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Three Sleeps in Vancouver The drive from Banff to Vancouver was fast and presented spectacular views of flooding rivers, burnt out forest sections, some new growth and the ever present meandering bear. The ctitters were busy eating dandelions. The bears looked healthy with masses of good thick fur and not at all emaciated. In the environs of Vancouver, Maple Ridge to be exact we chanced upon a campsite that was close to the Black Sheep Pub and Grill, was within walking distance of the first of three buses to catch to go downtown and had hot water galor but no showers. Pablo and I set up the portable shower and all who so desired filled the pink pail with water from the outdoor hot water tap and gloried in free cleanliness. Doing a small wash ... read more

Had a brief phone call from Brian this morning at 4:30am. Their ferry ride was great... spectacular, snow capped mountain peaks and narrow waterways between the many islands of the Alenxander Archipelago. The temperature is down to about 6 at night but they managed to get deck chairs in the solarium to sleep on (as opposed to camping on the upper deck) so "quite comfy". The ferry stoped at a place called Haines and they had their first night camping out. Apparently they have met a chap who used to be a tour guide and so they are hoping to hook up with him in a place called Valdez which is enroute to Anchorage for a couple of days. They will be camping rough tonight on the way and expect to get to Anchorage a couple ... read more

Update 3 North America » Canada » British Columbia » Whistler Blackcomb By Brett Stu GrahamJune 4th 2007Update 3... read more

Life in Canada is finally taking off… well sorta lol. Ive made some fantastic friends who are always there to cheer me up. I am having a great time and am really enjoying hanging out with 3 amazing girls. Without them, I would probably be on the next flight home: Nadine: my life partner, my housemate and my counsellor Jen: my twin; not only does she share my name but she has a younger brother at ag college in qld and did duke of ed! Kim: my ray of sunshine… she is always smiling and happy and puts me in a good mood and she loves the lake wooh! I'm surviving room attending to some degree, each day I fight my way through the Philipinos who are extremely annoying and hav made me shamefully racist. ... read more

On May 27, 2007, the worst thing I could have possibly imagined happened just outside of Sucre, Bolivia. The bus we were on was involved in an accident and crashed. My girlfriend of four years was tragically taken from us. This was our second bus crash in 4 weeks. It is a difficult thing trying to deal with something as unfair as this. It just isn't supposed to happen this way, especially to someone I loved so much. She was so young, so innocent and so sincere. It just doesn't make sense why. We need to find the strength within ourselves to remember the joys that her presence brought us. Nastassia reached out and touched all of us and we need to be grateful that we were able to have known such an amazing person ... read more