by Routes Beyond Tim | Aug 11, 2023 | Close to Home, Memorable Days, North America, Opinion
The Day Our World Changed For over two decades, when meeting new people and the conversation turns to where do you live, it inevitably gets to 9/11. Here is my recollection of that day that changed the world. Life was going pretty well! We lived, still do, in a...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Mar 14, 2023 | Best Train Rides, Memorable Days, North America
Vancouver to Toronto By Train Trees…great scenery, mountains, prairies….trees…history, geography topography…trees…photography, trains, massive trains…trees…multiple 3 course meals, random enlightening conversations, moonlit snow…trees…searching for Northern Lights...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 30, 2019 | Africa, Asia, Memorable Days, Middle East
Mount Sinai or ‘Moses Mountain’Sinai Peninsula: Mount Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery are 2-3 hours drive from Sharm el Sheik, although we had driven in 6-7 hours from Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The last few hours navigating the arid, starkly beautiful...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 8, 2019 | Memorable Days, North America
Above: Rime Ice forming and nearing the summit. First Steps!I had been slow to accept the invite to climb Mt Washington as when my daughter was in Elementary School a friend’s father had perished on it during a winter climb. Finally though, knowing I was in the...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 21, 2019 | Asia, Memorable Days
The De-Miltarized ZoneMy feelings upon standing on the platform peering across the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) were: ones of amazement that in this day and age division and borders, can still be so stark and impenetrable sadness, families separated; and coming from the...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 4, 2019 | Africa, Memorable Days
One of the most memorable days – ever! It is a long way to the remote Virunga Mountains in north western Rwanda which are right on the border with the DRC (Congo) & Uganda, and the Permits are difficult to get and really expensive. Yet there my daughter...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 2, 2019 | Africa, Memorable Days, Opinion
FollowFollow School DetailsStarted in late 2016 this school now has, as of January 2019, 297 children enrolled with 6 teachers (3 are volunteers). The school has 6 classrooms, teachers room, small Heads office, teacher toilet and a block of childrens toilets complete...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Nov 4, 2017 | Memorable Days, North America
The Great Saunter The George Washington Bridge My Team at the end of The Saunter! Booking.com Preparation! 3 Tips A bit of training for when trying to do 25 to 32 miles in a day is a good thing! Good, tested walking sneakers/trainers and those socks with thicker...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Mar 17, 2016 | Best Train Rides, Memorable Days
As Time Goes By Sometimes it is not the thrill of the moment that determines that an event was truly wonderful and memorable, but, the recognition over a period of time afterwards that something was really special. The channel tunnel between England and France was...
