Intrepid Mom

Melissa’s Month in Grenada (so far)

Melissa — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:32:11 +0000

When we first arrived in Grenada I was sad to leave Ecuador and the house there with the dogs. But our new place in Grenada has a dog named Brownie and 3 little kittens (Speedy, Speedet, Lizzy). The Sylvester family owns them. They have 2 kids. One of them is a girl named Lilly and...

Leopard mom and her cubs

Tony — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:16:16 +0000

Our Internet in Grenada is the fastest we’ve had since… Toronto. So I’m celebrating by uploading some video from our travels. I shot this sequence in The Maasai Mara National Reserve at the end of November. We were traveling with Petra and Sammy from Sandai Lodge in Kenya. This is a raw video experience, no...

Who are we?

Tony — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:57:42 +0000

We were in town the other day visiting a batik printing studio/store when the shopkeeper showed us the cruise ship schedule and warned us to stay out of downtown the following Monday and Wednesday. “They’re not like you.” She said. “They swarm into town, browse through the shops and don’t really buy anything.” Picking on...

Ecuador – Our Routine Life

Linda — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:42:33 +0000

As we settle in for a month in our new home-away-from-home in Ecuador, I realize how much we like our routines. Since leaving our stay in Thailand in February, we were pretty much living out of suitcases as we toured through Phuket and Borneo, and across the ocean to Quito and the Galapagos. Not a...

Back to the Future

Linda — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:17:24 +0000

I feel like I’ve stepped into a time capsule. After traveling in one direction for 8 months, we have arrived back to the same time-zone we departed from but coming at it from the back-end. In fact, by flying eastward and crossing the Pacific Ocean, we gained back the day we lost when we flew...

Borneo Expedition

Tony — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:00:12 +0000

In the 2004 sequel – Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid a group of scientists take a slow boat up a river in Borneo in search of a magical flower, they end up being squeezed by a pack of really big and angry Anacondas. About a week ago we followed in their footsteps and...

Uncharted Territory – Southeast Asia

Linda — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:47:16 +0000

I don’t know why exactly but for some reason the Asian leg of our journey was the one I was the least excited about. I’d always wanted to go to Africa and South America, the Middle East was intriguing to me and of course Europe is always a fun destination, but Asia, hmm. When, as...

Leveling the playing field – Update

Tony — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:46:55 +0000

A couple of months ago we launched a web appeal to our friends and family to join us in ‘leveling the playing field’ at a rural school in the foothills of Mount Kenya. We had visited the school in November with our friends Petra and Sammy from Sandai Lodge to help plant trees that they...

India – Another world

Tony — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:53:52 +0000

India is more than just another country, it is another world. We first got a sense of this other world when we applied for a travel Visa in the dusty basement at the Indian Consulate in Rome (our second attempt to get our Indian visas while on route!) Melissa had to use the washroom and...

A visit to the highlands of Kerala

Tony — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:27:08 +0000

Earlier this month we visited a rubber plantation in the foothills of Vagamon, Kerala. Vanilla County Plantation offers tents and rooms to tourists who are looking for an alternative to the hotel experience. Homestay accommodations are often way-off the tourist track and therefore offer meals as part of their package. Our experience has been that...