22 May
It was interesting flying into Petropavlosk-Kamchatski (PK). Snow-covered volcanic cones poked up higher than the endless mountains – the famous Kamchatka volcano’s resulting from the Pacific plates relentless push under the Asian continent.
Coming into land, I was fascinated looking at the town laid out below. Its amazing how much you can tell from the air… [...]
Posted in Russia by: Travelblips
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22 May
Travelling from Anchorage Alaska to Kamchatka, Russia
Day began at some ungodly hour because the plane left at 7.10am. I got down to the foyer at 5.15am to see the doors to the airport shuttle being closed and a whole group of people looking out at me through the windows. Catch the next shuttle, this one [...]
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21 May
Ahhhhh…. Flew up from Vancouver to Anchorage today en route to Russia. Had to bounce down to Seattle (socked in with rain) and then off we went and as soon as we had cleared Seattle, gorgeous sunshine.
And you know what that means on a flight to Alaska if you are sitting on the right side [...]
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19 May
I’ve been in Vancouver for nearly 3 weeks now – you know, that city on the west coast of Canada renowned for its rain? Well, its spring, the daisy’s are out – but where is the rain??? I fear my ‘drought effect’ is back – for 10 years I seemed to roam the world bringing [...]
Posted in AAA Rants, Canada by: Travelblips
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12 May
Nothing beats flowers to lift the spirits and put back the zest back in life… They are so colourful and so wonderful to behold. So, I thought to myself earlier this week, “Its spring, the flowers are blooming, its not quite summer holidays… Time to visit the Butchard Gardens…”
I have been to Vancouver many times [...]
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