Tag Archives: waterways It was like a dream – indeed, a dream come true! Kashmir had been on my ‘list’ since long before my first-ever trip to India, but opportunities had never quite lined up for me. The beauty of the landscape is legendary. The land itself – the valley running between the Great Himalayas and the Pir […]  We’re going on a bear hunt. We’re going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day! We’re not scared. – Michael Rosen We were going on a bear hunt – in search of grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Canadian wilds – from the safety of the water. I had booked myself onto a […]  The heat; the soft chug of the motor; the sun glinting in the hazy sky and off the water; it was one of those iconic ‘Pinch me!’ moments. I was finally on the backwaters of Kerala in south-western India. The backwaters are a network of more than 900 km (560 mi) of waterways, stretching north-south […]  Almost any city is nice in good weather – but you just can’t beat Sydney and its harbour on a sunny day. For all my years of being in and around Sydney, I have not spent enough time on the waters there. There is no excuse for it really – the public ferries that criss-cross […] |
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