hot air balloon

Riding a hot air balloon over Ottawa

Jas and I drove to watch the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival last year. We intended to ride the… vehicle to locate us. The first balloons rose into the air. Meanwhile, our balloon was still flat. Two powerful fans lined… up, it was time to fly. And time for the balloon to fill up. With sufficient air in the balloon, Joe…

Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival 2007

A group of hot air balloons flew over Gatinueau (outside Ottawa) on the Labour… the Labour Day weekend in Canada during the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival. Jesus Won't Fly Tonight (above) is one of…

Hot Creek

9 hours in Hong Kong

… from MI7’s rehabilitation facility in Hong Kong, arriving at a hotel drenched and unshaven. My journey to Hong Kong was less… arrived at Hong Kong dehydrated and unshaven. First 2 Hours: Airport I got out into one of the world’s busiest airport…

Pink Lake

On the day after a hot air balloon ride, Jas and I drove to Gatineau Park… The deepest water has not been in contact with the air for the past 10,000 years. Large amounts of algae are…

Rome, Italy

A view of Rome from the balcony of the hotel We checked into our hotel in Rome – the roomiest,… for once felt grateful that the staff had left the air-conditioning blasting at full power to a chilly 16°C. The journey…

Singapore

… Where uniforms for Singapore Airline stewardesses are made. Pan Pacific Hotel.

Bala’s Holiday Chalet, Cameron Highlands

Bala’s Holiday Chalet, a hotel in Cameron Highlands, was a boarding school for European expatriate…

Goggle View

… on Gordon Street is much harder to overcome in colder air. Getting ready to leave the apartment and face the bitter…

First snowfall

… was a strange sensation of cold skin warmed by the hot muscles under it. I probably should get my exercise in…