E-assisted Bike Friday: Cycling on the Dark Side or Nirvana?
Touring on an E-assisted Bike Friday “Gone to the dark side, have you?” my friend Peter asked. It was Peter who talked me into buying a used Bike Friday New…
A Boneshaking Ride on a Velocipede: The Beginning of Cycle Touring
A Canterbury Pilgrimage/An Italian Pilgrimage, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell & Joseph Pennell, The University of Alberta Press, 2015 (with a wonderful and detailed Introduction by Dave Buchanan), 149 pages …
On Pilgrimage
A finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction, On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage is a contemplative read that, I predict, will make you itch…
Hiking in Southern Patagonia – Facts & Info
Hiking in Southern Patagonia – Facts & Info by Linda Pim * Given these crazy COVID times, you won't be travelling to Patagonia this April. But if you read Linda Pim's first…
Hiking Patagonia
by Linda PimPatagonia is the large region of southern Argentina and Chile extending from the Rio Colorado to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast. The…
Views, Ruins and Good Friends (aka Mexico)
I entitled this post "Views, Ruins and Good Friends" since that is what you get on this three-hour hike. It's one of my favourites in and around Patzcuaro, Mexico where…
Walking Among the Portuguese Man O’Wars
There are many types of hikes: mountainous ones, flat ones, those that follow a rail trail, bushwhacking, village tours and ravine walks, for example. I now add to that beach…
Hiking in Mexico: Inside and Outside Patzcuaro on Foot
It was Saturday. The sky was clear and blue. The air cool. The sun warm and getting warmer. It was time to go hiking in Mexico. Setting out from our…
Most of Guatemala's indigenous women and many men wear their traditional, hand-woven clothing.
Hiking in Central America: Guatemalan Style
Overview When asked to name my favourite hike, my standard response is: “The one I’m currently hiking.” Hardly original, but safe—and usually true. That being said, the hikes I find…
Alone in the Wilderness
I slept alone in a tent on my own little island in the middle of the French River on Thursday night. The thought of there being nothing more than a…