Sharon and Jacques’ Excellent Blog

I have posted a few more Stampede galleries. Click on the thumbnail to visit a gallery in a new page.

The chuckwagon races were fun to watch even though you only saw the start and finish.

The Grandstand show was really impressive and done by the same guy who does all the choreography for Cirque de Soleil. [...]

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Sharon and I were invited by Karen Brookman to spend a few days at the Calgary Stampede with her and her family and friends. Needless to say, it was a blast. George, Karen’s father, is president and CEO of the Stampede in 2008 and we were given the red carpet treatment. We had great seats, foods [...]

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I have added the first of several galleries of Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is relatively unknown in North America but is considered one of the 10 wonders of the world. It is the world’s largest religious monument and its well worth visiting. It’s first mentioned in our travel blog here.  
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On the day that we toured all over Hue, we also booked to have a fixed course dinner at a local restaurant called yThao Garden. It was billed as a royal dinner and it lived up to its billing. The restaurant was an old colonial house that was beautiful restored and decorated. We sat outside [...]

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I have posted a gallery on our tour to the Perfume Pagoda outside of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Current Album: 0704 Perfume Pagoda Images:

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Getting there is half [...]

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I’ve added a gallery from July 3 of a tour of Hanoi City (mostly in the rain as it turns out). The Ho Chi Minh Tomb is incredible but you are not allowed cameras so I was only able to get shots was we walked by to get into the queue. Here’s the gallery:
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Another of the interesting sites that we visited in Bangkok was called Wat Pho and its another beautiful temple on large grounds. It was pissing rain when we went so there aren’t many pictures of the exterior. Its also the place where I warned Sharon to be more respectful of religious icons otherwise there would [...]

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I have updated the blog entry about Bangkok with pictures and have posted 2 new picture galleries. One is of general scenes in around and Bangkok (some appear in the blog above). The other is a gallery of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The Grand Palace is something to behold, I was expected opulence [...]

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Sharon and I returned back to Canada on Nov 14. We left on June 21 so we were gone for quite a while. All I can say is it’s good to be home in our own house. It’s not good to be home to Fall weather in Canada. I’m starting to think that all that [...]

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Before you all think I’m completely off my rocker for going for the weekend, let me explain how we came to pick Kuwait as a vacation destination.
When Sharon was doing her MBA, she made friends with a fellow classmate called Avon who happened to live down the street from us in Mississauga. Sharon and Avon [...]

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