Fan Palms Around the World
Fan palms are my choice for this month as I always long to be in a warmer and drier place than Vancouver in December. Not that we don’t have fan […]
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Bamboo from Around the World
Bamboo from around the world. Boats on the bamboo-fringed pond in the painter Monet’s famous garden in Giverny, France. A stand of bamboo in a Royal Tomb garden in Hue, Vietnam.Graffiti […]
Day 2: Wandering Around Guadalajara, Mexico
November 8, 2006 Day 2 in Guadalajara. This got off to a disappointing start as we made our way to the Parque Agua Azul which I described in my journal as ‘not a great walk unless you’re […]
Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden
The garden has a multitude of features, such as this suspension bridge leading to one of the many trails… These stairs that remind me of ruined pyramids… A ‘garden of memories’… And then there are […]
Travel Theme: Tropical Fruit Tasting in a Mekong Delta Orchard
On our tour of the Mekong Delta we spent some time going through an orchard full of amazing fruits. At the end of our wander they brought out jackfruit, longan, […]
Some More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: Jackfruit & Durian
How to learn to love the smell of Durian. Durian may look like a medieval weapon but it’s the smell that will knock you to the floor. At least it […]
More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: the Rose Apple (or Water Apple)
When we toured the orchards of the Mekong Delta, I discovered this amazing fruit tree that had flower buds, flowers, fruit buds, unripe fruits and ripe fruits on the tree, all […]
GAC! something different from Vietnam…
GAC! Apparently this is some kind of fruit. But with a name like this who knows what it tastes like? At any rate, it ripens over December and January, and […]
