Tag Archives: nature Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the northwestern coast of Canada’s British Columbia (BC), is a land of tall trees. And stories. The more I walked through the quiet and magical woods, and the more I learned about the mythical stories that originate here, the more enchanted I became. Haida Gwaii truly got under my skin! […]  I read a lot of historical fiction growing up. Much of it took place in “The Colonies”. So, I always had a fascination with India’s many Hill Stations. Finally! A couple of years ago, I had my chance: I was booked on two trips in India’s south, with a four week interval between them. To […]  You can’t beat the Sapphire Coast of NSW, Australia on a sunny day! As regular visitors to these pages know, I live in a beautiful corner of the world – but, I tend to get lazy when I’m at home and not venture any further than my own boardwalk along Curalo Lake in Eden, (eg: […]  You are never far from water on Haida Gwaii. This collection of around 150 islands in northwestern British Columbia (BC), Canada is home to the people of the Haida Nation – and has been for at least 13,000 years. The archipelago sits between 55 and 125 km (34 and 78 mi) from the BC mainland to the […]  The Lot is the longest tributary river in France. Its source is high in the Cévennes, from where it winds around 485 kilometres (301 mi) in a mostly westerly direction across south-central France, flowing into the Garonne near Aiguillon in the southwest. From the Middle Ages until into the 20th century, the river was the […] |
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