Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Where would you be?

I was sitting on the streetcar today gazing out the window...


...and that's when my mind started wandering to, well, other locales. Wouldn't it be nice, I thought, to be accompanying my brother on that United States/Mexican road trip he's on. Or, it sure would be great to be hopping on a flight to Bali, just like that woman who I talked to last week about S.E. Asia. Then, my little daydream got me wondering, what do other people think? So I asked some folks the question: "If you could be anywhere but here, where would you be?" Here's what I found out (and thank you to you all!):

"Paris, sitting at Le Sévigné in the Marais." — Virginia Gaviller.

"New York, for love and fashion." — Kimberley Brown.

"Tahiti. I've never been, and always wanted to go. If I win the lottery, I'm retiring there. Besides, it's a French territory, so has excellent healthcare for my golden years, and there's no fear of civil unrest like in nearby Fiji." — Darren Simonelli.

"Driving with the top down through the Coachella Valley desert on our way to Palm Springs on a warm spring evening." — Arren Williams.

"Kelowna, where we're going skiing in March. I've never skiied out West and I'm really looking forward to skiing a mountain, as opposed to the smaller hills at home, and skiing for seven days in a row and hanging around in my long underwear." — Claudine Quinn.

Photo by Laura Muir

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Rises in the east...

In Cambodia, sunrises and sunsets are worth something — $5US to be exact. That's how much extra I paid my guide to pick me up at my guest house early (4:30 a.m.) to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat. 
It's the thing to do. 
So is catching the sunset at Phnom Bakheng (that also costs $5US for a tuk-tuk driver)...
...and Pre Rup. 

Photos by Laura Muir

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Banff Springs Hotel

It's impossible to think of Banff without thinking of the palatial Banff Springs Hotel. On Boxing Day, we walked down the hill through the forest to visit the majestic site. Sort of a tradition.



Photos by Laura Muir

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Welcome!

What better way to start off my blog than with a fantastic shot of my family. Here's the Muir clan in Banff, Alta. We visited over Christmastime and stayed at the Rimrock Hotel, where the views are spectacular and the eating is non-stop.
Photo by Laura Muir