Adventure
White Water and White Knuckles
For Traveler Magazine Question: How do two ‘girlfriends’ celebrate their 60th birthdays? Answer: Well it obviously has to be naked bungy jumping or whitewater rafting. Given ou...
Two Wheeled Tourism – cycling New Zealand’s North Island
(First appeared on www.touristtravel.com, 4/07 second rights Vancouver Sun 5/07.) Maori legend has it that at the site of the famous pohutukawa tree located at Cape Reinga, Maori s...
Turtle Trekking – In Search of Costa Rica’s Arribadas
(First appeared in Westworld Magazine, 6/04,second rights, website www.travelwriterstales.com.) Photos by Casa Romantica Beneath a dense black ledge of clouds a full moon hoists it...
Patagonia Passage
The Traveler text and photography by Cherie Thiessen I hold unto the side of the building to prevent the unrelenting Puerto Natales wind from turfing me onto the busy road. It has ...
On the Water
Destination – The Perfect Penders
North and South Pender combined may only be 36.6 sq. kilometres – but trust me – lots of attractions are crammed into these compact islands. Start with three marinas, o...
Destination – Portland Island – A Park for all Seasons
For quiet hikes or island walks without seeing a soul, for pocket beaches perfect for swimming, for delving into island history, for checking out flora and fauna, for beautiful sce...
A Saturna Sojourn
We can never figure out why boaters don’t spend more time at Saturna’s Winter Cove. It’s packed every July 1st, during the annual lamb barbecue, but a day later most anchors ...
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Destination – The Perfect Penders
North and South Pender combined may only be 36.6 sq. kilometres – but trust me – lots of attractions are crammed into these compact islands. Start with three marinas, o...
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A Saturna Sojourn
We can never figure out why boaters don’t spend more time at Saturna’s Winter Cove. It’s packed every July 1st, during the annual lamb barbecue, but a day later most anchors ...
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Romancing the Stone – Rockwater Secret Cove Resort
(Second rights – www.TravelWritersTales.com, www.touristtravel.com, and www.wavejourney.com, March, 2009.) In the old days we knew it as Lord Jim Resort, a collection of chalets ...
Cherie Thiessen
Fit senior, active hiker, cyclist, sailor, gardener, VW van camper enthusiast, environmentalist, proponent of living lightly on the planet and of organic foods. An expert on the fine art of playing. Adventurer and lover of unusual, active and independent travel.
Book Reviews
The Global Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
The Global Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger Publisher: Viking Price: $32.50 hardcover ISBN: 978-067-002174-1 Page count: 192 pp. Size: 5 ½ x 8 ½ Released: May You could call t...
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Road Trips
Riding the Rails – The Indian Pacific
(First appeared on the website www.wavejourney.com, 4/10. Second rights, Just for Canadian Doctors, and Just for Canadian Dentists Magazines, 9/10.) I’m in the Aussie outback gho...
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Twitter Stuff
Quebec’s Magical Magdelens
(First appeared on the website www.wavejourney.com, and longer story at www.transitionsabroad.com) Quebec’s Magdalen Islands, curled in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ha...
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Musings and Rants
Leonard Cohen is alive and well and still sexy
Leonard Cohen – rock on! Went to his Victoria concert Tuesday night, along with hoards of others, mainly we females of a certain age. And were we ever well behaved, too. I...