Blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 181

Hey Guys time for a bit of a catch up. This is what I wrote on June 14th for a journal entry. I’m writing this Blog form a lovely little flat in the middle of Vancouver. Lace and I are staying with a couple of her mates from home Tommo and Ali. Vancouver Island was great, all the people we meet where so laid back and friendly. We had a bit of a mishap on our second day in Tofino though. We had hired some bikes and successfully biked to some of the beaches further out of Tofino (it was awesome to be back at the sea) Then Kate the idiot decided she would roll her ankle!!!!! She actually hurt herself really bad and we thought it might have been broken. But Lacey is as hard ... read more

Final preparations to the camper To our great delight, the new poptop canvas we ordered at the end of May arrived Friday, so we will have it in place for the trip. We’re having it installed tomorrow at Go West. They will also replace our incandescent light fixture with a fluorescent one - hopefully keeping the camper cooler on hot nights, and saving the battery as well. We are hoping the used Bentley manual Kath ordered last week will also arrive before we leave. This is the official Westy repair manual, which many Westy owners like to keep in the vehicle, in case they run into mechanical problems far away from the nearest good VW mechanic. We have also packed the list of reputable VW mechanics in BC and Alberta, which we downloaded from Roadhaus Website ... read more

I wish I could say that my flight to London was uneventful, but it wasn't so, not since the very beginning. After spening the night before in LAX, or more like, after a futile attempt at a night's sleep in LAX, we dragged ourselves to Air Canada counter at 5 AM, ready for our flight at 740AM only to find out that there was a huge line already. After spending 45 mins in the line, we were told that I needed a Canadian visa. I thought they misunderstood me, I said, "I'm not going to Canada, it's just a layover." They go, "Well, you still need a visa. But we can book you for the next day flight if you want." Looking back at it, we considered ourselves lucky, another Brazilian/German couple who had the same ... read more

I can't believe I'm actually doing this, the most irresponsible (and exciting) summer excursion of my life. The fact that I moved my departure date up and gave myself about a week to buy and pack everything probably wasn't the best idea either. In any event, I'm packed, and almost ready to go. I still have to clean up my room of course, but that doesn't technically have to be done before I take off. One consequence of my speedy departure was that school-related administrative stuff has been a royal headache. I actually still have to somehow get a hold of a hard-copy student loan application tomorrow and send it off before I take off (and I don't even want to think about job application packages I'm supposed to have done come August). Word of advice: ... read more

Welcome to our new travel blog....we've been waiting to set this up for a few weeks and thought, hey, we're doing a little traveling BEFORE we go on our world trip, so why not share the domestic adventures first? It'll give everyone a little heads up on where we come from. We're currently living at Sarah's parents' place in Vancouver, having given up our basement suite, and packed and stored all our stuff for 15 months or so. We're hoping to sell the little Mazda in the next few days or so before we head to Windsor, but if not we should have some time when we're back from Ontario. Almost daily side trips to MEC and other outdoor stores are keeping us busy and geared up. There you go, a little teaser. Next entry in ... read more