It could be more special than we recognized!

Seven years ago I met Nick on my Southern African trip. He was an Aussie, perhaps in his late twenties. He’d already been back-packing his way around the world for the better part of a year. Me? On a short, pre-packaged tour. He was one of the younger members of...
What the heck is going on in the real estate market?

What the heck is going on in the real estate market?

Coming back to the Fraser Valley after my South American trip, I was anxious to find out what had happened in the real estate market over the past 24 days. Had prices continued to climb steeply? Had they levelled off? Had they “corrected” (a strange...
A Uyuni(que) perspective

A Uyuni(que) perspective

The landscape around me is totally surreal.    As far as eye can see, it is a flat white plain. Some say you can actually see the curvature of the earth here. This is the largest salt flat on earth. This is Salar de Uyuni. A place most of my aquaintences had...

Disconnected

The bright, almost full moon caught my curiosity as I noted that it was almost directly above me.   Of course, I immediately realized. I am in the Amazon rain forest, just a few degrees the other side of the equator. It was the end of a day of discovery....
Getting to that bucket list

Getting to that bucket list

Have you ever made a bucket list?   I have! It’s interesting what ends up on that list.   What about yours? Does it follow a theme? Are there a lot of similar items on it? Does that say something about you? And another question: Are they pipe dreams?...