Category Archives: Travel – International And Local
Victoria B.C. Best coffee in Canada?
As a semi-professional observer of the Specialty Coffee phenomenon in North America, I meet a lot of very passionate people – I mean, the very best of the very best. And some of that most intense passion is right here in Victoria B.C. Canada.
Travels in Canada – the Crows Nest Highway
If a crow could fly and count it would tally up 777 kilometre between Hope, British Columbia, and Medicine Hat, Alberta. And the most direct route on the ground is the Crowsnest Highway, the No.3, which, by its shortest configuration, uncurls 1167 kilometres (730 miles) across the varied topography of south-western Canada, using the storied Crowsnest Pass to breach the blue Rocky Mountains between Alberta’s high plains and the mountains and lakes of British Columbia’s “Interior.” By its longest configuration it meanders more than 1300 historic, scenic and culturally diverse kilometres. Known also as the Southern Inter-Provincial Route, the Crowsnest Highway is Western Canada’s old road to The Coast. It is a traveller’s delight. — www.crowsnest-highway.ca
Travels in South East Asia
In June 2005, I completed a three-week journey through China. Pictures downloaded and memories left, the readers of CoffeeCrew.com saw some insights of traveling through China. Along the way, I did some coffee (and tea) exploration, as well as an overall travel journal which was reported in a series of CoffeeCrew articles – click here.
This past winter, I decided to travel across the Pacific once again to explore the countries of South East Asia. In the middle of a Vancouver winter, full of rain and grey skies, the sun of SE Asia was a welcoming thought! Aside from the sun and beaches, other to-do’s on the list included the exotic cuisines of the region, as well as some coffee explorations; all the typicals of an epicurean!