Our plans, decisions, and adventures
Most of our posts are focused on the locations we are visiting rather than on the details of our accommodation. We are now in the beautiful village of Metchosin, just outside of Victoria, British Columbia, but it is our accommodation that is the adventure, thus the focus of this missive.
Continue reading “Housesit: We’ve chosen Metchosin”
We aren’t able to join every year, but we try to be in Washington for the annual family gathering at Millersylvania State Park. As always, it was a wonderful 4 days with a group of about 50 amazing family members and pseudo family members (AKA friends) hosted by Norma, the 91-year-old matriarch who oozes energy, love and gratitude.
Continue reading “Washington: Anacortes and Guemes Island”
It was hard to leave the warmth of Southeast Asia at the beginning of March. We had only been there for 3 months, which seemed much too short, but we had medical commitments in Calgary, so leave we did.
Continue reading “Calgary in … spring?”
Singapore was our last stop on this Southeast Asia tour. We had planned 5 nights–only 4 full days–to get to know this island city-state so we knew we would have to use a different strategy from our usual slow-and-easy travel.
Continue reading “Singapore”
We had read about Malacca–that it was a pretty town, a seaside town, a town full of history–so we added it as a stop on our way from Penang to Singapore. I won’t dispute any of these adjectives, but I will add one more to the bottom of the list.
Continue reading “Malacca: Wanderings”
Kuala Lumpur (often shortened to KL) was full of surprises for us.
First, its size. We hadn’t been in a big city for a while and hadn’t really researched this one before we arrived. So our first view had us jaws agape as we ogled the skyscrapers that populate the city.
Continue reading “Kuala Lumpur: Wanderings”
I knew there were stairs involved and caves, but I hadn’t realized there would be so much colour. I also knew that the Batu Caves play a significant role in Malaysian Thaipusam celebrations, which should have given me a clue.
Continue reading “Kuala Lumpur: Batu Caves”
We spent a month in Penang and had many opportunities to bus or Grab into town and wander (our home was in Miami Green, about 10km from the center of George Town). This post provides a little taste of our month of exploration.
Continue reading “Penang: George Town Wanderings”
For Chinese New Year, Kek Lok Si temple is all dressed up in her finest and the crowds come to admire her.
Continue reading “Penang: Kek Lok Si”
Penang is a small island. Though most of the population and activity is in George Town, in the northeast corner, extending south and west from there, we thought it might be a fun day trip to rent a car and circumnavigate the island. Our new friends, Karen and Rick, thought so, too, so we set a date and arranged the car.
Continue reading “Penang: Road Trip”
One way to get a different perspective on Penang is to get up to the top of Penang Hill.
In past years, getting to the top of the hill, a distance of almost 2 km from the lower station, took about 40 minutes. Since 2012 the trip takes only 4 1/2 minutes aboard a fast, steep train.
Continue reading “Penang: Atop the hill”Just left: Metchosin, BC, Canada
Now: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Up next: Road trip!
