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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Joanna
Sep 21, 20205 min read
Canada's Wettest City & Sun
I have had a whirlwind couple of days in Prince Rupert since I my $695 BC ferry pulled in to port. Here I was, Northern BC... on a...
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Joanna
Sep 20, 20201 min read
The Fall of the Ferry Fascination
Ok. I’m officially bored of this boat. It’s foggy. It's raining. Nary a whale or dolphin to be seen I ventured upstairs for...
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Joanna
Sep 19, 20205 min read
My Northern Adventure Vessel
“I’m on a boat… I’m a mutha f’in’ boat…” … it’s a lie. I’m actually on a ferry. It’s more romantic to envision myself on a luxury yacht,...
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Joanna
Sep 17, 20203 min read
Murals, Goats & Flowy Dresses
We survived our night at The Overlook, and thus far, have lived to tell. No spooky apparitions walking through walls or cloaked phantoms...
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Joanna
Sep 17, 20207 min read
In to the Soup
After a delicious family dinner of bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes and greek salad on the patio, and copious amounts of...
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Joanna
Sep 16, 20204 min read
Bras on / Boats Out
Dawn wanted me to get up at 6:30am and go for a brisk, early morning walk with her... We all had a BIG laugh... No thank you, sir. I'm on...
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Joanna
Sep 15, 20205 min read
Victoria by Smoke
I. AM. ON. VACATION. BC staycation, that is. But right about now... I'll take anything. In a normal and perfect world, I am supposed to...
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Joanna
Aug 15, 20203 min read
Day 4 - Vancouver
Last day in Vancouver and then back to reality. It made me sad to wake up and realize that my staycation was coming to an end. I love to...
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Joanna
Aug 14, 20208 min read
Day 3 - Vancouver
Woke up fairly early this morning after a successful, full night's sleep. Pays to walk back and forth across the city and eat all day......
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Joanna
Aug 13, 20205 min read
Day 2 - Vancouver
My plan was to get up early to watch the sun come up on the Burrard Street bridge. Seemed like a typical, Vancouver vacation thing to do....
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Joanna
Aug 11, 20204 min read
Day 1 - Vancouver
I have to admit, COVID is tough. 2020 is tough. Working through COVID in 2020 is tough. Everywhere you turn, there is a new rule or...
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Joanna
Jun 25, 20202 min read
And So it Begins...
I am officially tired of 2020. All of my travel plans have either been cancelled... or give the threat of travel. The border remains...
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Joanna
Jan 16, 20205 min read
Totsiens. Hamba kahle. Sara mushe. Goodbye Africa...
“Africa changes you forever, like nowhere on earth. Once you have been there, you will never be the same. But how do you begin to...
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Joanna
Jan 15, 20206 min read
My Adventurous Last Day
After the thrills collected at the mall had subsided and the fun had run its course, David headed to meet his new Nomad tour crew and I...
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Joanna
Jan 14, 20204 min read
Joanna-sburg & the Mall Maze
Once I was safely out of customs yesterday, without a 7 month working visa to contend with... I carefully and confidently made my way...
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Joanna
Jan 13, 20205 min read
Early Morning International
Up early this morning to do a hop, skip and a jump over to Zambia to fulfill my Kaza Visa requirements. I figured it would be a quick...
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Joanna
Jan 12, 20205 min read
Not Tenting Anymore
As a special last night together, we were all taken to another lodge for dinner. It was a very large and very deserted venue, located...
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Joanna
Jan 11, 20207 min read
The Smoke that Thunders
“Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates? You are lifted. Out of whatever pit, unbound from whatever tie,...
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Joanna
Jan 10, 20206 min read
Air Tree n Tree
They say that there is nowhere quite like Africa. A continent of extremes. “Unparalleled beauty exists alongside devastating poverty, and...
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Joanna
Jan 9, 20204 min read
The Pans
We got stopped at a check stop today. To be fair though, Malinga had warned us that this might happen. Hand and foot disease checkpoint....
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Joanna
Jan 8, 20207 min read
Okavango Delta & the Pink PJs
“To see ten thousand animals untamed and not branded with the symbols of human commerce is like scaling an unconquered mountain for the...
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Joanna
Jan 7, 20203 min read
Scenic with Whimpy Burger
“The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the...
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Joanna
Jan 6, 20206 min read
Fulfilling my Camping Experience
“Everything in Africa bites but the safari bug is worst of all." - Brian Jackman That quote literally made me laugh out loud because I am...
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Joanna
Jan 5, 20203 min read
Bye... Not Bye
I have come to realize that David is convinced that I either work for Canadian immigration... or I have the inside track on who they...
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