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Curaçao 2019
Curaçao 2019
Ian & Marcelle with Neil & Dianne spend a week in a gorgeous seaside villa in the Caribbean, and play a rousing game of Monkey Golf! Music: "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker & The Aces, "The Monkees Theme" by The Monkees(5m8s)
Japan 2019
Japan 2019
Take a self-drive tour through Japan during cherry blossom season in celebration of Ian & Marcelle's 25th wedding anniversary. Enjoy onsen baths, fresh-grilled eel, and cheer for the Hiroshima Carps at a baseball game. With Ian's sister, Susie, and brother-in-law, David. Featuring the islands of Honshu, Shikokuku and Naoshima. Music: "My Woman From Tokyo" by Deep Purple, "Japanese Rendezvous", "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors, "Japaneasy", "Big in Japan" by Alphaville, "Ten-Line Life-Affirming Sutra of Avalokiteshvara", Martial Arts drumming, "The Fish Head Song" by Barnes & Barnes, "Japanese Calmness", "Heiwa" by Hiroshima(24m25s)
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Belgium 2018
Belgium 2018
Ian & Marcelle explore the Flanders region of Belgium by canal boat and bicycles during the World Cup. Week 1 (with the Greenes) includes a visit to the last remaining WWI trench and our personal dance-off in Bruges. Week 2 (with Joe) features giant commercial boats and locks around Kortrijk.Music: "Red Devils' Anthem: We are Belgium," for World Cup 2018, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man, "Kom Dicht Bij Me" by Ian Thomas (Belgian pop star — not the 'disappointing' one)(8m46s)
NE America 2017
NE America 2017
In search of fall foliage, Ian & Marcelle drive through New England and Ontario, with stops at Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, and the cottages of Thomas cousins Vanessa & Sarah, where we celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. Then Ian tests a rented Kia Soul on the road course at Watkin's Glen, and Marcelle retraces her parents' beginnings as a married couple at Cornell University. Music: "Autumn Song" by Van Morrison, "Thank U" by Alanis Morissette, "E-Pro" by Beck, "Autumn Leaves" by Eric Clapton. (6m18s)
Suriname 2017
Suriname 2017
Join Ian & Marcelle at a song bird "practice" in the capital city of Paramaribo. Fly deep into the interior rainforest for a week of wildlife viewing and fishing at the remote Kabalebo River Lodge. Motor upriver in a handmade dugout to visit Maroon villages, founded originally by runaway African slaves. Music from Psycho Phono "Souvenirs from Suriname" playlist(7m55s)
Bonaire 2016
Bonaire 2016
Dive villa, iguanas, flamingos & Paul Allen's yacht, what else could you want in a perfect Caribbean getaway? Ian & Marcelle with Neil & Dianne explore the Dutch island of Bonaire. Music: "Short Skirt Long Jacket" by Cake(1m1s)
Scotland 2016
Scotland 2016
Head to Scotland with 17 members of the American Kerr clan. Spend the first week in a castle near St. Andrews, and week two on a fishing & hunting estate in the Highlands. Then follow Ian & Marcelle to the Isle of Skye. Music: “Loch Lomond” by The Real McKenzies, “4/4 Marches – Scotland the Brave” by Edinburgh’s Finest Bagpipe and Drum Corp, “Newfoundland Jig” by Lana Ross, “From the New Country” by Lana Ross, “Amazing Grace” by The Pipes & Drums of Innes Tartan, “Old Scotch Mother of Mine” by The Thistle Singers, “Elk Hunt” by Royal Scottish National Orchestra, “Blackthorn Stick” by Lana Ross, “Loch Lomond” by Runrig, "Donald Where’s Your Trousers” by Rikki Henderson, “These Are My Mountains” by The Thistle Singers(19m44s)
Morocco 2016
Morocco 2016
Ian, Marcelle & Joe spend two weeks in three distinct environs in Morocco – the old medina of Fes with its winding pathways (so fun on a mobility scooter!), a restful date palm oasis with a shady verandah surrounded by miles of mud-walled farm plots, and the glorious and dunes of the Sahara Desert. Music: "Taragalte" by Oum(8m29s)
West Coast 2015
West Coast 2015
Ian & Marcelle hit the road with their newly adopted dog, Roscoe, to visit friends and family along North America's West Coast, with stops in Northern California, Washington, Vancouver & Oregon. Music: "Down by the River" by Neil Young(5m42s)
Argentina 2015
Argentina 2015
Ian & Marcelle celebrate her 50th birthday with tango in Buenos Aires, at the unsurpassable Iguazu Falls – world's most impressive waterfall, and exploring the stunning scenery of northwest Argentina. Music: "Argentine Tango" by Chris Allton, "Libertango" by Piazzola, "Viene Clareando" by Los Chalchaleros(9m30s)
North America 2014
North America 2014
Starting in Charlotte, North Carolina, to witness the marriage of friends Neil & Dianne, Ian & Marcelle take the Blue Ridge Parkway north through Virgina to Washington D.C. Then they meet the Greenes for a tour of Niagara Falls and journey to Canadian cottage country for a week of fun with Vanessa, Devin & Kaden Thomas. Music: "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, "Stompa" by Serena Ryder (3m51s)
