https://alisonbate.ca/2023/08/13/drums-ahoy-part-2-sailing-into-shanghai-at-dawn/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogfelixstowearrives1200-1.jpegBlogFelixstowearrives1200The CSCL Felixstowe berthed at Wai Gao Qiao terminal, Shanghaihttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogshanghai1200.jpegBlogShanghai1200Arriving in Shanghai at the end of the trip in 20042025-08-02T14:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2023/08/13/drums-ahoy-sailing-to-china-by-containership-1/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogemptypacific1200.jpegBlogEmptyPacific1200The empty Pacific: it's five days before we see another shiphttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bloginkywater300-copy.jpegblogInkywater300 copyView looking down at the water streaming pasthttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogcaptainmic600.jpegBlogCaptainmic600Captain of the CSCL Felixstowehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogrodneyannette1200.jpegBlogRodneyAnnette1200First officer Rodney Noronha with daughter Annette on the bridgehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogoutsideqingdao1200.jpegBlogOutsideQingdao1200Cone-shaped islands outside Qingdaohttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogrodneyannette300.jpgBlogRodneyAnnette300First officer Rodney Noronha with daughter Annette on the bridgehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blogfelixstowewake1200.jpgblogfelixstowewake1200Streaming across the Pacific on the CSCL Felixstowe2025-08-02T14:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2008/02/19/kicked-out-of-the-karakoram/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/blogbulunkolice1200.jpgBlogBulunkolice12002025-08-02T14:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2025/06/03/weixin-alipay-and-amap-tips-for-traveling-in-china/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/blogphoneapps200.jpgBlogphoneapps200https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/blogchinaapps1200.jpgBlogChinaapps12002025-06-21T23:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2009/01/14/winter-in-the-worlds-most-polluted-city/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogminus25temp600.jpgBlogMinus25temp600Minus 35C in the mountains outside Turpan, three hours' drive from Urumqi, China.(Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumqifruitjackies600.jpgBlogUrumqifruitJackie's600Fruit sellers in Urumqi during winter (pix: Jackie Logan)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumqiwoman1200.jpgBlogurumqiwoman1200https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogbulunkolice1200.jpgBlogBulunkolice1200https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumbackstwoman625.jpgBlogurumbackstwoman625https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumkebab300.jpgblogurumkebab300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogturpanminus35size300.jpgBlogturpanminus35size300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumsoccer300.jpgBlogurumsoccer300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogurumstrtwoman300.jpgblogurumstrtwoman300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/turpanminus35-e1480113970537.jpgturpanminus35Mountains outside Turpan, three hours' drive from Urumqi, in temperatures of -35C2025-03-11T18:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2013/02/06/preparing-the-tet-trees-in-hanoi/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogaucotettrees1200.jpgBlogAuCotettrees1200Au Co workers in Hanoi take a quick break from moving kumquat trees for Tethttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogtalltree300.jpgBlogtalltree300Quite a balancing acthttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogtallquattree600.jpgBlogtallquattree600A tough balancing act, carrying a kumquat tree in Hanoi, Vietnam (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogcouplequattree300.jpgBlogcouplequattree300A Hanoi couple bring home their kumquat tree for Tet. The trees, which look like baby mandarin orange trees, are a symbol of good luck.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogpinkpeachmen-300.jpgBlogPinkpeachmen.300Not so easy loading a heavy peach tree onto a motorbike2025-02-01T22:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2010/01/09/memories-of-bint-el-sudan/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogbintamadoalfadni1200.jpgBlogBintAmadoalfadni1200Artist Amado Alfadni reworks the iconic traditional Bint el Sudan label. This work, based on the Sudanese revolution against President al-Bashir, "opens dialogue on issues of identity and politics". https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogsoukshabibottles1200.jpgBlogSoukShabibottles1200Sudanese perfumes sold in Souk Shabi (Bint el Sudan at top right)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogbintmodern300.jpgBlogbintmodern300The alcoholic version is packaged like this nowadayshttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogbint3bottles300.jpgBlogBint3bottles300The alcoholic version of Bint el Sudan is packaged in bottles like these.