Author: scott
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Emails and feed now fixed
Read more: Emails and feed now fixedI discovered this morning that I had broken our email notifications and RSS feed back around April 9. Sorry about that! Anyway, it’s fixed now. For those subscribing via email, your next update will probably be a bit big… It will have some fun photos from our Songkram (Thai New Year) celebrations though! (For those…
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Tourists in Singapore
Read more: Tourists in SingaporeIn between running errands and going for a bike ride, we visited a few of the tourist attractions in Singapore: The River Walk, the Botanical Gardens including the National Orchid Garden, the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel, the Jurong Bird Park, and the Night Safari. We really enjoyed the Gardens and the Bird Park…
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On a ship to Singapore
Read more: On a ship to SingaporeWe’re on the Hanjin Brussels on our way to Singapore, so you won’t see much from us until the end of February, but if you’re feeling like you’re missing your fix, we’ve uploaded photos from December, January and part of February for your browsing pleasure. Enjoy!
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Walking in the desert
Read more: Walking in the desertWe picked up a rental car this morning and began our exploration of south western Jordan. We began with a quick drive towards the Saudi border – about 40 km from Aqaba. Along the way, we saw the various southern beaches – for the most part they were abandoned at this time of year, only…
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Christmas in Syria
Read more: Christmas in SyriaI attended midnight mass on Christmas Eve with Fadi, Ghina and family at the Greek Orthodox church. It was both very different and very familiar. This was my first Orthodox service, but I knew a little about the tradition, so I expected the ornately garbed priests, iconostasis (wall of icons and religious paintings separating the…
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Along the coastal road
Read more: Along the coastal road76 km, 4h45 min We took the minor road along the coast today, partially because we were told it was flat, but also because we both find riding on the highway boring. The road certainly had very little traffic, but it was not what we would call flat. Ontario was flat, this had many small…
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It’ll be a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day…
Read more: It’ll be a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day…4 hr 20 min, 75 km Today was a beautiful sunny day, and we had some spectacular views of this part of the Newfoundland coast. The highway was much busier than usual. Unfortunately, the Trans Canada Highway is still closed at Gambo, and likely will be for several days. This means everyone who would normally…
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Drip, Drip, Drip
Read more: Drip, Drip, Drip72 km, 4h 40 min ride time. Today was very wet. When we left in the morning, it was raining lightly, however, it didn’t take too long to pick up. It was not nearly as bad as Friday, but still bad enough that we were quite wet and soggy when we pulled into Pat’s Place…