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CHINA NEEDS MORE CHILDREN Having children has grown expensive in China. Special classes, expensive tutoring to get their toddlers into a good school, and further into the future, to buy a son an apartment so he can persuade a woman … Continue reading →

History of the Kootenay Mountaineering Club KMC Hiking Camps KMC Hiking Camps – History KMC Climbing Camps Mulvey Basin – A History Naming Mountains in the West Kootenay – Norse Mythology and the Devils Range

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia with coasts on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. It borders Myanmar (Burma) to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the southeast and Malaysia … Continue reading →

THAILAND – Nov 8-11, 23-26, 30-Dec 12, April 9-14 Bangkok and Thailand are the transportation hub of SE Asia, and I travelled through Thai immigration ten times, with a whole lot of stamps on my short-of-space passport. I was in … Continue reading →

Atlantic Magazine assembled a panel of 12 scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and historians of technology, to make and rank 25 innovations that have become widespread since the invention of the wheel, perhaps 6,000 years ago. This artilce, by James Fallows, in … Continue reading →

Myanmar Nov 8-22, 2013 Myanmar is a booming tourist destination. But the infrastructure isn’t here to deal with the crowds of backpackers, especially in the busy months of November to March. As an independent traveler who is used to booking … Continue reading →

Myanmar is a booming tourist destination. But the infrastructure isn’t here to deal with the crowds of backpackers, especially in the busy months of November to March. As an independent traveler who is used to booking hotels on short notice, … Continue reading →

Myanmar, or Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar lies on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea coast with Bangladesh and India to the west, China to the north, and Laos and Thailand to the east. History … Continue reading →

BHUTAN Oct 29-Nov 5, 2013 After many trials and errors, I was finally going to see Bhutan. Last April, I had to cancel the entire arranged trip because of difficulties getting an Indian Transit Visa to fly from the Maldives … Continue reading →

CONGO BASIN* – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea GREAT RIFT VALLEY – Stretches from Dead Sea to Mozambique Coast Lake Malawi. The Great Rift Valley holds 3 of the world’s largest lakes: Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria. … Continue reading →