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogsoukshabiperfume625.jpgBlogSoukShabiperfume625Sudanese perfumes sold in the souk.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogbrownbookbintcover300.pngBlogBrownbookbintcover300My article in Brownbook magazine in the January/February 2015 issue.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogrdbintscreenshot300.jpgBlogRDBintScreenshot300My Bint el Sudan article in Readers' Digest Canadahttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blogrdbintscreenshot290.jpgBlogRDBintScreenshot290The first page of my article in Reader's Digest Canadahttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bintkenya.jpgBintKenyaModern Kenyan version of Bint el Sudan2024-12-05T01:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2024/05/16/the-stolen-red-bike/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/blogredbike1200.jpgBlogredbike1200My red bike during camping trip Seaside, Oregon2024-05-19T22:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/about/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/brownbookbintcover275.jpgBrownbookbintcover275https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blogalibioalisherfeb2015.jpgBlogAlibioAlisherFeb2015Alison Bate (Photo by Alisher Sharip)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/blogalihammockbar550.jpgBlogAlihammockbar550Relaxing in a hammock bar near Siem Reap, Cambodia in 2013https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/chinabus550.jpgchinabus550Hi there. That’s me on the left (eyes open!), travelling in a crowded minibus in western Sichuan, China.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ali2008website.jpgali2008websiteAlison Batehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ali2001column.jpgali2001column2023-09-04T17:27:33+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2012/07/22/maritime-clips/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/blogenglishbay1200.jpegBlogEnglishBay1200Ships at anchor in English Bay, Vancouver in May 20222023-08-13T23:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2020/06/24/on-being-a-twin/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blogaligillcambodia1200.jpgBlogAliGillCambodia1200Ali and Gill riding on the bamboo railway in Battambang, Cambodia in 2014 https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blogsarktwinsheads1200.jpgBlogSarktwinsheads1200On holiday near Sark as teenagershttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blogalitonygillpram1200.jpgBlogAliTonyGillpram1200Ali (left, with the fatter face), brother Tony and Gill.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blogtwinschecks1200.jpgBlogtwinschecks1200Gill (left) and Ali growing up in Englandhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bloggillalisailing300.jpgBlogGillAlisailing3002023-07-16T23:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2010/03/22/b-c-longshore-casuals-take-a-beating/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blogilwucontainer1200.jpgBlogILWUcontainer1200B.C. dockworkers, especially casuals, hit hard by the 2008-09 recession2023-07-14T17:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2013/07/03/gabriola-pass-in-six-knots-without-an-engine/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bloggabepass1200.jpgBloggabepass1200Sailing Pelegrin in the Gulf Islands (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blogpelegringabepass625.jpgBlogpelegringabepass625Sailing Pelegrin in the Gulf Islandshttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blogpelegrinsailing275.jpgBlogpelegrinsailing275Sailing in Pelegrin in the Gulf Islands, B.C., Canada (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blogferryactivepass275.jpgBlogferryActivePass275Dodging ferries in Active Passhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blogboatpass275.jpgBlogBoatPass275Boat Pass, off Saturna Island, is known for its strong currentshttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blogpelegrin550.jpgBlogpelegrin550Pelegrin at Clam Bay2023-07-14T17:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2009/07/12/online-tips-at-bowen-island-writing-festival/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/writebowen-logo22.jpgWriteBowen logo2https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/writebowen-logo21.jpgWriteBowen logo2https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/writebowen-logo2.jpgWriteBowen logo22023-07-04T18:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/maritime-9-2/2023-07-03T21:24:17+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2011/05/14/top-10-questions-about-life-on-a-containership/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/blogcsclfelixstowe1200.jpgCSCL FELIXSTOWE IMO number : 9227039Photo of the 800-foot CSCL Felixstowe by Philip Gilston (http://pgilston.smugmug.com)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/blog-csclfelixstowephilgilston-photo625-1.jpgCSCL FELIXSTOWE IMO number : 9227039Photo of the 800-foot CSCL Felixstowe by Philip Gilston (http://pgilston.smugmug.com)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/blog-csclfelixstowephilgilston-photo625.jpgCSCL FELIXSTOWE IMO number : 9227039Photo of the 800-foot CSCL Felixstowe by <a href="http://pgilston.smugmug.com">Philip Gilstonhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rodneyannette.jpgRodneyAnnetteRodney and Annette Noronha on the bridgehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/blogcsclfelixstowe500.jpgBlogCSCLFelixstowe500Photo of the CSCL Felixstowe by Philip Gilston2023-07-03T21:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2023/02/13/mama-ok-on-the-ha-giang-loop/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/660fa-blogdugiaview600.jpgBlogDuGiaview600View from terrace at Lo Lo's homestay in Du Gia, northern Vietnamhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/9060d-bloghagiangbikers1200.jpgBlogHaGiangbikers1200Admiring the view on Day 1 on the Ha Giang loop in northern Vietnamhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3b831-blogalihagiang1200.jpgBlogAliHaGiang1200Alison Bate – and the required fake North Face jacket – in Ha Giang in 2023https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/0db5d-bloghagianghappiness1200.jpgBlogHaGianghappiness1200View from the “Happiness Memorial” in Ha Giang, Vietnamhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7f1cf-bloghagiangwomankid600.jpegBlogHaGiangwomankid600https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fac1d-bloghagiangmtns1200.jpgBlogHaGiangmtns1200Caption goes herehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/79a6c-bloghagiangzoomzoom1200.jpgBlogHaGiangzoomzoom12002023-07-14T19:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2009/11/20/bint-el-sudan-my-grandfather-and-me/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blogrampycart500.jpgBlogrampycart500My grandfather E.E.Burgess, left, and another W.J. Bush agent in Africa2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2015/02/12/my-bint-el-sudan-story-in-brownbook/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blogbint4women1200.pngBlogbint4women1200Workers at the Bint el Sudan factory in Kano, Nigeria (Photo: Khalil Halilu)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blogbrownbookbintcover360.jpgBlogBrownbookbintcover360https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brownbookbintcover290.jpgBrownbookbintcover290https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blogbrownbookbintkanowomen.jpgBlogBrownbookbintKanowomenThe perfume factory in Kano, northern Nigeria produces around 7 million bottles of Bint el Sudan each year (picture: Khalil Halilu)2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/12/09/10-travel-tips-for-sudan/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blogkassalaman1200.jpgBlogkassalaman1200Kassala resident near the Gash river (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blogkassalaman625.jpgBlogkassalaman625Kassala resident near the Gash river (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kassalahuts250.jpgKassalahuts250Village just outside Kassala, East Sudan2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2010/03/23/36-bottles-of-bint-el-sudan/2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2010/06/08/enbridge-releases-tanker-plans-for-kitimat/2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/02/09/in-the-nuba-mountains-of-central-sudan/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/blogdillingkids1200.jpgBlogDillingkids1200Boys in Dilling, South Cordovan (pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sudan-dilling-avenues.jpgSudan Dilling avenuesShady avenue in Dilling, Sudanhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sudan-dilling-view.jpgSudan Dilling viewDilling, with Nuba Mountains in the background2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/03/22/surprise-in-the-souk/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbintlabelbluer1200.jpgBlogBintlabelbluer1200Perfume label based on Grampy's photohttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bloggrampyhorsecart1200.jpgBlogGrampyhorsecart1200My grandfather E.E.Burgess, left, and another W.J. Bush agent in Africahttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbint3bottles1200.jpgBlogBint3bottles1200The three bottles of Bint el Sudan I boughthttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbintlabel300.jpgBlogBintlabel300The iconic Bint el Sudan labelhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bloggrampyhorsecart300.jpgBlogGrampyhorsecart300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bloggrampycig300.jpgBlogGrampycig300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbint3bottles625.jpgBlogBint3bottles625https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbintlabel880.jpgBlogBintlabel880https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogsoukelarabi250.jpgBlogSoukelArabi250Modern