Balancing on the edge of the world
It is possible to get lost on an island with only 120km of paved road. I just did… For about 6 weeks. Haida Gwaii lies right on the edge of the continental shelf and about 100km […]
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Magic and Madness. Or something in between.
Prince Rupert in August is a fair bit more pleasant than Prince Rupert in December. For a town that get’s 229 rainy days a year it was surprisingly sunny, and I got to catch up with […]
the Weird and the Wonderful
Not all too surprisingly Canada is lovely in summer too. Although the extremely brief transition period between winter and summer seems to confuse nature too. It’s a strange feeling to be sweating and hot and […]
The Spell of the Yukon
That’s how this famous poem from Robert Service, an Englishman who moved out to the Klondike after the gold rush years, starts. Now I wanted gold too, but of a different kind. And far more easy […]
Ice and the beauty of the North
For some reason everything turns out so wonderfully! I was nervous and excited to be heading up the ice road on the MacKenzie river delta and the Arctic Ocean. The plan was to catch a […]
Cycling Dutch Girl 