Is that a holiday resort?

Sandspit is the largest community on Moresby Island, in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is served by Sandspit Airport. The unincorporated community had a population of 435 persons as of the 2001 census.

Wikipedia

I’m going. Just for a single day.

One of the dangers of having a all-you-can-fly Pass.

Queen Charlotte Islands – Wikipedia

That’s better.

Phoenix is one of hottest cities in the world. Very temperate here in the hostel, though.

OK. I missed the plane.

Could happen to anyone. Multiple times over the past few years. Anyone.

Will try to flee the snow storm again today.

Flying to Phoenix today.

Phoenix has an arid climate, and its average annual maximum temperature is the highest of any major US city. …

Phoenix averages 85% of possible sunshine and receives scant rainfall …

Phoenix, Arizona – Wikipedia

In case you haven’t seen the astonishing 8min battle between lions, crocodile and water buffalo filmed by Dave Budzinski while he was on a guided safari at Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Comments from a couple of the millions who watched this clip:

“Mess with one bean, you get the whole burrito,” one posted.

“This is a disgrace for the lion family! Beaten by a cow!” said another. …

When Animals Attack — and Defend – TIME

Battle at Kruger

I read Kraig’s Adventure Blog every day.

He linked to yet another life list:

Smithsonian Magazine has put together another interesting list for us, this time it’s their 28 Must See Sights from around the World. They call it their version of the Life List and their eclectic group of travelers came up with some really great places to visit on your journeys abroad. …

The Adventure Blog: Smithsonian Magazine‘s 28 Must See Sights

I have 10 left to visit:

Feats of Engineering
The world’s surviving architectural wonders hewed from stone and mortar beckon as ever
– Easter Island

A Matter of Timing
Choosing the right year, month or even moment can make all the difference
– Serengeti
– Iguazu Falls

Triumphs of Vision
Come face to face with history’s finest works of art and design
– Fallingwater

Scale New Heights
Don’t just see nature’s most spectacular sites—experience them
– Yangtze River
– Antarctica
– Mount Kilimanjaro

In the Presence of Gods
Encounter temples so magnificent then could only have been built by divine inspiration
– Ephesus

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Visit these deteriorating or threatened destinations before they disappear
– Great Barrier Reef
– Galápagos Islands

Smithsonian Magazine | Travel | The Smithsonian Life List

The only one not well known of those is Falling Water. It’s a house.

Wikipedia

Frank Lloyd Wright completed Fallingwater in 1937, and months later Time magazine put the house on its cover, proclaiming it the architect’s “most beautiful job.” Ayn Rand based much of her 1943 classic, The Fountainhead, on Wright and the house he had wrought.

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