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Chill day North America » Canada » British Columbia » Ucluelet By Sazzle DazzleMay 12th 2007Another blissful day of sunshine in Ucluelet. After work we headed down to Kennedy Lake to chill with the dogs for the afternoon and catch the sunset with a few beers. Kirsty's dog Jeta is just like the little squirel from Ice Age...such a sweet little munchkin! Nathan's hounds Lupa, Otti and Daisy are all complete nutters! Another wicked day - I love my life!... read more

All in a days work... North America » Canada » British Columbia » Ucluelet By Sazzle DazzleMay 11th 2007Baxter's and I's mission to see the sunset! Its a pretty dumb idea to walk 3km in the rainforest to see the sunset as you then have to walk 3km back through the rainforest but in the dark!!!! Tourists hey?! The sunset was worth it though!!! We had a good time that night too - everyday is a great day at Ucluelet!... read more

We went to see a Fred Herzog exhibition at the Vancouver art gallery on Tuesday night, which is, incidentally CHEAP Tuesday. I love that even art galleries and museums prescribe to cheap Tuesday’s here. We plan to go to the museum of anthropology next Tuesday ;-) I digress. So, yeah, we went to see the Fred Herzog exhibition. For those of you who do not know, he is a Vancouver-based photographer, who specialises in taking documentary-type photo’s of the city as he sees it and using vibrant colour. His work just captures the ugliness, chaos and beauty of the city perfectly. Nothing staged or pretentious, but everything suddenly looked like art - neon signs, advertising banners and posters, litter, people, building fronts, skylines, cars … the way he just captured and framed the world around ... read more

Here’s what happens to working holiday travel blogs: interlaced between rambles about climbing, you start reading about television, work, shopping (coming soon - I promise), cooking (also coming soon), housework even, (why not?). Right now, I thought I would share my standard jog route with you. By standard, I mean it is the jog I do when I do not have enough time to be creative or discover new trails. I probably end up doing this jog every second or third day. I run along the laneway behind our house, through a section of forest and then down through the middle of a pretty (but not exactly wilderness) boulevard and back. It’s a good combination of hills and forest and park. Probably only about 8 to 10 KMs in total. I love running back and ... read more

Last you all heard was that I was homeless in Vancouver. Well I would like to inform you all that i'm off the streets and into an apartment pretty much right downtown Vancouver. I'm here with 4 other people I worked with in Lake Louise and so far we absolutely love it. It's a two bedroom apartment on the ground level so we have a nice patio. Our landlord also left us his big screen tv and we have internet and phone which is nice after 6 months of not having any of that. I have been job hunting with no luck yet but with all the job postings around i'm sure it won't be long. I have been getting to know the city lately (trying to feel like a local). It feels like we've ... read more