Blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 158

Well I am in vancouver fitting in as much as possible to my surroundings. I think I have done ok, ill Let you judge for yourselves. Vancouver is an amazing city. I think it must be the only place in the world where you can sail, play golf and ski all in the same day. Its a shame im rubbish at all of them but i will try and learn. The city is massive with the mountains surrounding it and the sea hosting some pretty expensive harbours. People definately try and live the high life with nearly all cars being porshe or ferarri. The 1st week here has really been taken up with being reunited with old friends from Australia and the people with the funny accents (us) being shown off to parents which was quite ... read more

Hier bin ich nun. Ein Traum wird nach ewigen Bangen endlich wahr. Ich bin in Kanada. Yuhu. Diese Woche war echt ein hoch und runter. Tschüss zu allen Leuten, mein Gerümpel zusammenräumen und zu guter letzt auch noch eine Prüfung über Sol-Gel-Chemie. Hatte die ganze Nacht durchgemacht, um mein Zimmer einigermaßen akzeptabel zu hinterlassen. Der Pilot wollte jedes mal die Maschine nicht starten. So hing ich Stunden in Frankfurt fest, so konnte ich dann wenigstens mein Geburtstag an Bord mit einer Flasche Sekt feiern. Bin in der günstigsten Absteige untergekommen (7€ die Nacht) und so sah es auch aus, ziemlich verratzt aber liebenswürdig. Der Empfang: Aus einem Schweintrog Spaghetti essen. Wollte gleich mal Vancouver etwas kennenlernen. Mir ist da erst einmal das Herz in die Hose gerutscht, bin nämlich direkt in der berühmt berüchtigten Fixerstraße gelandet. ... read more

The first 2 weeks were spent in Vancouver, staying at Becky, Pete and Escher's house. My time here involved either hiking one of the nearby snow capped mountains, jogging, kayaking at the "beach" or nearby cove (not like an Australian beach), swimming in the outdoor 130m pool (right on the beach), riding Holly's fab orange old moutain bike around Vancouver (complete with snow boarding helmet). ... read more

Christchurch to Auckland A lovely short flight that went very fast. Beautiful views over the Marlborough Sounds. Was served a scrumptious cookie that curbed my appetite... Auckland to L.A I didn't have to collect my luggage here as it was tagged to go all the way to L.A. This gave me some time to have a little browse at the shops. I decided to by some moisturisers in a beauty salon that was there as I'd already gone through security and thought it would be okay to take on board. I then found out that this was not the case at the second security point. I put all my belongings through the x-ray machine, padded down and scanned with a hand-held metal detector, then was called over by a big scary security guard. He told me ... read more

Yes, we finally made it. Chubs and Greyhead have moved from the sofa and left the shores of England and arrived in Chubs' beautiful country of birth, sunny Canada. It was a bit of a nightmare going through Heathrow, by the time we got checked in we had about 10 minutes to shop but Greyhead decided a poo was more important! The 9 hour flight was not too bad, obviously I kept elbowing Steve when he dropped off because I couldn't sleep :) Arrived about 3 o'clock Vancouver time and spent our first night in the Ramada Inn, not exactly a backpacking experience but don't worry we're booked into a proper hostel tonight until Fri so hopefully my snoring won't be as bad as last night or 'll be sleeping on the pavement. We went straight ... read more