OK, Russia here we come! Very excited about seeing Vladivostok. The Aeroflot flight over from Seoul was just fine, which means we didn’t die. (Steve) has a low standard for success when it comes to flying). The days of Aeroflot planes being flying deathtraps are long gone, they’re now running Airbuses
Seoul (June 8-11, 2019) Trans-Pacific flight. Aargh. Either we’re getting older or the planet is getting bigger. Nuff said. We decided to start our trip with 4 days in Korea as Russia limits visas to 30 days and we didn’t want to waste a couple on jet lag. Besides, who doesn’t want to visit Korea?
about the trip First, let me begin our journey with a few facts from a book and from my experiences. Steve and I are on a journey from Kamloops to Seoul, Korea to Russia (from east to west). Then home via Helsinki, Finland and Reykjavik, Iceland, and then via Edmonton to Kamloops. In retrospect, our
February 22, 2017 – Birds of Huatulco I expect that bird-watching doesn’t rate very high on many of your to-do lists…. Actually, it didn’t on mine either, but the amount and variety of birds down here have captured my attention for the past two months or so. So, if you don’t particularly like photos of
February 21, 2017 – Pluma Hidalgo Debbi’s pen pal (of 51 years), Linda, her husband Barry, and her sister, Marlene from Edmonton, are here in an all-inclusive resort in Tangolunda for two weeks, and we thought it would be fun to go on a tour together. Deb contacted our friend Enrique (our Mexican Landlord
January 29, 2017 – Puerto Angel, Zipolite, and Mazunte. It’s been a while since our last post. We’ve gotten more involved in the social scene here, which means volleyball three times a week, Deb’s yoga sessions and Spanish classes, our bird-watching (birds are social), and a few other things. Or maybe we’ve just been procrastinating!
January 15, 2017 – Playa Tangolunda Playa Tangolunda is located five kilometers east of Santa Cruz and is home to the largest concentration of all-inclusive resorts in the area. We’ve heard that it has a pretty good beach, but the hotels make access to it really difficult, as you can’t just walk through their properties. Fortunately,
January 10, 2017 – Puerto Escondido. So here it is, January 5, almost our one-month anniversary in Huatulco, and we haven’t had an adventure for like two weeks. So we’re off to Puerto Escondido, which is another beach town about 2 hours west of us by bus. We have a hotel for 2 nights, so we
