Last pic is of Little Tommy Cat–runs the Perhentian Island Resort with an iron paw. Yesterday we went snorkeling to 4 different spots for about 1h each. I was snorkeling in the deep blue sea for over 4 hours yesterday! … Read More
Snorkeling today at 2 different spots. The entire sea floor of the inlet our beach is on was once coral. It must have been unbelievably beautiful and alive. Most of it is dead now—tourist galore. However, the patches that are … Read More
Pics are from Taman Negara and Travellers Home resort. Things I have learned: -in the jungle you cannot age a tree by counting its rings—the trees have no rings. Their growing season is year round. -the small bats navigate by … Read More
A Journey Into The Oldest Rain Forest On Earth… Batek woman with young children. The Batek women’s sense of style is stunning. I love this mom’s wrap-style dress, full afro and hair accessories. She is beautiful and so are her … Read More
Taman Negara We have arrived deep into the oldest rainforest on earth. The trip here was amazing–like something out of a novel. The bus trip to the jetty was uneventful-3h long and then we arrived at the jetty. We had … Read More
Kuala Lumpur—just like I imagined a South Asian city. And no culture shock. Thanks to travel to Mexico and Europe and our recent trips to different cultures (South Texas and Hawaii helped, believe it or not) and especially Disney World. … Read More
First impressions: Plane Ride excruciatingly long. Felt like I had giraffe legs–could not get comfy! Hong Kong: Beautiful lush green mountains, stunning rock-rimmed ocean Islands, sky scrapers extraordinaire! City very compact in valleys and coast and mountains left in their … Read More
Peter and I taken a few minutes ago. We are at the Vancouver airport awaiting our 2 am flight to Hong Kong. We dined on personal pan pizzas a moment ago and Peter had the misfortune of dropping his on … Read More
My girls posing on the head of Ogopogo.Do you believe in the existence of Ogopogo? There have be documented sighting for centuries but more importantly the Okanagan First Nations believe that Ogopogo is the spirit of Okanagan Lake.We never look … Read More
Spring Fair at Tabs school. We brought along Nem and Artemi for the fun. Mistayas was a volunteer–that is her face-painting.It was a fun night for everyone and both Nem and Pip won themselves cakes at the cake walk.Tabs 3D … Read More
Pip as Strawberry Shortcake. I awoke at 3:45 am this morning to find my mind all ready busy writing poetry. And dang it, if it didn’t insist on making me haul my tired body out of bed to write it … Read More
Yesterday my girls were soaring. Tabs jumped over 3 meters at long jump and Pip had a wonderful time in the bouncy castle at her year-end preschool party. After track, I took Tabs with me to Pip’s party. Tabs loved … Read More
Nala, the baby beluga at the Vancouver aquarium has suddenly died. I took this picture of her last year, shortly after her birth. It is very sad as she died from a penny and some rocks lodged in her airway. … Read More