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Robbin McKinney | '''Robbin McKinney 's GREAT BIKE JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD:''' | ||
Gwendal | Photographer Robbin McKinney (Vancouver) presents a slide show of bike travels through Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Morocco, Turkey, Thailand and Croatia. Robin has been guiding trips around the world since 1985 and will share stories of his secret discoveries. In addition he will discuss the pros and cons of guided versus self-guided travel and for independent travelers will offer suggestions and advice. | ||
'''Gwendal Castellan’s LONG ROAD NORTH:''' | |||
Leaving behind his office with no windows, Gwendal Castallan realizes his dream of an adventure to travel half way across the planet at a human pace and experience the story of the road. Seen from the handlebars of a bicycle, the world is a lot smaller than he ever thought. This epic journey begins at the most Southern tip of Argentina, taking us on a modern “Motorcycle Diaries” through 18 countries along the longest road in the world. From the mountains of Patagonia, through Latin American mega-cities and small-town America, to the sparse reaches of the Canadian Arctic, we get a glimpse of what we would be like to drop everything and hit the open road. | |||
In a time when global relations can make the world seem too scary to embrace, we are reminded that the most common thing we share with other parts of the world is humanity. | |||
The sites they visit are more than just names on a map. These places might be familiar enough, but even then, it is not until they spent time exploring them that they realize that every city, every small town, every deserted stretch of road, carries a story of its own. As Gwendal journeys through this diverse landscape, he find that sometimes the farther we travel the more we realize the importance of relationship and family. Despite what he thought he knew about the world, he came to see that he hardly knew it at all. | |||
Gwendal is a patient teacher known for his willingness to share his passion with others. With a degree in Geography from the University of Victoria and an eye for the world at large, he found his love for touring by bicycle in Australia. After several years programming satellite imagery for Radarsat International, the lure to find himself in those far away images of the world was too much. Currently he is the Executive Director of the Stanley Park Bike Festival in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada. | |||
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Revision as of 15:50, 12 November 2008
1st Show
Kevin Vallely: ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD
Skiing the 2000 km Iditarod trail in Alaska in a 33day odyssey, summiting active volcanoes in Java in the midst of a Jihad, kayaking the icy waters of the oldest, largest and deepest lake in the world in Siberia, Russia with Kevin’s 9 month-old daughter, bicycling into gold rush history by retracing the famous ice bike of 1901 journey down the frozen Yukon River and joining teams of jungle patrollers atop Asian elephants in Aceh, Indonesia hunting poachers and illegal loggers in the Leuser Ecosystem, the last great jungle of Southeast Asia.
Adventurer extraordinaire Kevin Vallely and two fellow Canadians Ray Zahab and Richard Weber are leaving this coming November for the Antarctica with the intent of breaking the unsupported speed record to the South Pole. The idea is to make the 680 miles in 35 days. Check out [1].
Time
Thursday, October 16th @ 7pm (doors and reception at 6 pm)
Location
Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
Tickets
- $15 in advance
- $17 at the door
- package of 2 tix to 2 different shows $25
- package of 3 tix to all 3 shows $35.
Advanced tickets are available online at www.vimff.org; and at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, (604) 984-4484.
2nd Show
Robbin McKinney 's GREAT BIKE JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD:
Photographer Robbin McKinney (Vancouver) presents a slide show of bike travels through Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Morocco, Turkey, Thailand and Croatia. Robin has been guiding trips around the world since 1985 and will share stories of his secret discoveries. In addition he will discuss the pros and cons of guided versus self-guided travel and for independent travelers will offer suggestions and advice.
Gwendal Castellan’s LONG ROAD NORTH:
Leaving behind his office with no windows, Gwendal Castallan realizes his dream of an adventure to travel half way across the planet at a human pace and experience the story of the road. Seen from the handlebars of a bicycle, the world is a lot smaller than he ever thought. This epic journey begins at the most Southern tip of Argentina, taking us on a modern “Motorcycle Diaries” through 18 countries along the longest road in the world. From the mountains of Patagonia, through Latin American mega-cities and small-town America, to the sparse reaches of the Canadian Arctic, we get a glimpse of what we would be like to drop everything and hit the open road.
In a time when global relations can make the world seem too scary to embrace, we are reminded that the most common thing we share with other parts of the world is humanity.
The sites they visit are more than just names on a map. These places might be familiar enough, but even then, it is not until they spent time exploring them that they realize that every city, every small town, every deserted stretch of road, carries a story of its own. As Gwendal journeys through this diverse landscape, he find that sometimes the farther we travel the more we realize the importance of relationship and family. Despite what he thought he knew about the world, he came to see that he hardly knew it at all.
Gwendal is a patient teacher known for his willingness to share his passion with others. With a degree in Geography from the University of Victoria and an eye for the world at large, he found his love for touring by bicycle in Australia. After several years programming satellite imagery for Radarsat International, the lure to find himself in those far away images of the world was too much. Currently he is the Executive Director of the Stanley Park Bike Festival in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.
Time
Thursday, November 20th @ 7pm (doors and reception at 6 pm)
Location
Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
Tickets
- $15 in advance
- $17 at the door
- package of 2 tix to 2 different shows $25
- package of 3 tix to all 3 shows $35.
Advanced tickets are available online at www.vimff.org; and at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, (604) 984-4484.
3rd Show
John Dunn’s JOHN DUNN’S WILD CANADA: CROSSING BC’S CORDILLERA + A HIGH ARCTIC ISLAND ADVENTURE
Time
Friday, December 12th @ 7pm (doors and reception at 6 pm)
Location
Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
Tickets
- $15 in advance
- $17 at the door
- package of 2 tix to 2 different shows $25
- package of 3 tix to all 3 shows $35.
Advanced tickets are available online at www.vimff.org; and at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, (604) 984-4484.