Well, the second part of my trip to Canada was wonderful and scary. I had just returned to Toronto from a great few weeks in Montreal and Ottawa when we found out my father had to have an emergency operation. All went well and we ended up having a rare family time with Chris and Tara coming from Melbourne and Kelowna. Dad was very patient with us as we got in the way, provided unneeded advice and otherwise distracted him from his more important concerns! My apologies to people in Toronto that I was hoping to visit and/or reconnect with; next time we'll get better caught up and everyone will have more stories to tell!

 

I finished up my Canadian travels with 2 weeks in Vancouver visiting with Diane and Steve. Many thanks Stell, for your patience as I messed up your apartment and ate all your food! We were able to do a working road trip around the southern Gulf islands and onto Vancouver Island. We spent several wonderful days on Salt Spring Island where my mad friend Stevie joined us. Steve, thank you SO much for rekindling my interest in photography and some excellent coaching!

 

I returned to Bangkok briefly August 6th and then flew to Beijing with some great Australians.