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At the Tamarind Tree Garden Resort
After a long, largely sleepless journey, I arrived in Colombo at 10:30 pm Sri Lanka time the following day. Nimal, a driver hired by Backcountry Journeys, met me with an orchid necklace – see photo snapped in the very unglamorous arrivals hall bathroom. We waited about an hour for Dianne, my California friend who is…
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Sri Lanka Bound
Sri Lanka is an island off the south east tip of India. “Ceylon” until 1972, it is known for its tea and cinnamon and more recently for tourism. I am hoping to get to know it for its wildlife. I’m taking a photography tour with Backcountry Journeys – King of the Jungle: Leopards and Sloth…
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One last stop in Basel
An FYI from my last post. The rain and wind that we survived wetly in Lausanne was Storm Benjamin which broke wind records. I feel much better now about my little umbrella’s succumbing. How could it best Storm Benjamin? We spent our last two days in Switzerland in Basel which is in the German speaking…
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A very wet day in Lausanne
The rain caught up with us today in a big way. It poured “chats et chiens” and the wind howled. It didn’t take long for my cute compact umbrella to succumb to a greater force. Fortunately, I had learned a lesson in Florence last year about the importance of waterproof footwear and my hiking shoes…
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Lausanne via Zermatt
We left Brig this morning in a very light drizzle, a harbinger of what is to come. A train ride, a bus ride and a second train ride took us to Zermatt, the almost home of the Matterhorn. (There was restoration work on the line between Brig and Zermatt so we couldn’t make it the…
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Brig and the Aletsch Glacier
Today’s Brig itinerary contained two items – a lecture on the Alps and a visit to the Stockalper Castle with the rest of the day free for our own adventures. But a surprise, optional activity presented itself which made this day extraordinary. The walk to the lecture on the Alps, it’s geography, culture, and climate…
