Archives
Categories
- Albania
- Australia
- Bangkok
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Bhutan and India
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Chile
- Cozumel
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Eastern Canada
- Egypt
- Fiji
- France
- Galapagos
- Germany
- Hawaiian Islands
- Houston
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Little Cayman Island
- Maldives
- Miami
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Narita, Japan
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Planning and Packing
- Roatan
- Saba
- San Salvador, Bahamas
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Tanzania and Botswana
- Travels
- Utila, Honduras
- Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
- Western Canada
- Western United States
Tags
- Alberta
- Australia
- backcountry skiing
- backpacking
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Botswana
- Burma
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- carry on luggage
- Cozumel
- Cycle touring
- Denmark
- Dominica
- edmonton
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Galapagos
- Gold Coast
- Hawaii
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kona
- Maldives
- Mistaya Lodge
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- packing
- packing lists
- Philippines
- Rocky Mountains
- scuba
- scuba diving
- scuba diving gear
- shore diving
- Tanzania
- Tour of Alberta
- travel
- travel planning
- trip planning
- West Coast Trail
Author Archives: murray
On The Road Into Tonder
Today we stand in the main square in Tonder. Rise early, on the road at 8.09am and ride into Tonder before 1pm. No gravel today but most of the ride was on highway with no bike road and a shoulder … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Cycle touring, Denmark, Sonderborg, Tonder, Tonder Music Festival
Leave a comment
On the Road to Tonder Day 3
The first two days we spent traversing the islands of Falster and Lolland. Both these islands are similar to home in many ways. Denmark is about the same latitude as Edmonton so the climate should be similar as well. The … Continue reading
On the Road to Tonder
‘tun der’ or something close to that. We have asked several people how Tonder is pronounced and each person approaches it a little different. The one thing they all agree on is the ‘o’ is more or less a ‘u’ … Continue reading
Swim Across the Lake, Kelowna, BC
Debbie has been wanting and planning to swim across Lake Okanagan for 5 years. Today the plan is implemented. 2.1KM from the old ferry dock on the west side of lake to the main park in downtown Kelowna. 1300 people … Continue reading
Getting Old? Smelling the Roses
The roses are smelling stronger. We keep seeing smaller and less significant things. Flowers on the side of the trail. Clouds that look like a zeppelin or a dog chasing a rabbit or something. On the way to Vernon and … Continue reading
Bugs
Campground cleared out today. By the time we got out of the tent at 7am 1/2 of last nights guests had packed and left. By noon we were the only ones in our end. Seems like Wednesday is the crossover … Continue reading
Local Camping Trip
When we can avoid Hwy 2 to get to where we want to go, we do. There are several roads that go south to Dinosaur Provincial Park, our destination for a few days. We have traversed Hwy 21 quite a … Continue reading
Honolulu
The TSA decided to flex its muscles last night and pissed off a plane load of people. All in the name of keeping the USA safe of course. One can’t complain about such actions or we will get ourselves in … Continue reading
Last Thoughts
Just wanted to bring up how much Debbie has changed over the years. So we sit down at a table to order dinner. Just as we sit Debbie starts brushing the top of her back as if a fly is … Continue reading
Heading East
East is where home is and home is where we are headed. Still we have a few more days planned as stopovers to break up the long flight. Honiara is stop one. We only spent a day here on the … Continue reading