Khartoum: Souk el Arabi in 2007https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blogbintlabel250.jpgBlogBintlabel2502023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/05/04/eight-year-contract-approved-on-vancouver-docks/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/vancouverharbor.jpgVancouverharborNew deal covering B.C. ports approved between the ILWU and maritime employers2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/10/31/longshore-foremen-talks-stalemated-in-b-c/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blogvantermnykseabreeze1200.jpgBlogVantermNYKSeaBreeze1200Unloading a containership at Vanterm terminal, Vancouver2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/10/04/my-911-rescue-and-survivor-stories-reprinted/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blog911cgboard1200.jpgBlog911CGboard1200A Coast Guard boarding team (right) looks over a privately owned vessel in New York Harbor as the World Trade Center site burns (Pix: US Coast Guard)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wtc-6.jpgWTC 6The tugboat Kathleen Turecamo rescues people from Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001(Penn Maritime photo)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/evacuatethree4501.jpgevacuatethree450https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/evacuatethree450.jpgevacuatethree4502023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/home-2/2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2008/10/02/the-end-of-the-new-carissa/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blogewcarissafromshore1200.jpgBlogewcarissafromshore1200Salvage work on the stern of the New Carissa continues in 1999 (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blognewcarissadeckshore1200.jpgblognewcarissadeckshore1200View on board the wrecked stern of the New Carissa in 1999 (Pix: Alison Bate}https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blognewcarissabeach1200.jpgblognewcarissabeach1200The stern of the wrecked New Carissa off Oregon in 1999 (Pix: Alison Bate}2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-4/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blognewcarissafrombow1200.jpgblognewcarissafrombow1200The wrecked New Carissa near Coos Bay, Oregon in 1999 (pix: Alison Bate)2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-2/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/uscgnyk.jpgU.S. Coastguard vessel off lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 (U.S. Coastguard photo)"U.S. Coastguard vessel off lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hvozda)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wtc-6.jpgThe tugboat Kathleen Turecamo rescues people from Lower Manhattan (Penn Maritime photo)2025-07-03T12:21:49+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-3/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/blogwtcsmokemichaelforancc1200.jpgPlumes of smoke billow from the World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan, New York on Sept. 11, 2001 (Pix: Michael Foran/Creative Commons)2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/mongolia/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gerjeep500.jpggerjeep500https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/grumpy191ht.jpggrumpy191hthttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/3musketeers.jpgThe Three Musketeershttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/aliexplorer.jpgMy explorer shot2023-06-26T18:24:31+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2012/01/22/the-monster-of-kitimaat-and-other-tales-at-enbridge-hearing-2/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bdfa5-blogeulachonnoaa1200.pngBlogeulachonNOAA1200Eulachon picture courtesy of NOAA2023-06-26T18:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2019/06/18/armada-rescues-trapped-new-yorkers-9-11/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/blogr0100447wtc1200.jpgBlogr0100447WTC1200Pilot boat New York off lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo courtesy Sandy Hook Pilot Association)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/blogevacuate2wtc1200.jpgBlogevacuate2WTC1200New Yorkers await evacuation at Battery Park. U.S.Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Mike Hvozdahttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/blogwtc6tug1200.