Category Travel
Lost Luggage IV – Who Is Mr. Hinds?
The saga of my wife’s lost backpack from her summer vacation continues, as we now attempt to get compensation from Air Transat, compensation that they are legally required to give under the “Montreal Convention” that covers air travel and lost luggage. What should be a simple process isn’t. She filed her claim on return from […]
More View From The Top
Yesterday I did want to celebrate the first day of the school year here, so I took a break from posting pictures from the ruins of one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. My Monday picture post was popular enough that it seems only right to let you see a little more of the view. Iraq isn’t […]
View From The Top
Today a dictator’s-eye look at northern Iraq, some pictures taken from Saddam Hussein’s bedroom in the ruins of one of his palaces. I never get to go anywhere. I guess this was an exception. They say a picture speaks a thousand words, so I’m just going to shut up and let you enjoy this spectacular […]
Tea In The Ruins
The Peshmerga guards ask if we would like some tea. I don’t drink hot drinks, but I know it would be culturally insensitive to refuse such an offer. So I sit with a glass of hot tea, very sweet the way Iraqis like it, and look out over the valley, a view worthy of a […]
The Road Up The Mountain
Stay on the asphalt and you’ll be fine. That is the basic warning on the red triangular signs. Or so I was told – I can’t read Arabic. But it seemed to be a sensible precaution. If I was a dictator I would probably plant the odd land mine around my palace too. And somehow […]
Does This Sign Belong Here?
Canada is a bilingual nation, though in parts of the country that is more theory than fact. When I was younger both England and France were acknowledges as our founding nations, and English and French were our national languages. Now it is more complicated, and it is commonly understood that Canada’s aboriginal population, the First […]
The Clambake
As you would expect from an area bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Maine has some great seafood restaurants. The Clambake is not one of those. Yet for me our annual family Maine vacation is not complete without an excursion to indulge in The Clambake’s platter of deep fried haddock, shrimp, clams (two types) and scallops. […]
Lighting Up The Night
It is a Thursday night ritual throughout the summer. Tonight, as I have done the past two Thursdays, I will continue a vacation tradition and join the small crowd gathered near The Pier in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, for the weekly fireworks display. Most people, at least from my non-scientific observations, enjoy fireworks. There’s something […]
Images of Sunrise
Up early (as usual) I headed for the beach. This time the sunrise was not obscured by clouds.
Starting The Day
I woke up really early, so I went down to the beach to take pictures of the sunrise. Today turned out to be the day it was obscured by clouds, the first time in weeks. The beach was peaceful and deserted, so I snapped a couple of pictures and listened to the waves before heading […]
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