Tag Archives: travel “I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.” ~ Dale Chihuly I was first “introduced” to Dale Chihuly’s glass installation-artworks in Canberra in 1999. It was while I was wandering around Floriade, Canberra’s festival of spring flowers which is held annually in the park along Lake Burley Griffin, that […]  Thailand is a treasure-trove of tropical plant life and ancient religious ruins. I like it best when the two coincide, as they do in Kamphaeng Phet: crumbling temples located on spacious well-tended sites, shaded by trees. Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park is part of the awkwardly-named UNESCO World Heritage Site: “Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic […]  I grew up in the Canadian prairies, not so far from the Alberta badlands. OK – so we lived in the city, but we did have old wagon wheels in the back yard and a wild and overgrown gully behind our home. It was cowboy and Indian country: I have dim memories of watching reruns of […]  I read a travel article some years ago, defending taking the “more travelled” road occasionally. I quite agree: as much as I like to get off the beaten track and away from “tourist spots”, there is something to be said for seeing iconic places for oneself. So it was with Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park’s […]  Olympic fever has gripped the television-watching-world. As I write this, the games are well into their second week and the people of the United Kingdom seem to have thrown themselves behind their Olympic athletes. Two weeks before the games started, however, the people I talked to in London were grumbling about the inconveniences the games were causing […] |
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