June 2009 - Home only one week from 5 months in Asia and feeling rather bummed to be back and already bored, my buddy Elaine called up and said she and her two sisters were heading to Newfoundland to kayak around the icebergs. The icebergs come in once a year to the furtherest eastern point in North America. Seeing them was something on my Bucket List!!!! I was in without a second thought. Elaine and I used to work together in the Police Service and her two...

When it is sunny and warm in Vancouver, it ranks up there as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I lucked out and got one of those days to land into. Plus, it was a lovely surprise to see my friend Elaine waiting with Val and Lyle - Elaine flew in from Calgary so it was unexpected. It is good to work for an airline!!!!   Arrived around 11 am and was flying out at 5:30 pm. Just a few hours in Vancouver.On the drive to White Rock for lunch it was g...

Regretfully left the lovely palace apartment in Bangkok around 8 pm to ensure I would be at the airport at least 3 hours before my flight at midnight. Traffic in Bangkok is so unpredictable you have to factor in wait times anywhere you go. As luck would have it, no traffic and a rocket fueled taxi: I arrived at the airport in a short 30 minutes leaving me over three extra hours to add to my already 45 hour trip home!!!! I guess if you have to wait in an airpo...

I am in Bangkok now for the last leg of this journey and loving every bit of this city. It is loud and grimy and polluted and the traffic is horrendous but for some reason I love it here. I loved it at the beginning of my trip, right after China, and I love it even more 4 months later. It is like New York on crack. They say NY never sleeps, but remember a few years ago I had the pleasure of working there, night shifts with an undercover NYPD team! What a bla...

Working on the reintegration plan. For those of you who have been here - Pattaya probably seems like an odd choice considering all the other great places in Thailand. For those who haven't - Pattaya is to Thailand what Tijuana is to Mexico. Neither is very representative of their countries. I did spend a fun day into night a few years ago in Tijuana, but was all to happy to walk back across the border into San Diego when it got dark. Pattaya is like that...