by Lyn Hancock | Sep 21, 2020 | Travel
My most memorable meal in China happened on the last night of a month-long backpacking trip with Intrepid Travel called China in Depth. All month, my mates and I had eaten at street stalls and cheap restaurants. We’d marveled at the variety offered – shish kebabs of...
by Lyn Hancock | Sep 21, 2020 | Travel
I cannot forget her. The image of a child standing bare-footed in the diminutive door frame of a tenth century temple in Cambodia remains etched in my mind as a symbol of this country’s recent re-awakening. Her soft pink blouse and pastel floral skirt, even the dainty...
by Lyn Hancock | Sep 21, 2020 | Travel
My love affair with Norway – its fiords, mountains and offshore islands – is the reason I live in British Columbia. Mind you, on my first visit to Norway – a ski holiday in Geilo – I also fell in love with my Norwegian ski instructor (aren’t all girls attracted to...
by Lyn Hancock | Sep 21, 2020 | Travel
One of the joys of travelling is not necessarily what you plan but what comes along when you travel with a smile and an open mind. Who could have imagined that when I booked trips to Belize with Island Expeditions that I would meet Sylvestre, an Audubon warden on...