My personal interests include cross country skiing, telemark and alpine
skiing, canoeing, sea kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, golfing and outdoor
photography. I also occasionally lecture on cruise ship to various North
Atlantic locations like Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Iceland as well as
Labrador and Newfoundland as well as most recently to Antarctica. I
will feature various recommended trips on these pages as well as magazines and
books which might help you make your travel plans. For specific information
on suggested nordic skiing destinations clickNORDIC and clickGOLF,
SEA
KAYAKING, HIKING,PLACES TO STAY for
recommended destinations in Newfoundland and Atlantic Canada. Western Newfoundland
has numerous activities for visitors to do and the favourable climate means
that you can enjoy golf, hiking, sea kayaking and many other activities from
spring until fall. See information on cruises below.
Saltscapes is a welcome addition to the East Coast magazine industry. It
features a whole variety of articles on the 4 Atlantic Provinces with
everything from food ideas, places to visit, gardening tips and so forth. It
generally runs around 100 pages and so is certain to have something of
interest for just about every reader. It comes out 6 times a year and can be
picked up at the newstand or received by subscription. To get more info on
the magazine visit their web site at
www.saltscapes.com or phone 1-877-885-6344 to subscribe.
Cupids, Newfoundland
Cupids is celebrating its this summer (2010) and for good
reason. It is the oldest English speaking community in Canada and was
settled in 1610 by John Guy. So this summer (2010) is its 400th birthday. Bill Gilbert discovered the site in 1995 and
since then much has been discovered. In 2010 you can see the current
archeological dig in progress and see a portion of the 1000's of artifacts
that they have uncovered. Also be sure to bring your hiking boots since
there are numerous fine trails for hiking. For more information contact the
following web site:www.cupids400.com . There are also other videos on Cupids
on You Tube that have been sponsored by the Cupids 400 committee so be sure
to check them out. You can access those by searching in You Tube under
Cupids, Newfoundland.
The best way to see the arctic
is via cruiseship and we recently did a fabulous trip with Adventure Canada.
The trip started in Greenland and ended in Arctic Canada and we saw superb
icebergs, polar bears and numerous sea birds. This 11 day trip offered stops
at many communities as well as zodiac landings on unexplored shores.
Highlights included siting 2 polar bears just in front of the ship and a
parade of icebergs along the Greenlandic coast. My favourite community was
Illulisat where we saw a galloping glacier spewing icebergs out in to Disko
Bay. For more information see
www.adventurecanada.com and click
Greenland for
more images.
Cruising Newfoundland
Islands make great cruising and Newfoundland is becoming a favourite with
many cruise lines. You can if fact do a circumnavigation with many cruise
lines as I did a few years ago on the Explorer. Shown here
is the island of Ramea, on Newfoundland's south coast. It has a great
setting and the view from look out hill is superb. In the distance is the
'main land' of Newfoundland. For more information see:
www.adventurecanada.com
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