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Monday Moment: Tea Plantation, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
I’m English by birth and, as such, I think I have tea running in my veins. My brother, sister and I started young; drinking weak tea in our sippy cups and, to this day, a good cuppa is what we all run to for comfort. I even remember my Grandma giving tea (with milk and [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Veggi-Wallah in India
7. May 2012
I took this picture as we drove through a village in northern India. There was dust and grime and cows and people everywhere; his neatly stacked vegetable stand stood out.
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina
30. April 2012
This isn’t the craziest road we drove on. I think the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal was crazier but I think that was because the vehicles were older and the drivers cared less (I’m afraid I have no pictures as I was terrified and clinging onto whatever I could find that was solid). [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Feeding The Birds, Vancouver BC
23. April 2012
I love Vancouver. I love that I can walk the entire downtown area and pop out at the end of Denman Street right onto English Bay. It’s a quintessential Vancouverite thing to do; grab a coffee, hit the beach and head towards the Stanley Park Seawall. Rain or shine you’ll have plenty of company.
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Hanover, Germany
16. April 2012
Like much of Hanover the Aegidien Church was destroyed during World War II. Most of the city was rebuilt and it remains one of the more modern cities in the country. The church, however, was never rebuilt but stays in ruin as a memorial to the ravages as war.
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Delhi, India
9. April 2012
Usually in cities we like to either walk or take public transit to where we want to go. Niether was possible in Delhi. Walking anywhere was next to impossible with the pollution and crowds and dirt and smells…believe me we tried. With no public transit available we took to using autorickshaws to get everywhere. Yes, [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: The Longest Parade In The World, Cuzco, Peru
2. April 2012
We left our hostel at 8am heading to the Plaza de Armas to get a good look at the costumed paraders as they started. The parade had already begun by the time we got down to the square but we needn’t have worried that we missed too much as it turned out that the parade [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Chiang Mai, Thailand
26. March 2012
I really wanted to see elephants in Thailand. After coming up with nothing while searching for wild elephants in Khao Yai National Park we decided to visit an elephant camp outside of Chiang Mai. There is plenty of controversy around elephant camps in Thailand. Whether they exist to actually help elephants or whether they are created [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Vancouver Island, Canada
19. March 2012
It’s just about a year ago that we packed up all of our stuff and headed east over the Rocky Mountains to Calgary. We’re really enjoying it there; taking advantage of living so close to the mountains and exploring the surrounding prairie, but this weekend we flew back to the coast to visit family and [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Bia Hoi Shop, Hanoi, Vietnam
12. March 2012
One of my favourite things to do in Hanoi is to find a Bia Hoi (or fresh beer) shop, sit, and watch the world go by. It’s a popular pastime; there are over 3000 Bia Hoi shops in Hanoi. We visited this one regularly during our time there. This is the owner. He would come down the [...]
Continue reading...Monday Moment: Bali, Indonesia
5. March 2012
Bali is infused with beauty and grace. Temples abound, rice paddies fill the valleys, and the volcano Mt Agung — acting as the spiritual center of the island — dominates the skyline. There is balance is everything the Balinese do. Offerings for the gods, and the demons. Taking care of the water, and the earth. [...]
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Wanna-be expat. Giant Stepper. 
Welcome to OneGiantStep.
I'm Gillian. In 2009 my partner, Jason, and I set out to travel the world for a year.
Now we're looking for something more long term; a place outside of our 'home and native land' to hang our hat; another Giant Step along the path.
Come along as we figure out where to go and how to get there.
14. May 2012
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