Trips, Jaunts and Long Afternoons

On this page you'll see some of the travels of Sue Fraser-Kuipers and Todd Kuipers and Augustus Kuipers and Marijka Kuipers, laid out with lovely visuals and prose. Take a look around and let us know what you think.

Panoramas

We've updated our selection of composite panorama shots on the site for you to look at - Over 200 now available for your viewing pleasure.

North America

Spending more time in Canada means more mini (ok, up to 10 and 12 day) and day trips around North America

	West Coast 2007 A coupla months after Marijka was born we hauled out and hit the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Pennisula.	Hawaii 2005 For Todd's Dad's 60th birthday we all went to Maui and hung about doing things in Hawaii. In these photos, Sue is quite pregnant with Gus.
	CO & WY 2004 Another short trip out to see Debi and family for her wedding in 2004.	Ottawa 2004 Short trip out to visit MTB and attend David and Tracy's wedding.
	New York A longish weekend in NYC before heading home.	Colima State - 2009 A week in Santiago, just outside Manzanillo in Colima, Mexico. We've been twice, and we will go back. Long strands, a quiet town, Mexico's biggest port, a smoking volcano, a 300 year old historic town - makes for lots to do.
	Mississippi Tour - 2008 We headed down to attend Todd's cousin's wedding in Lousiana and then spent a few more days driving up along the Mississippi before staying with relatives in Hot Springs Village, AR.	Oregon Coast and Portland - 2008 We headed down with Sue's family and stayed near the sand in Cannon Beach. We had the chance to visit with some of Sue's relatives from the UK who happened to be close by. This trip was also a dry run for the now-famous Portland walking brew tour.
	San Francisco - 2010 On the occasion of our 20th wedding anniversary, we headed to San Francisco with Sue's brother, met up with our partner Derek and Shaun, and proceeded to stay out of trouble for the entire weekend.	Portland - 2009 On the occasion of Todd's 40th birthday, we took a big crew down to Portland to hang about, visit the city and do a very swell walking beer tour of the ultimate beer town. We did enjoy the beer. And the town. And the people.
	BC West Coast - 2010 We headed out west on the road to visit with relatives, attend my aunt's wedding and hang about the islands.	Nipika - 2009 We took a few days in the fall to hang about at the best mid-country lodge in the rockies - Nipika. The weather was great and the sky clear enough for some excellent night shots.
	Lake O'Hara - 2007 Within a couple of weeks of Gus being born we had the chance to stay at Lake O'Hara Lodge for a couple of nights on the last weekend of the summer season.	Lake O-Hara - 2010 We headed out with Shelley and Brian to stay at Lake O'Hara Lodge for a couple of nights and do some wandering around. Was fabulous as usual.
	Southern Alberta - 2009 When Todd's cousin Krista comes to visit we feel obliged to bring to touristy spots that are not in the mountains. This is from one such trip	Waterton Lake - 2003 We headed out camping with Mike and Claudia to Lake Waterton National Park. The colour in the photos is from smoke - there was a significant forest fire near the park.
	Alberta Rockies - 2003 Shortly after moving back to Calgary from Bangkok, we borrowed a vehicle and did a run from Calgary through Banf and Jasper and back, stopping in the town Todd lived in when born and the town that had the nearest hospital, that is named on his birth certificate.	BC and Washington Coast - 2007 We did a whirlwind trip from Calgary, to the coast, Vancouver Island and Saltspring, then down to the Olympic pennisula to stay on the beach in Pacific City.
	Hawaii Landcapes - 2008 When Todd's mom turned 60 a whole boatload of people went to the Big Island to hang out with her. Todd and Sue drove around the whole island and quite enjoyed ourselves.	Hawaii People - 2008 And here are some of those people

Europe

While we don't get over to visit relatives nearly as often as we'd like here's a few shots and blather from some trips over there...

	Austria 2004 We needed a quick trip Central Europe with a stint in Austria. Taking a quick flight to Salzburg we toodled our way to Vienna then to Slovakia and Budapest and then back again.	Brastilava 2004 From Vienna we did a very (very) short drive across the river and over the border to Bratislava.
	Budapest 2004 Quickly down from Bratislava we hoofed down the motorway and into Hungary and on to Budapest.	Prague 2004 Back up to Vienna and then onto the train we landed in Prague for a fabulous few days of beer and wandering.
	UK #1 2004 We jumped over to visit Sue's family on the occasion of the wedding of her cousin Harriet to Andrew and did some wandering about the regular parts of the UK.	UK #2 2004 And then back over from Prague we hung about in other regular spots in the UK.
	West & North UK This trip through the west, into Wales, the Lake District, the North East, Yorkshire and London was loads of fun and took 12 days.	South & West UK This trip was to Bath and around Salisbury and was frantically paced. Three day trip this time.
	Ireland, Cork & West Like it says, a little touch of southern and western Ireland.	Stockholm & environs Even in "crappy" weather this place stood out as a jewel.
	Netherlands, NE super duper trip here, with such a fabulous family, Todd's of course.	Belgium, Flanders Pretty impressive stuff in the land of beer variety.

Asia

Over the past many years we've been to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (for a beer run), Vietnam, Indonesia (including Java for java), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and a couple of other stops.

	Taiwan Sue and Todd and Gus were lucky enough to stop over in Taipei from Thailand the last time we went.	Thailand with Gus Just 6 months after the wee boy was born we had the chance to visit Thailand again and explore familiar and new places.
	The Gulf Scott and Todd take a 2 day ride to the Gulf of Thailand.	The Kingdom Travel with us through Thailand on the Smiling Albino Siamese Dream.
	Nong Khai Sue travels with Fon into the wilds of Isan to visit Nong Khai and miss the Bang Fai.	Ayutthaya Sue and Harriet escapade in Ayutthaya, Thailand's jaw dropping old capital, sacked by the Burmese over 200 years ago.
	Sri Lanka Loaded full of loads of fab sites and tasty food, Sri Lanka was a real joy to visit. We were lucky to be there during a few month cease fire.	Cambodia The land of 2000 years of Khmers, from Poi Pet to Siem Riep to Phnom Pehn to Sihanoukville.
	Hua Hin 1 A Thai focused resort town south of Bangkok, Todd was in Hua Hin as a helper on a Bangkok radio station contest.	Hua Hin 2 More Hua Hin - this time with Harriet and Sue for a long weekend getaway.
	Jon in the Kingdom Jon Bartlett came to spend a few weeks with us in Thailand, up north and in Bangkok.	Mae Salong Photos and captions from our 3 week stint in Mae Salong volunteer teaching.
	Kood Island Kood Island Resort - very close yet far enough away - a fabulous weekend getaway.	Hong Kong Crazy times in a crazy place with crazy people. Ok, Hong Kong might be only slight crazy...
	Bangkok Todd and Sue lived here for a year and enjoyed most every minute of Bangkok.	Viet Nam Viet Nam from south to north and a few spots in between.
	Bali An island, physically and theologically, Bali is small adventure.