My dear old Canon PowerShot A70 “mysteriously” died and “luckily” I still had the extended warranty receipt from my favourite big-box electronic store (had some good times and took some great shots with that camera). …
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Hasta Luego Costa Rica!
Our three week adventure in Costa Rica has almost come to an end. I am writing this in San Jose where we are taking it easy (I am hunched at the computer again and Tlell …
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Hola Costa Rica!
We’re off to Costa Rica (Dec. 10th to the 31st) …. the land I have heard so much about during my ERS days; where the vast majority of the country has been preserved as national …
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Indian Oven
My favourite Indian restaurant in Vancouver also happens to be my very first Indian restaurant I have ever been to is Indian Oven on 4th ave in Kitsilano. The guy who owns the restaurant seems …
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Istanbul
October 18 Arrived on the red-eye early Sunday morning to find it raining here in Istanbul. One of the things Monika most wanted to do before she left here was to visit the barracks where Florence Nightingale …
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So sad to be leaving soon…but
Hello Tlell, hope you had a great time at Thanksgiving! Say hi to Rex too. We are on our way back to Istanbul this evening, arriving tomorrow morning at 7:00. This is the latest instalment of the …
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From Mesopotamia
Hello again to all of you! Remember learning about Mesopotamia in school? Well, we are here… on the banks of the Tigris river! October 12 We have headed still further east today toward Dyarbakir then south …
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Hello from Turkey
Merhaba! Lıfe ıs great! So much to say! Thıs keyboard ıs quıte a bıt dıfferent, so takes a whıle to get ıt so ıt’s readable. We have been away from İstanbul for a few days now, ıt …
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First photo
Our first photo together.
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The rail yards
The view from our apartment at Ogilvie on the Park. I remember always waking up first thing in the morning to the abrupt sound of rail cars crashing together.