Life As A Human is pleased to present another adventure in Sandra’s Phinney’s travel and exploration series, Travelling Thoughts. This time she goes into “the deep unknown” in the wilds of Nova Scotia, following the footsteps of Mark Twain’s biographer and a military spy.
Wedgeport: Tuna Fishing Capital of the World – Then and Now
Sometimes small villages become the centre of the world. For years, the famous (and infamous) flocked to Wedgeport, Nova Scotia for the tuna fishing. But there are other reasons besides tuna fishing to visit this fascinating Acadian village.
First Nations Art Brings a Powerful Beauty to Victoria’s Breakwater
It’s no easy task to bring grace to one million tons of rock, 10,000 granite blocks, 53 concrete caissons and over a million cubic yards of dredged fill but murals by First Nations artists bring a powerful beauty to the old grey breakwater at Ogden Point in Victoria, British Columbia.
How Beer Saved My Life
A Canadian ex-patriot living in London, UK, finds a warm feeling of familiarity in a British beer aisle.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part III: Once Bitten
From Mongolia to Moscow to London, author Steven Erikson’s journey home is as angst-ridden as his time away on an illness-wracked archeological expedition.
Petionville Market: The Haiti I Knew
In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, Allan Cram remembers his time in the lively, noisy, fascinating Petionville Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Clarity: Beyond Crazed Travel Itineraries
Hippy Urban Girl discovers that beyond crazing travel planning and structured itineraries is vacation that truly allows for relaxation and the re-discovery of self.
The Ugliest, Best Tasting Food in the World
Food does not have to look great to taste great. Râpure or rappie pie, found in some Acadian communities in Nova Scotia, may be the best comfort food on the planet in spite of its appearance.
Travel Coincidences: It’s a Small World
Everyone says it’s a small world but sometimes the coincidences that occur as you travel to distant places are just plain weird.
My Private Sudan: Part I
A helicopter pilot working in Sudan argues the scorched earth policy Western media attributed to an oil company should have been called fiction, not fact.