Yearly Archives: 2017

THE BEST CAMPING COFFEE MAKERS – 2017 “Life isn’t worth living without coffee.” How do you make the best coffee while camping or traveling? A great cup of coffee is easy and inexpensive to produce, even while camping. If you … Continue reading →

Excerpted from Explore Magazine, 2017 * indicates trails I have done. BERG LAKE TRAIL* Mount Robson Provincial Park, near the BC/Alberta border, Length – 23-kilometre Difficulty 3/5 Berg Lake Trail is like a highlight reel for the Rocky Mountains. Under … Continue reading →

10 HIKES AROUND BANFF Banff. For many, the word conjures up breathtaking scenery of turquoise-blue lakes and a panoramic sea of peaks, of wildflowers dancing in the breeze and wildlife minding their young next to flowing creeks. For many more … Continue reading →

The following is a list of the world’s 10 longest caves per length of documented passageways. Many passageways are still being discovered; this list is based on the latest verifiable data. Geographical distribution Caves are found around the world. The … Continue reading →

Sarawak May 28 – June 6, 2017 GUNING MULU NATIONAL PARK Gunung Mulu National Park is Unesco World Heritage listed. 53,000 hectares big, it lies in eastern Sarawak just south of the Brunei border. It is known for its karst … Continue reading →

The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, currently marketed as the Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter, is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft’s … Continue reading →

Many terrifying diseases have long afflicted humans in the warm, wet places of the world. Evidence of some of them is found in mummified Egyptians; others are recorded in the Bible and the Talmud, and the writings of ancient scholars … Continue reading →

The new president puts his predecessor in her place Economist Jul 2nd 2016 Wedged behind the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential palace, the Museo del Bicentenario (bicentenary museum) tells the story of the country’s leaders since the revolution against Spanish rule … Continue reading →

So-called virginity tests are nonsensical, degrading and still too common Economist May 21st 2016 What does it take to be a good soldier? Courage? Loyalty? Respect for the Geneva Conventions? Yes, yes, but for the Indonesian army, if a new … Continue reading →

VIETMAN’S COMMUNIST PARTY Economist Jan 16th 2016 The sign above the door at Cong Caphe, a hip coffee shop in downtown Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, bears a bright-red communist star. Inside, the brick walls are covered in memorabilia from the … Continue reading →