The best things in life aren’t things. They’re the experiences and connections that shape us and travel has always had a place in my life from the time I was a boy until today.
In 1998, Yim joined me on the adventure and our big trips are still to come.
I enjoy writing about our travels and using my photography to illustrate them as a way of recording a life I am grateful for. I hope you find something you enjoy.
While driving home from my sister’s wedding in northern California in 2008, we stopped at a place we had stopped in at several years earlier while on our road trip from Vancouver Island to Belize… Ruby Beach, and found it just as mystical as the first time we visited. A short quarter mile hike opens…
Uclulet is a spiritual place. Directly translated Ucluelet means Safe Harbour. It was from this small town that we boarded a Zodiac all by ourselves to spend a few hours looking for migrating Gray Whales. It didn’t take long. Within fifteen minutes, we had located a group of three at first, feeding on Herring spawn…
Bula In 2006, we visited Fiji. After we returned from Belize, I really wasn’t happy to be back in Montreal. The first winter back was bad and the second was worse. There was one period where the temperature did not go above 0 degrees for six weeks and I simply did not want to live…
The Gladden Spit (above) and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve is a protected area of the Belize Barrier Reef, which has become world-famous for its whale shark migration. The Silk Cayes are three tiny islands, further to the south within the reserve, which provide an ideal location for snorkelling and shallow reef diving. They also provided…
In December of 1998, Yim and I decided to visit Belize – specifically the Placencia peninsula in the southern part of the country – so we could go scuba diving and snorkelling together. It was our very first vacation together and I wanted to show Yim what a barrier reef looked like. She had listened…
The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in Belize. They consist of 14 mostly uninhabited islands within a section of the Mesoamerican reef measuring about 39,000 acres in size. These islands include Sapodilla Caye, Hunting Caye, Lime Caye, Franks Caye, South Cay, Nicolas Cay, North Spot, Red Rock Cay, Tom Owens…
Robert’s Grove is a beautifully appointed Belize beach resort nestled on over 22 acres of the finest white sand beach in Placencia, Belize. Its ideal location allows guests to be surrounded by Belize’s best attractions – the Barrier Reef, Tropical Rainforest and Mayan Ruins. In 1999, Yim and I were in the beginning of clearing…
Moho Caye is a beautiful island that is home to soft white sandy beaches and lush greenery including, coconut, almond, oak and mangrove trees all surrounded by crystal blue waters ideal for snorkeling, diving and swimming. Located only 12 miles east of the Placencia Peninsula and 9 miles west of the world famous Belize Barrier…
We had told the same story 500 times by now… How had we ended up running a five star resort in Belize was always the question. So one night, I winked at Yim and started off down the plot line of our boat having sunk 22 miles offshore while being chased by Honduran bandits and…
The first time I visited Anthony’s Key was to purchase their 48 foot Pro Dive boat they had for sale and I had flown over from Belize via Pedro San Sula to Roatan to check the boat out. I’m willing to bet there are very few places in the world that have built as perfect…