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe tugboat Kathleen Turecamo rescues people from Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 (Penn Maritime photo)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/blogwtcevacuate1200.jpgblogWTCevacuate1200Tugboats rush to Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan, to evacuate New Yorkers on Sept. 11, 2001. (Pix: Mike Hvozda, US Coast Guard)2024-01-12T16:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2008/12/05/tug-escort-rules-vary-in-bc-2/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a71f9-blognortherngatewaymap1200.jpgblogNorthernGatewaymap1200Map courtesy of Impact Assessment Agency of Canada2023-06-26T18:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2018/09/07/fighting-for-peace-valley/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/blogyvonnetupper1200.jpgBlogYvonneTupper1200Yvonne Tupper from Saulteau First Nation at Moberly Lake (Photo: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/7-protest-stakes.jpg7. Protest stakes2023-03-23T21:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2022/01/13/sailing-north-to-desolation-sound/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blogpysandra1200jan2022.jpegBlogPYSandra1200jan2022Sandra at the helm of Pelegrin leaving Sutil Channel behind and entering the Strait of Georgia.2023-03-23T21:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2009/01/04/what-if-a-containership-runs-aground-on-nootka-island/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/becfc-blognootkaisland1200.pngBlogNootkaIsland1200Map courtesy of Wave Length Magzine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons2023-03-17T19:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/maritime-10/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51f22-blogluckenbird500.jpgblogluckenbird5002023-03-17T17:27:32+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-8/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blogkylewashington1200.jpgBlogKyleWashington1200Kyle Washington, eldest son in Dennis Washington's family empire, pictured in 2003https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog-seaspantugbarge625.jpgBlog Seaspantug&barge625Seaspan’s tugs and barges are a familiar sight in British Columbia’s watershttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/blogtugbarge580.jpgblogtug&barge580Seaspan’s tugs and barges are a familiar sight in British Columbia’s watershttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/blogtugbarge290.jpgblogtug&barge290Seaspan’s tugs and barges are a familiar sight in British Columbia’s watershttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/kyle-washingtons290.jpgKyle Washingtons290https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/kyle.jpgkyleKyle Washington on money: “There’s no question it’s a benefit, but it does come with responsibilities. I’d take it over not.”2022-09-30T17:34:59+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2008/11/03/teaching-in-the-muslim-world/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/blogfruitsellers1200.jpgBlogfruitsellers1200Fruitsellers in Souk el Arabi, Khartoumhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/blogcameldrvr1200.jpgBlogcameldrvr1200Camel driver in Khartoum (Pix: Alison Bate)2022-06-23T17:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2022/06/02/slouching-toward-whiteness-and-the-son-of-elsewhere-2/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fddf-blogkhartoumlady1200.jpgBlogKhartoumlady1200Elamin Abdelmahmoud's new memoir "Son of Elsewhere" describes moving from Khartoum (pictured) to Kingston, Ontario2022-06-23T17:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-5/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bloglifeboat1200.jpgBlogLifeboat1200The enclosed davit-launched lifeboat style2022-06-22T22:14:18+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-7-2/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blogatlantis2stranded1200.jpgBlogAtlantis2stranded1200The Atlantis Two stranded in Vancouver Harbour in 19982022-06-21T19:51:57+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/maritime/maritime-6/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blogpilothang360.jpgBlogpilothang360Pilot Capt. Mike Dillon is lowered onto a car carrierhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blogpilottanker360.jpgBlogpilottanker360Tanker and car ship crossing the Columbia Bar in Oregonhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blogpilotchopper1200.jpgBlogpilotchopper1200Ship pilots are lowered by helicopter to navigate the treacherous Columbia Barhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/columbiapilots.jpgTanker crossing the Columbia BarTanker crossing the Columbia Bar in Oregonhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/pilothang.jpgPilotPilot Capt. Mike Dillon is lowered onto a car carrier2022-06-21T19:44:20+00:00weekly0.6https://alisonbate.ca/2021/07/01/10-great-distractions-during-covid/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blogmuffins1200.jpgBlogmuffins1200The joys of life: nothing beats a raspberry oatmeal muffin (front)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blogcontainerships1200.jpgBlogcontainerships1200Containerships waiting for a berth in English Bay, May 2021https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/blogcattenthecurve1200.jpgBlogcattenthecurve1200Graph B.C. 