James hits the Bottle – Scotch in Scotland

Scotch, whiskey, whisky or whatever you want to call it Anne Gordon kindly offers this post as a special guest blogger, she is a national travel writer, having written for every major newspaper in Canada and many others across the world; she is also a member of TMAC. The following post is one on a [...]

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Lunatic executes Woman in front of the National Gallery

  P1040854, originally uploaded by Mic2006. We were walking by the front of the National Gallery and this madman – unmoving until Maggie passed by, did this. Well aside from the shock and obligation of dropping a pound in the box, our visit to the National Gallery was amazing. In London, most museums and galleries [...]

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Life Guards – London

Life Guards – London No visit to London is complete without some pomp and ceremony. I took this picture outside the building known as “Horse Guards”. These fellows in red are the life Guards – not the swimming kind (their cuirasses would drag them down). As one tourist in the know explained, “They stand there [...]

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Cash flow problem – London

  All we had left! When you’re real tired and you need a shower, some food and a good sleep you really look forward to your hotel. Maggie and I had traveled some distance out of London by tube to a suburb called Kenton. Not a bad place I suppose and the Premier Inn that [...]

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Maggie and the Ferarri

    Maggie and the Ferrari In case you are wondering where I’ve been for the last week it has been in the UK visiting Maggie’s relatives. I took this picture in downtown London somewhere around Lester Square. Second hand a Ferrari is worth somewhere between $150,000 (Canadian) and $250,000. Over the last decade sales [...]

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The near-abandoned Bristol Mine

Abandoned mine in Quebec – Bristol Mine P1020339, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Had an interesting time last weekend. I went to see the old abandoned Bristol Mine along the banks of the Ottawa River. The “town” of bristol mines still exists and the old mine property is still obvious for its enormous heaps tailings. Bristol [...]

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Unbelievable! A cave of Dahlias

Lake of the Dahlias somewhere beyond P1010079, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Here it is – over the hump. I pressed through this low slot and on to the passage beyond – an elliptical tunnel that wound off into gloom. Its hard to imagine but somewhere further on the helictites become so dense and interwoven that [...]

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Martian Caves?

Ontario caver goes Cuban   Sloshing through tepid water in the Cuevas de Bellamar I proceeded onwards past the usual path of travel. I am told that these gently sloping tunnels eventually reach the aquifer. Cuba is part of the same limestone plateau upon which is perched Florida and the Yucatan. Oddly this rock in [...]

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Evil Green Eye took me Caving

Staying at the Jibacoa – Caving in Matanzas P1010096, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I think it might be that one evil green eye that led me on beyond the tourist designated tunnels of the Cuevas de Bellamar. I had been given permission to go further by our guide who was an avid caver himself. I [...]

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Caves in Cuba

poking around without a flashlight like the tourists that we were P1000524, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Sea caves usualy form along weaknesses in the rock that are scoured out by ocean waves – they seldom go to far in, but surprisingly, they often have secret little passages at the back of rather cavernous entrances; I [...]

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