cabochick - Andrea

This Canadian girl has been blessed with 40 fabulous years so far.

I have a passion for travel thanks to very adventurous parents...my brother and I spent most of our youth travelling all over North America in the family campervan - as far north as Tuktiuktuk on the Arctic Sea...and as far south as Mexico and beyond...canoeing, fishing, camping, hiking, exploring, jellyfish poking, etc. It was the best childhood ever.

Nowadays, I find myself regretfully caught up in that 'WORK TO LIVE...LIVE TO WORK' routine. Geez how did that happen?! lol My occupation has been colourful to say the least (prison guard in a multilevel institution)...so I make the best of my days off by doing my favorite things...gardening, taking flying lessons for a private pilot licence, and learning to golf.

But after this latest milestone birthday (read: midlife crisis) I realized that there is so much more out there in the world to see in this short life. So, I'm going to travel to one great place per year! Australia was a blast..mate! Peru's Macchu Pichu and the Galapagos Island are next....then the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia, but first, I've got to see the Cuban countryside before Fidel croaks.

...oh, and there is no way I can keep it all to myself anymore...I must blog!

Cabochick's Travels

Map Legend: 4%, 13 of 263 Territories

2010 Peru/Galapagos

2012 S. Hemisphere

Where I've been!

2011 Russia

2009 CUBA

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By cabochick
April 1st 2009

Do You Know the Way to San Jose...del Cabo? North America » Mexico » Baja California Sur » San Jose del Cabo

'Leche' the cow getting a drink
Cows are just a part of life in SJD

Cabochick? What can I say. I know Cabo. I've been lucky enough to travel to this part of Mexico for over 30 years now. Los Cabos is located at the tip of the Baja pennisula, which is 'the Capes' for the espanol-challenged. The entire area includes two main towns called Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo connected by endless beaches and a fourlane highway called 'the Corridor'. For me, the town of San Jose del Cabo has always been a little oasis amongst parched dusty desert. Cue the music...and if you need a little help with a selection...Chelo Silva [View Full Entry]

By cabochick
November 1st 2008

Hey Wait, No One Smiled and Gave Me a Vegemite Sandwich... Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

what white thing in the harbour?

Greetings from Sydney! This 'Canuck' couldn't possibly come all the way down unda without seeing Sydney could I? After a glorious six weeks of Queensland and the nuclear Outback, a small stopover in Sydney seemed reasonable. Not a huge fan of cities, but Sydney is lovely, a mass of skyscrappers with flocks of business suits frantically navigating the midday city streets with cell phones stuck to their heads. Lucky for me, I met a really nice kiwi named Steven who offered to show me around. We were both crammed into the back of a share-ride van with a Norweigan inbetween us [View Full Entry]

By cabochick
October 15th 2008

Running To Stand Still... Oceania » Australia » Queensland

white haven beach whitsundays

I am walking in a vat of flour. Okay.....it’s not flour, but it feels like flour. I cannot believe my eyes. This flour beach is a spectacular moon of powdery silica so white you must shade your eyes from the intense glare. For some reason I hear that song by U2....running to stand still....but perhaps it is only the relentless hum from the helicopter rotor blades that has just dropped us off here moments before. My friend (the Lorikeet) has joined me for this leg of my Aussie trip and we have arrived in the Whitsundays on the deserted White Haven [View Full Entry]

yeah lots of fun until someone gets disemboweled...

By cabochick
October 5th 2008

Waltzing Matilda Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

beautiful scenes around every corner

How do you describe Australia's landscape with enough adjectives to do it any justice? I have seen colours I didn't know existed. In the Outback, sand so red that it appears almost three dimensional to the naked eye, fringed in a blue hue. Ghost gums so breathtakingly stark against mint-green foliage, you touch their trunks to confirm they are indeed real. Snuggled deep down in a canvas swag, staring up at the exhilaratingly coolness of a sapphire sky to marvel at the millions of stars that greet you at days end, I find myself contemplating how is it possible that life [View Full Entry]

By cabochick
September 24th 2008

Learning to speak Australian 101.... Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

Koalas

For two commonwealth countries, it's freakishly weird how different Australia and Canada are in the language department. We are speaking the same language aren't we??? Straight off the plane I was immersed into an entirely new vocabulary. A simple no, becomes nawah. Eighteen becomes ahdeen. Then there are all the little Aussie-isms....heaps, I reckon, cheers, nawah worries, good on ya, bewdy, bloody rippa, ta... ...oh, and could it be possible that all Australians really call each other mate?? Oh yes they do ....mate! I freakin' love Australia!! ...a [View Full Entry]

By cabochick
November 11th 2007

Hablo Espanol? Si Senor...Claro! North America » Mexico » Baja California Sur » La Paz

Chilling in Cabo
Betty and Ely on the veranda

Up until now, I belived there was only three options when it came to travel...1.Tour groups, 2.Backpacking, 3. Resort dweller. I hate all three. Okay, hate is a harsh word. How about dislike. I dislike all three. Why? Well, the un-known-ness of tour groups terrifies me, the thought of paying extravagant amounts of money to be stuck with a bunch of people I don't know, maybe all older than dirt...complaining about the food, the weather, the heat & humidity, and the taxi drivers lack of skill literally turns my stomach. Backpackers I actually secretly envy, however I'm too set i [View Full Entry]

By cabochick
February 22nd 2005

There's No Place Like Home...There's No Place Like Home... North America » Canada » British Columbia » Chilliwack

no place like home
my little casita complete with banana trees in Chilliwack BC

Click your heels together and take a deep breath, because as any world traveller will tell you, there's no place like home. So why are we all so anxious and excited to go anywhere but? I admit. I am one of those that have a traveller's soul. Hell bent on seeing every square inch of this world, carbon footprint or not. I want to see all the wonders of the world...I want to dip my toes in every single sea...I want to climb to the highest peak possible and look down...I want to eat Thai food in Thailand...drink vodka in Russia...do [View Full Entry]

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