Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
July 6th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver La segunda parada del día era Grouse Montain, también conocido como el "pico de Vancouver", tiene 1250 metros de altura, y aunque desde abajo parecía realmente alto y se podía subir en "góndola" (véas ... 5 photos[full story]
July 6th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver Después de que el silencio haya vuelto de nuevo a nuestras vidas y a nuestras habitaciones, esta noche hemos dormido como marmotas, disfrutando de cada gota de baba que se nos caía en la almohada y re ... 5 photos[full story]
July 4th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver Bien, segunda entrada del día, el día ha mejorado poco a poco, el cielo ha abierto, y me he marchado de excursión a Granville Island, a 3 manzanas de mi hogar está la orilla y sólo hay que coger una p ... 4 photos[full story]
July 4th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver ¡Oh! Pobre animal roncador...esta noche ha ocurrido algo muy parecido a lo de ayer, pero en este caso no era yo quien la estaba regañando, sino nuestra nueva compañera de cuarto...En realidad, yo casi ... [full story]
May 12th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver 9:30am: Got things ready for departure and went to the Princess representatives at our hotel to be told to come back at 11:30 because the ship was delayed coming into port due to stormy weather out of ... 11 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver The Mainstay Hotel in Pittsburgh was very nice. (may even do a review) It was like a suite with a stove, refrigerator and cupboards with glasses in them. Well our flight was delayed leaving Pittsburgh ... [full story]
May 17th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver
Today we had a very unexpected train ride..... We called down to the Kamloops rail station and found the heritage rail group, had a special first day of summer run for their 1912 steam engine and ... 6 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver DAY ONE - 21 April
Corrie, Rachel, Jed, Georgia and Myself jumped into J&G's van and made the 2 hour journey down the mountain from Whistler to Vancouver, found ourselves a central parking spot a ... [full story]
February 8th 2008North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver With fresh snow, clear blue skies, and unlimited visilbility one of our best weekends up on Cypress was this one. This particular weekend was so good, the whole of Vancouver was up there, including pr ... 22 photos[full story]
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