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Travel: St. Petersburg (part 2)

Travel: St. Petersburg (part 2)

The splendor of czarist Russia is preserved in the city’s suburban estates
Travel: St. Petersburg (part I)

Travel: St. Petersburg (part I)

Russia’s window to the West is a unique blend of eastern and western cultures
Travel: Stretching out my skin suit

Travel: Stretching out my skin suit

Flesh-hanging in suburbia on hallowed hooks
Kizhi Island: The legacy of Northern Russia’s peasant craftsmen is preserved
in Kizhi’s open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture

Kizhi Island: The legacy of Northern Russia’s peasant craftsmen is preserved in Kizhi’s open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture

What, you might ask, is the connection between a modest Whistler cabin in Alpine Meadows and this strange church on a small island in northern Russia? Not much actually, except that both are made of wood and sheltered from the rain and snow by hand-m
Travel: Mother Volga gets a makeover

Travel: Mother Volga gets a makeover

Europe’s longest river has become a major shipping lane and source of electrical power
Travel: Skateboarding in Beijing

Travel: Skateboarding in Beijing

Another kind of openness in the Middle Kingdom
Travel: Impressions of Moscow

Travel: Impressions of Moscow

Three-days in one of the world’s greatest cities
Travel: The romantic perfection of Antwerp

Travel: The romantic perfection of Antwerp

Ancient Flemish city shows its age, and its style, well
Botanical Beach dazzles with marine jewels

Botanical Beach dazzles with marine jewels

Imagine a treasure chest that makes Tiffany or Cartier look like also rans. One of the world’s premier jewel boxes is on open display at Juan de Fuca Park’s Botanical Beach, a two-hour drive northwest of downtown Victoria.
Travel: A falling out between friends

Travel: A falling out between friends

What skydiving does to the human heart