Photography
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Antelope Canyon
The next morning we didn’t have to be out of the Air B’n’B until 10 a.m., so it was a slow start but once we had breakfast we were on the road again. This time in the direction of Page, Arizona. This is where Antelope Canyon is located. I was so excited to spend time hiking here. The drive takes you almost to the border of Utah. We stopped at Horseshoe Bend. A natural formation caused by the Colorado River eroding away the landscape for millions of years. This feature looks like it could be part of the Grand Canyon but is actually further north than the Grand Canyon. Of…
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Grand Canyon
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Grand Canyon
Earth is older than humans can really grasp. It has been around for billions of years and will remain for billions more. Throughout time species have come and gone, continents have drifted together and apart, landscapes have changed. Some changes are so small we never notice. Some are so large that they leave something, like the Grand Canyon, behind.
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Antelope Canyon
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Mokoro Cruising
Cruising A Mokoro is traditionally a dug-out canoe made from a single tree. The availability of inexpensive alternatives means that most tour companies use boats made from plastic or fibreglass. The boat is not the important part, the adventure we had is. After travelling from Khama Rhino Sanctuary, we were picked up from our hotel early in the morning and were taken to the edge of Maun city where we waited for a motorboat to be ready for us. The boat was to take us up the river to the Mokoro pickup site. The trip upriver was beautiful. So far we had seen dry yellow grasses but near the river,…
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Khama Rhino Sanctuary
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Khama Rhino Sanctuary
We arrived in Johannesburg very early after almost 40 hours of travel. Luckily we were met by our tour guide Stephen, from Expelendor Tours, and his wife Emily. They loaded us up into the van and off we went, to find wild rhino. Our goal for the day was to cross the border into Botswana and reach Khama Rhino Sanctuary where we would have our first game drive to encounter animals before staying on the property for the night. The first animal we ran into were Impala. We soon came to learn that these guys are everywhere. We saw these two, a Tsessebe bull and a female. Finding more antelope,…
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Mokoro Cruising
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh is an amazing city, not only does it have modern significance, as the capital of Scotland and the birthplace of Harry Potter, it also has an amazing history everywhere you turn. It was very different from Glasgow. We got a hop-on hop-off bus pass to limit the amount of walking we were doing. The first place we wanted to go to towers over the city. It’s Edinburgh Castle. The castle has stood since at least the 12th century and is one of the most attacked places in the world. The castle stands tall on Castle Rock and is one end of the Royal Mile. Walking the Royal Mile means…
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Glasgow
Glasgow is an amazing city. It has buildings and places that have been around longer than Canada has even been a country. Kathy and I explored on our own. The rest of the family went to Troon. The Open, a PGA event, was being held in Troon and dad wanted to go. After a lazy morning, we headed back to a large pink/red stone building we had seen the night before. It was the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. The inside and outside were both pretty amazing. From the Art Gallery we could see a tower from the University of Glasgow and it called to us. So we used to tower to…
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Cliffs of Moher
We were up and in the car to head out to the Cliffs of Moher. This is one of the most known sights in Ireland. I couldn’t wait to get there. When you arrive there are shops and Guest Services you can stop at (built right into the hills) or pre-load the Cliffs of Moher app to by pass lines. You will notice quickly that there are many fences and signs warning you away from the edge of the cliffs. This is for your own safety. It’s a long way down. The day was windy and cloudy with a bit of rain but that didn’t take away from the experience…
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Ring of Kerry
After leaving Blarney (read about it here) our plan for the day was to drive up to Killerney on the highway and then go around the Ring of Kerry, stopping where ever tickled our fancy. The Ring of Kerry is a roughly 4 hour drive around a peninsula in south west Ireland. It’s full of breath-taking views along a mostly coastal road. We found beaches of pink rocks, so nice even the cloudy weather couldn’t bring us down. Along the way there were many tiny towns and stunning views. There were access tunnels hidden in hill sides. We didn’t enter but I imagine that there could be any number of…
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