November 15, 2013 in Canada, North America, Travelogue
Re-entry is officially kicking our butts. We’ve been on terra firma in North America for about 63 hours now, following the worst red-eye flight ever. Here is the short version: […]
November 5, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
And just like that, it’s over. Australia has sung to us, from the fading notes of La Traviata in the Sydney Opera House, to the low hum of an Outback […]
October 26, 2013 in Inspiration
The Barossa Valley in late spring is a little slice of heaven. Fields of winter wheat ripening towards gold. Acre up on acre of vineyard unfurling new leaves and stretching […]
October 26, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
sunburnt earth. mirage. nuanced landscape, subtle change, ubiquitous flies (We have kind of a thing for haiku… I wrote this one between Richmond and Hughendon on the long flat. There’s […]
October 25, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We did not expect to find Alice Springs surrounded by hills. For a thousand kilometers in every direction the Red Center of Australia stretches in a rarely interrupted, pancake flat […]
October 23, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Last post I tried words… but really, pictures are better:
October 20, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We meet the most fabulous people as we travel (Have I said that before?!) Hannah took a little tumble in Coober Pedy, if you remember. We were lucky enough to […]
October 16, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The night is quiet. Last week the nights were filled with insect and frog song, in wetter, greener places. Tonight the only sound is the quiet hiss of the gas […]
October 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Coober Pedy reminds us a bit of Matmata, Tunisia. The underground homes carved deep into the arid, barren landscape are similar; the only thing missing are the berber ladies grilling […]
October 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
The stars in the Outback are spectacular. On par with those we couldn’t sleep too well beneath at Tikal, and on the Sahara… because we were too busy watching the […]
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