Old friends and adventures of the past

2005 - July - Crater Lake, Oregon
About 4500km cycling down and 350 left to go to the Pacific

2000 - Bowron Lakes, northern British Columbia
First summer trip with the girls

2009 - January - Cypress Mountain, Vancouver
Nightskiing in the fog

2004 - June - Mt.Rainier, Washington state

Summer in Canada from the Sky

One of my favourite views -hay bales on the fields midsummer in northern Canada.

What happens when you go a winter without snow time -

Land of Colours

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Morocco


I don't remember exactly when Morocco snuck into my head as a travel destination but on my 21st birthday my mum gave me a lonely planet 'morocco' book that led to many hours of daydreaming in my final year at Cornell.

2 1/2 years passed and Morocco never seemed to make it into the travel plans until, sitting in the guides' house on a rare afternoon off between trips down the Orange, my friend Scott put on a random Taylor Steele film - "Sipping Jetstream".

In the opening scene the camera waves through a crowded souq, early morning sunlight reflecting off brightly coloured carpets and cloths, while chickens, children and dogs dodge between stalls overflowing with olives, almonds, and spices.

"The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page...What no one tells you is that the book is no easy read. There's one thing I can say - whatever it is that you're looking for - beauty, salvation, enlightenment, danger...or just to disappear - this will only be a fraction of what you find. I'm just trying to read the whole book".

And so began plans for the next adventure...

Best of the Emerald Isle midwinter

Achill Island in the distance

January afternoon along the sligo coast

North coast spring day

November day on the west coast

November mornings out west

A look into the past

A few photos from the pre-digital days.

Johnston roadrip Cape Town to Harare

Grandad Johnston, Robyn & Angus

Dassie on Table Mountain

Ellie in Kruger

Drakensberg midwinter

Zambezi River

Zeb...Mkuze I think


The pineapple ice-cream lady at Sodwana



Lilac breasted roller/gewone troupant

Impala lillies

Zambezi



Just outside Harare


Harare schoolchildren on an outing