Category: travel

riding a moped in Bermuda

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I was passenger. My first ride on a motor scooter in decades. Exhilarating. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch another ride on YouTube.

It takes less than 2 hours to drive Bermuda end-to-end.

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The first thing that visitors to Bermuda should know is that rental cars are NOT available. …

For the brave and fearless who want to get a taste of the local life, it’s quite easy to rent a scooter to zip around the island. …

Mildly terrifying at first on the small winding roads of Bermuda, scooters are a blast once you get the hang of it. …

Speed limit on the entire island is a maximum of 35 kmh (22 mph) though this seems just a rough guildeline as most drivers seem to do about 50 kmh on straight sections of road. …

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2016 World Rugby Classic – Bermuda

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Nov 5th -12th 2016

Eight teams of former internationals today somewhat past their prime come together every year for a tournament that is more fun than competitive.

We went on Sunday the 6th to watch Canada nearly upset South Africa. It was so close.

Click PLAY or watch a promo video on YouTube.

Bermuda will be much in the news. In June Bermuda will host the America’s Cup, where the US will defend its title. Bermuda is one of Lonely Planet’s top 10 nations to visit in 2017.

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arrived Bermuda

On By Rick McIn gymnastics, travelLeave a comment

I’ll be working with the Gymnastics Federation here and 5 member clubs through until Christmas.

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the east shore of North America …

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Bermuda’s economy is based on offshore insurance and reinsurance, and tourism, the two largest economic sectors. …

Bermuda is a group of low-forming volcanoes …

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I’m staying at the Grotto Bay Beach Resort to start.

giant kites in Parksville

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Parksville, B.C. hosts one of the top 10 kite festivals in Canada.

Parksville Lions International Kite Festival
Jul 16, 2016 to Jul 17, 2016

Later in the summer I was cycling past surprised to see these monster kites down by the beach as part of no festival whatsoever. If one of these fell on your head, you’d be hurting.

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mapping the world in a simpler way

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What3words (stylizedwhat3words) is a geocoding system for the simple communication of locations with a resolution of 3 m.

what3words encodes geographic coordinates into 3 dictionary words (for example, the Statue of Liberty is located at planet.inches.most).

Click PLAY or see how it works on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/112227335

Mongolia officially adopted the new address system. Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

people are good

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Rob Greenfield traveled 37 days Panama City to San Diego with no cash in hand at the start.

His conclusion – most people are good. The world’s a safer place than the media would lead you to believe.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.