Romance on the Rock: The New Newfoundland
∞ Originally published in The Vancouver Province and Windsor Star, August 9, 2009. ∞ The fog rolls thick and slow over the hills, whiting out the wooden buildings of town and even the road on a chilly, rainy stretch of coast along Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula....Cape Breton: Canada’s Celtic Heart
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Province and Edmonton Journal, August 2, 2009. ∞ It’s been a long drive along a craggy, wave-thrashed coast, through the lush green landscapes and wild lupine fields of the central Highlands. We’ve been confused by Gaelic...
Trek Through the True Thailand
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press, June 14, 2009. ∞ It’s dawn and the mountain mists are shifting, mixing with my cold-cloud breaths as I huddle near the fire and clutch a cup of steaming tea in a bamboo-pole cup. Below me, down a...
Wat Wonders in Cambodia: The stunning temples and archeological mysteries of Angkor Wat
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Sun and Regina Leader Post, April, 19, 2009. ∞ I’m two hours into a backroads motorcycle ride through the Cambodian countryside — wind cutting the baking 34-degree heat, dust flying up from the road — and as I ride I’m...
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Elaine O'Connor
I’m a different kind of travel writer. I craft long-form, cover-worthy feature-length travel articles with style and substance. I tell travellers not just what to do, but why. Find out how to work with me.