Alsace 2013
Alsace 2013
Ian & Marcelle discover canal boating is the perfect way to travel post-stroke. After a brief visit to Brussels where Marcelle lived as an exchange student, they journey to Alsace for a week of boating with Joe, followed by a week with the Launs.Music: "La Strasbourgeoise" and "Der Kommissar" by After the Fire(5m49s)
Indochina 2008
Indochina 2008
Ian & Marcelle arrive in Cambodia for the insane Phnom Penh water festival. Visit a killing field and the incredible temple complex at Siem Reap, including Angkor Wat. Drive to Thailand for the amazing Surin Elephant Round-up. Take an expedition in Laos on the Hinboun River, including 7.5 kilometers underground through Kong Lor Cave. Music: Cambodia folk songs featuring chapei dong veng guitar, traditional Thai music jam, Lao folk song "Lam Saravane" (13m47s)
Witness an elephant parade followed by a sumptuous elephant buffet, where baby elephants eat their fill of fruit and sugarcane. Go behind the scenes at the elephant camp to find out what it's like to be a mahout as Marcelle interviews several. Enjoy the festival finale where elephants paint, play soccer, and fight a mock battle. Commentary by Marcelle & Ian.(14m24s)
France 2007
France 2007
Travel with Ian & Marcelle, sister Laura, and nieces Madeline (6) and Audrey (4), to France for three weeks. Spend time at a Brittany beach house; see the 400-year-old house in Dinan with snakes in the kitchen, and the replacement house in Quevert with an award-winning garden. Finish with a few days in Paris including a Bastille Day celebration at the Eiffel Tower. Music: "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, "La Marseillaise," "Padam Padam" by Edith Piaf(7m53s)
Audrey, Madeline, Laura and Marcelle rationalize eating several boxes of PIM's as they sit at their dining table in Quevert.Cameraman: Ian Thomas. Movie editing by Laura Laun.(2m6s)
Lake Powell 2005
Lake Powell 2005
Ian & Marce with pal Joe, dog Donner, and a canoe, explore the grandeur of Lake Powell in a houseboat. See the aftermath of busting both engines while backing into the "perfect" mooring, get a brief lesson on meditation, and watch Donner try to regain his land legs. Music: "Fault Lines" by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and "Zaar" by Peter Gabriel(6m7s)
Europe 2004
Europe 2004
Ian & Marcelle share a Tuscan villa near Siena with Susie & David, as well as visiting Rome, Venice and Urbino. Then they drive to Burgundy, France, to meet up with Sarah & Andrew for a week barging on the Nivernais Canal. Music: "Eri Piccola Cosi" by Fred Buscaglione, "Rigoletta: La Donna e Mobile" by Verdi, "Bateau Sur L'eau" French nursery rhyme, "Oxygene" by Jean-Michel Jarre(7m23s)
Peru 2003
Peru 2003
Ian & Marcelle head to Peru to search out wildlife in Manu National Park and wander the ancient pathways of Machu Picchu. They plunge deep into the Amazonian rainforest, cruising both the Amazon and the feeder tributaries where the Riberenos people live side-by-side with the animals of the jungle.Music: "Ollantay", "Coca Kintucha", "Guererro Inka", "Balsero de Titicaca", "Chaski" – all by Tankar Peru (16m55s)
India 2001
India 2001
Join Ian & Marcelle on an auspicious day for weddings. Witness a lucky double tiger sighting. Give an elephant a bath, and sleep in the hut once occupied by Mahatma Gandhi. Stimulating sights and sounds capture the essence of three weeks in incomparable India. Music: Call to prayer at Jama Masjid by Aftab Alam, "Raga Bhairavi" by Ali Akbar Khan(20m36s)
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Africa 1999
Africa 1999
On a self-drive safari through Botswana and Zimbabwe in 1999, Ian & Marcelle encounter thieving monkeys, stampeding buffalo and man-eating lions. Music: "Tweyagale" by Eddie Kenzo and "Kothbiro" by Ayub Ogada (9m51s)
Vietnam 1997
Vietnam 1997
Ian & Marcelle visit the Red River Delta during rice harvesting season, and a jungle with 1,600 varieties of butterfly. Witness duck herders, water buffalo and the effects of Agent Orange. Encounter village children and ride a farting elephant across a lake.Music from the Saigon rock movement of the Vietnam War era: "Sao Bie" by Le Thu and "Do Ai" by Phurong Dung(6m14s)
West Coast 1998
West Coast 1998
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Joe, Marcelle & Ian perform "I'm a Retriever" for Donner, who inspired the lyrics during this road trip with him. (With apologies to The Monkees)(3m46s)
Soviet Union 1987
Soviet Union 1987
Two years into the term of President Mikhail Gorbachev and his policy of "glasnost," Russian politics professor, Dr. Lyn Greene (Marcelle's stepmother), invited her to join a group of students on a tour of the Soviet Union. Many of the monuments and cities pictured have been removed or renamed since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, just four years after the trip. Music: "Wind of Change" by Scorpions, " Ukranian Folk Song, "Orientale" by Cesar Cui.(8m)
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