Lesleyanne Ryan. Canadian Armed Forces Veteran. Peacekeeper. Novelist. Photographer. Traveller. Cat Lover.
Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours
30 May to 25 June 2022
Storm chasing is, in relative terms, a new kind of tourism. Television shows like In Search Of… (1978) and movies like Twister (1996) introduced professional storm chasing to the wider public, and over the last twenty years or so, a number of tour companies have sprung up offering people the chance to join in with the chase. Continue reading “Storm Chasing 2022”
18 March – 7 April 2022
Well, after two and a half years since my last trip, I finally took the dive into travelling again. In November, 2021, I had booked a tour to Costa Rica that I had to cancel due to Omicron. I lost my every penny I paid for the tour, so when Omicron started to wane, I started to look at other tour companies and saw that Intrepid had a very good cancellation policy.
I waited until the middle of February to book the Classic Costa Rica tour in order to give less time for another variant to pop up.
I choose Costa Rica because a pre-arrival test was not required. After having avoided Covid for two years, I didn’t want my luck to run out the day before I left. Continue reading “Costa Rica Encore”
20 October to 3 November 2019
The prospect of visiting Tibet first came up in 2017 but getting there wasn’t as easy as I expected. The first tour was cancelled due to lack of interest and the second tour was changed to Bhutan when the Chinese closed the border for a week. Continue reading “Tibet with Intrepid Travel”
The Golden Triangle
10 – 17 October 2019
India wasn’t a destination high on my list, but with a tour of Tibet scheduled, I decided it was worth the stop en route. Monograms Travel offered a semi-independent tour of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Continue reading “India’s Golden Triangle”
With a free day in Delhi, I wanted to do something that I could start late. I looked through Viator’s offerings and found a photo and food tour in Old Delhi. India Food Tour confirmed my registration and gave me the price for a transfer from my non-central hotel. Continue reading “A Day in Old Delhi”
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