Travel

by Gem and Lita
gem@filipinojournal.com

VANCOUVER, One of the Top Ten  Most Beautiful Cities in the World (Part 4)

VANCOUVER, One of the Top Ten Most Beautiful Cities in the World (Part 4)

Gem and Lita

Lita at Prospect Point One of Vancouver’s best places located at the northern tip of Stanley Park is Prospect Point. At the Prospect Point lookout we can see West and North Vancouver and admire

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VANCOUVER, One of the Top Ten Most Beautiful Cities in the World (Part 3)

VANCOUVER, One of the Top Ten Most Beautiful Cities in the World (Part 3)


Gem & Lita at Canada Place A prominent landmark in the heart of Vancouver’s waterfront is the Canada Place with its five huge sails, the symbol of British Columbia’s maritime history. Each of the

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Vancouver, one of the top ten most beautiful cities in the world (part  2)

Vancouver, one of the top ten most beautiful cities in the world (part 2)

Gem and Lita

Lita, Gem, & daughter Marie-Anne at Queen Elizabeth Park Visiting Gastown gives us an essential part of Vancouver’s colourful history – the old buildings, the cobblestone, the Steam Clock, the Art Deco Masterpiece at

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Vancouver, one of the top ten most beautiful cities in the world

Vancouver, one of the top ten most beautiful cities in the world

Gem and Lita

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a great place to visit, not once but twice and many more anytime of the year – winter, spring, summer, or fall. With its snow-capped mountain peaks towering the

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Conquer Whistler Blackcomb Mountains, B.C.

Conquer Whistler Blackcomb Mountains, B.C.

Gem and Lita

Gem at Whistler Skiing at the largest ski resort in the world outside Europe is simply like no other. And the drive along the scenic “Sea to Sky” Highway to reach the twin mountains

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Niagara Falls, “The Honeymoon Capital of the World”

Niagara Falls, “The Honeymoon Capital of the World”

Gem and Lita

Ride the Maid of the Mist For more than 215 years Niagara Falls has been known traditionally as the “Honeymoon Capital of the World”. The first honeymooners, Theodosia and Joseph Alston, trekked from Albany,

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Pandemic Alpine Skiing In “Mani-Snow-Ba”

Pandemic Alpine Skiing In “Mani-Snow-Ba”

Gem and Lita

As unrelenting rampage of the surging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to every continent on earth more and more government health restrictions and protocols are being enforced making it more difficult or

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DRUMHELLER, “The Dinosaur Capital Of The World”

DRUMHELLER, “The Dinosaur Capital Of The World”

Gem and Lita

Prior to the coronavirus-19 pandemic I was in Drumheller, the “Dinosaur Capital of the World”. Travelling with me in the heart of the Canadian badlands were my daughter, Marie Anne and her husband, Jerry,

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No Passport, Will Travel: WATERTON LAKES, ALBERTA

No Passport, Will Travel: WATERTON LAKES, ALBERTA

Gem and Lita

Had it not been for covid-19 pandemic Thanksgiving 2020 wouldn’t be as memorable for two reasons – a social distancing Thanksgiving dinner at the Max’s Restaurant in the oil capital of Canada, Calgary, and

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