Just Travelling Through

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The Coddiwomple Express has made a lot of stops. Read wonderful tales from around the world by choosing the country you’d like to read about.

North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Hopelandia

North America

 

Canada

  • Husky January 15, 2022
    In the night, a call comes echoing through the darkness. It is the call that compels me to pack my bags and leave again in search of the great adventure.
  • The Hans Island War October 15, 2020
    As a Canadian, I travelled to Denmark not realizing that our countries had been at war for over 40 years.
  • Winston’s Sloop and the Boat Shop at Arbour Bay September 14, 2020
    On his seventh birthday, Winston is introduced to the world of sailing by his father. As he grows, a life on the water becomes Winston's one true love. When a raging storm covering the entire world forces his return to his childhood harbour, he learns the power that his true love wields over his spirit and what he must do against the tides that blow against him.
  • Alphonso September 7, 2020
    A rubber duck, sitting on the dashboard of my car, is my only companion as I travel across Canada during the pandemic of Covid-19.
  • Red Hill and the Stranded Scow September 1, 2020
    In the Niagara River, a few hundred metres from the falls, a rusted old boat rests upon a mound of rocks where it has not moved for 100 years. This is the story of how it ran aground and the daring nighttime rescue of those stranded aboard.
  • The Boys in Blue* August 19, 2020
    When I was 16 years old my soccer team competed in the Canadian National Championship in Saskatoon. This is the story about how we fared at Canada's most prestigious tournament and my quest, returning to the city 25-years later, to track down the ground where it all happened.
  • The Horse Thief of the Red Deer River Valley August 17, 2020
    Outside of Drumheller, Alberta there is a lookout overlooking the The Red Deer River Valley. A small sign tells the story of how horses used to wander into it and emerge days later with their branding stripped leaving their owners mystified. This story fills in the wide gaps conveniently omitted by Canadian historians and reveals what their books do not want you to know.
  • People of Canada August 12, 2020
    Over the course of the last century, Canada has become a cultural melting pot and home a diverse population of immigrants from all over the world. As I travel from coast to coast I make new friends along the way all of whom consider Canada their home. These are their stories.
  • The Water-witcher of Valemount August 8, 2020
    At the foot of the Rocky Mountains in British Colombia's interior, deep wells provide water for the region's farmsteads. How they got there is a matter of ancient ingenuity and a bit of magic.
  • Travel in the Age of CoVid-19 March 24, 2020
    The spread of a mysterious virus sent the whole world went into a panic. It put an abrupt end to travel and sent me back to Canada. Beginning in Bangkok, I travel through South East Asia to Bali as the news of the virus begins to spread eventually erupting into utter chaos.
  • Say ‘Goodbye’ and Wave ‘Hello’ – Musings from YVR Airport May 26, 2019
    Fully in the grips of my mid-life crisis, I sit in Vancouver's airport awaiting my flight to Europe and contemplate what it means to leave.
  • The Yellow Deli May 12, 2019
    The first story written for The Coddiwomple Express. The Yellow Deli is about a restaurant in Chilliwack, British Colombia that is owned and run by the community of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

USA

  • DTLA January 25, 2022

South America

 

Argentina

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador
Peru

Europe

 

Albania

Austria

Belgium

Cyprus
Denmark

England

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy
North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Scotland

Slovakia

Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland

Asia

 

Indonesia

Oman
Singapore

Türkiye

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

United Arab Emirates

Africa

 

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Hopelandia

 

Hopelandia

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