Travels from Heath Street: March 2014

Monday, March 17, 2014

What's up for 2014?

So far I’ve been to Baja, Mexico where the scenery is spectacular; to Vegas for a wedding, (we all know that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas); to Montreal; and then on to Saint-Jérôme, QC for another wedding.

Vietnam and Cambodia were fabulous. Click on the tab above to check out the details.

Next stop...BERMUDA!

What happened in 2013?

2013 was a busy travel year for me and I've added lots more to the blog (see the tabs above for the various "Travel Pages" and click on the trip that appeals to you).

I've was on more activity-filled trips this year than all my other travel years combined! I was cooking, making chocolates and truffle hunting in Umbria; horseback riding, canoeing and stalking grizzlies in Western Canada; dancing at the Calgary Stampede; fishing for trophy-sized monsters in northern Saskatchewan; canyoning, toboganning and paragliding in Switzerland; and eating, eating and more eating in Spain.

Next stop Spain!

The capital city is preparing to hammer the final nail in the coffin of the iconic cyclo, the three-wheeled pedicab once ubiquitous in the country.Already reduced to serving tourists in a steadily dwindling area that they are allowed to operate in for many years now, the Hanoi government plans to stop them altogether, a local official has said.Pham Quang Nghi, the city's Party chief, said in a meeting with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism this week that the city will gradually ban vehicles which are not suitable for traffic, and the cyclo is one of them.He said the local government will buy the cyclos from their drivers and provide other jobs for them. (Source: Wikipedia)