Lovely taxi drive into Limerick. Everything is so green and lovely. The university grounds where I’m staying are beautiful and sit along the banks of the River Shannon which is…
Excited to be heading off to Ireland for a conference on World Rural Health where I’ll be presenting but will also get to have a bit of a look around.…
Driving to a town in The Middle East only 12 days after getting back from remote villages in Bangladesh. As we drive past a refugee camp it occurs to me…
So, I find myself with a bunch of twenty something medical students from the big smoke for four weeks in Bangladesh! Hmm. Well it’s interesting and I have to remind…
Alaska Inside Passage finale to the Canadian Journey 22-29 August ‘North to Alaska…’ the old song was playing in my head as we headed north to Anchorage, Alaska. The investigation…
Otters & Orcas 18 aug. Flew to Vancouver today. Had a little hiccup at airport security. They pulled my bag aside and insisted I had a knife in there. Well…
15 August Leaving the north now and kind of sad knowing we’re leaving the wilder parts of this country. Has been beautiful and amazing. I know life can be tough…
11 August Today we were meeting one of the longest standing northern doctors and his wife. He has raised two sons here – both have come back to work here…
9 August Waskesiu Lake at Prince Albert National Park in Northern Saskatchewan is our stop today on the way to the next doctor meeting. A welcome oasis after yesterday’s crazy…