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We will try to help you,” says Lubna Abdelrahmanhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kathycorrigan250.jpgKathyCorrigan250Kathy Corrigan, MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake (Pix by Richard Greenwood)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lubna250.jpgLubna250Lubna Abdelrahman speaking at Edmonds School, Burnaby, BC (Pix by Richard Greenwood)2021-02-27T18:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2010/02/11/bowen-islands-olympic-moment/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/blogbowenwatch300.jpgBlogBowenwatch300Watching the torch go by on Bowen Islandhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bowenolympicprep1200-1.jpgBowenOlympicprep1200Marching down the road to the dock, Bowen Islanders prepare for the Olympic torch ceremonies the day before the big event.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bowenolympicprep2.jpgBowenOlympicprepMarching down the road to the dock, Bowen Islanders prepare for the Olympic torch ceremonies the day before the big event.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bowenwatchers-e1613344788781.jpgBowenwatchersWatching the torch go by on Bowen Island2021-02-14T23:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2021/01/02/covid-rearranging-furniture-and-the-razors-edge/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/blogfurniture1200-1.jpgBlogfurniture1200https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/blogfurniture1200.jpgBlogfurniture1200Rearranging furniture during a pandemichttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/blograzorsedge360.jpgBlogRazor'sEdge360The Razor's Edge, published in 1944, is just as relevant today2021-01-04T20:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2012/07/24/on-the-indigo-trail-with-the-black-hmong-in-nw-vietnam/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bloghmongfamily1200.jpgBlogHmongfamily1200H'mong family, with Sa Ly (left) and one of her daughters, explain their blue dyeing 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a treathttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blogdaisies1200.jpgBlogdaisies1200Flowers everywhere...https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blogmarblecanyon1200.jpgBlogmarblecanyon1200Marble Canyon, near Cache Creekhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blogkimriver1200.jpgBlogKimriver1200Kim takes a break at our campsitehttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blogchairduffyroad1200.jpgBlogchairduffyroad1200We managed to break two tents and the coffee pot on the trip2020-11-17T02:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2013/09/27/from-darfur-to-salt-lake-city/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blogsudanmarket1200.jpgBlogSudanmarket1200Mohammed travelled from Darfur to Khartoum (pictures) then Turkey and, finally, the USA2020-11-16T19:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2011/11/30/coffee-and-lamb-fright-in-kassala/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/blogkassalacoffee1200.jpgBlogkassalacoffee1200Ethiopian coffee, shown 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the American War, now hanging in a museum in Nghe An province, Vietnam.https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blogmuoipeacepaint580.jpgBlogMuoiPeacepaint580Muoi Trong Nguyen with his "Peace" painting (2015), one of two now hanging in a museum Nghe An province, Vietnam2020-11-11T19:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2009/01/30/suns-up-time-to-put-the-kettle-on/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogtibetanwomen1200.jpgBlogTibetanwomen1200Tibetan women working on the land (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogsolarkettles1200.jpgblogsolarkettles1200In Lhundrub, Tibet, water is heated in kettles using solar energy (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/lhundrubmt500.jpglhundrubmt500Scenery around 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notorious2020-06-30T17:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2013/09/04/writing-in-hanoi/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blogaliscooter1200.jpgBlogAliscooter1200Alison Bate in Hanoi, 2013https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blogalihanoimotorbike275.jpgBlogAliHanoimotorbike275Alison Bate in Hanoi, 20132020-11-07T15:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://alisonbate.ca/2016/03/11/morning-in-kalaw-myanmar/https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blog2016bikerskalaw1200.jpgBlog2016BikersKalaw1200Hanging out in Kalaw, Myanmarhttps://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blogkalawcountryside1200.jpgBlogKalawcountryside1200Rich red earth north of Kalaw, Myanmar (Pix: Alison Bate)https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blogkalawscarf300.jpgBlogKalawscarf300https://alisonbate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kalawhatandsuncreamfeb20161.jpgKalawhatandsuncreamfeb2016Women and children in Myanmar often use natural suncream from the Thanaka 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