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Day 7 Prince Edward Island Today we (Steve, Heather and Sarah) piled into the car and headed up to the most North Western part of the Island. Cape North or was it North Cape. The drive was along a great highway and fast. The more northern part of the island is a little poorer and slightly more hilly with smaller plots of land. Lots and lots of potatoes but still neat as a pin. It took almost 21/2 hours to get to the top. Sarah was in heaven we found the red cliffs and walked along the top then headed down to a small beach to feel the water. In the distance around the shore we could see some sea caves in the cliff and ended up wading around the cliffbase to the caves. The beach ... read more

So we headed out of Digby this morning and headed across the Annopolis Valley along the coast with beautiful farmland lining the land. What gorgeous country! The most exciting event was coming across the Shubenacadie mud flats, a result of the Bay of Fundy's gigantic tidal system. What a riot. On one side of the highway the tourists were watching from afar, keeping themselves pristine clean. We decided to join the locals and see the mud sliding in action and watch the tides come in with the locals enjoying the rush of water. Steve managed to get this on video. What fun!! We arrived a bit too late to run back and get our bathing suits on but definitely had good chats with the locals and wished we were organized to join in. Steve is ... read more

The second sunny day of our holidays so far. Lunenberg is gorgeous in the sunshine. All the buildings are painted such vibrant colors-red, yellow, blue, green. All these beautiful heritage homes against the blue water is a sight to see. We are so impressed how well cared for all the homes and businesses are. First off today we visited a local distillery, Iron Works and tasted some fantastic infused liquers-not sweet at all. We ended up buying the cranberry infusion and the rum! I loved the cranberry and Steve the rum. Right after this taste sensation we toured the sight of the rebuilding of the Bluenose 2. The smells brought me right back to the boat painting times as a child. What an impressive sight to see such a huge tall ship's hull under construction ... read more

July 13, 2011 We have just had a gorgeous day on the Halifax waterfront enjoying the marine activity, museums, walking, rick shaw ride and seafood. What a beautiful waterfront! We started off exploring the Acadia, a hydro-graphic survey boat that worked along the east coast of Canada mapping the contours of the ocean floor. It was a working boat from the 1913 up to 1969. We also took the ferry across the harbor to Dartmouth and enjoyed our picnic lunch with fresh strawberries from a local market-very sweet! We then headed back to Halifax and toured the Maritime museum-lots of majestic model ocean liners and an exhibit on the Titanic-artifacts.... very interesting. Sarah really wanted to see Pier 21 Museum which focuses on the immigrants to Canada from the early 1900's and after the war. On ... read more

hi everyone! We have just left Esteli and are now in Managua getting ready for the trip home in the morning. We spent a very interesting 3 days staying in a home up in the mountains of Nicaragua. The people were fantastic as usual but what a way to live. It started with us not wnating to pay $200 US to get to our reserved home call Posada La Perla so we took the chicken bus. It went up and up from essentially sea level to 5,000 feet. We were in an old schol bus made in Missassagua (Blue Bird( AND WE STOPEED EVERY kM. It took almost 2 hrs to climb into the mountains. As it turns out the man we spoke with in Esteli was to be our guide and later we found out ... read more