Virginia and I have always been travelers, having spent considerable amounts of time in Asia and SE Asia, Africa, Australia, South and Central America and Europe. In North America we love to travel and discover more about our own country, Canada but the US has become an increasingly less joyful place for us to spend time; the politics, not the people.

When I started my blog a number of years ago, the writing process led me to try and understand the common themes underlying our travels and why we made the travel choices we did. So, what do we take pleasure in and what themes ran through our trip planning?

- Virginia was the Board Chair of the Textile Museum of Canada for a number of years and we both have an interest in textiles, weaving, fabrics and rugs;
- I bought my first camera when the transformation to digital began at the turn of the century and I began to haul my camera on every trip, business or pleasure. I found that I was spending increasingly more time thinking about how to integrate photography into my trips, to the point that on my retirement from a business career a couple of years ago, I turned myself into a full-time travel and wildlife photographer;
- We love to eat, cook and try new culinary experiences;
- We are fascinated with people, seeing them in their own settings, meeting and talking to them and photographing them, working, playing or over a meal;
- We actively dislike travelling as part of a tour group, and most of our travels have been planned by the two of us and our tour group consists of Virginia and me.