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Solomon Islands Dec 8-11, 2023 The Solomon Islands are a South Pacific archipelago east of Papua New Guinea. They occupy a strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea. 1,500km long. … Continue reading →

Papua New Guinea Sept 13-19, 2023 Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern … Continue reading →

By Gene Sloan of The Points Guy (the best source of cruise information I have found) Gene is a big fan of cabins with balconies – there’s nothing quite like being able to step onto a balcony on a ship to … Continue reading →

Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective … Continue reading →

My art history is short. In high school, I copied caricatures mostly out of MAD magazine. And in my second year of university, I drew a large pornographic caricature of a woman’s genitalia end-on in the centre of round dining … Continue reading →

Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan-speaking peoples and others. His tales are passed down through the generations of story tellers of the people and are of cultural and … Continue reading →

Green wave, blue breakwater – Argentina’s legalization of abortion will provoke backlash Jan 9 2021 Economist Within days, Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, is expected to sign a law making abortion legal. Argentine women will be able to terminate their pregnancies … Continue reading →

Both a Discovery Island and a Gulf Island, it is the second largest island. Most people live on the southern half, most of the north is Crown land. Loggers and miners arrived in the 1880s with the Lucky Jim Mine … Continue reading →

TIME for ABBAS TO RETIRE – New Leadership is Needed in the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinians deserve better than Fatah and Hamas Jan 28th 2021 Economist Mahmoud Abbas really knows how to show Israel the stuff he is … Continue reading →

The Sawyard Forest Canoe Circuit is Vancouver Island’s most popular canoe route with an abundance of well maintained camp sites (drive-in to “rustic”) and good portages (the vast majority of them can be done with a canoe cart). It can be easily paddled … Continue reading →