Travel Through Japan with a Cat and a Japanese Soldier
This month I travel the furthest I have ever journeyed in books – Japan enjoying the Japanese countryside in The Travelling Cat Chronicles and one of Japan’s former islands and WWII history in The Emperor of Any Place. The...
The Culture and Beauty of Japan and Venice
The more I read about Japan, the higher the country – its history, culture, and beauty – inches up on my travel list. The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns ($33.50, HarperCollins Canada) sweeps readers back to Japan to the...
Wreck Dive: USS Liberty: Tulamben, Bali
We are picked up at 7:00 this morning at our hotel by Sophie, a charming young Frenchwoman, who owns a dive shop, just up the street called Safari Bali We are off to Tulamben, on the northeast coast, to dive. But more...
Panicky Moments Diving the Great Barrier Reef
Success! We are certified divers. Well, that treading water for 10 minutes and swimming 200 metres on Tuesday, February 3rd was only the beginning of one of the most exciting and eventful parts of our journey so far. As of...
Searching for ‘Roos on Kangaroo Island, Australia
This is one of those days that Greg has been dreading. Up at 5:30!!!!! On the bus at 6:30 for the 2-hour ride to the ferry (45 minutes) that takes us across to Kangaroo Island, where there is a huge wildlife sanctuary, Flinders...
Diving the Great Barrier Reef
Although it rains heavily again last night, the sun wakes us early – a good thing as we have booked dives for today, and we need to be on the pier by 8:00. We are diving from a different boat today than our other dives: while we...