Valentine’s Day: Things I Love But Probably Shouldn’t

The Gift of a Grass Heart given to me by my friend Ping of the Muong people, in Sapa, Vietnam

Valentine’s Day is a day of love. So I am dedicating this post to all things I love. but probably shouldn’t. 

#1 – Animals that are bigger than me, that can eat me, or just want to spit on me. I lure them in with food and my excellent coaxing skills. Then I latch on and I’m never letting GO!

Me & Mr.Donkey in Southern Bolivia

Llama Feeding - Cafayate, Argentina

Elephant Kisses in Chiang Mai, Thailand

#2 – Playing Hide-and-Go-Seek in, on, near, or as close as the velvet railing will let me, to anything ancient, one-of-a-kind, precious, or crumbling. Sometime’s I get lost and potentially hurt myself but it is not my fault. I loved the game as I child and I love it today.

Giant's Causeway, Ireland

Ancient Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

1000 torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

3# – Sticking my Face where it doesn’t belong. No I am not referring to butting into other people’s lives, this is a literal statement; I stick myself into things. A lot.

face mask in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia

painted for Koh Phangan, Full Moon Party

#4 – Flinging myself off of things that are really high up but that I am firmly buckled into. I like to know that I am still young & dumb enough to do it.

ziplining in Santa Teresa, Peru

zip-lining, Tarzan roping, and shimmying my way through the treetops on Koh Chang, Thailand

#5 – Saying Goodbye to Canada. Whenever I say goodbye it means adventure’s and exotic places ensue. This is much preferred to the freezing winters of Canada – and I just don’t like wearing pants ok?

A stand in the Byward Market, Ottawa, Canada

Walking with my Doggy Scotia in the middle of Winter. Thunder Bay, Canada

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