Blogs from British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 415

Wow!! Wow! Wow!! The contential breakfast was awesome!!!!!! We had eggs iwth churrizo, baked items, toaster muffins, bagels, strawberries,watermelon, cantalope, smoked salmon, yougurt and granola parfaits, and 5 kinds of juice!! There was also tea and coffee. It was great!! We went back to the room for a bit and worked on the pictures until it was time to leave for our Butchart Gardens tour!! We went down t meet the bus and took the 40 min trip over. It was good. The driver gave a narrative the whole way and was really informative. We arrived and walked through.The gardens were stunning!!!!! We enjoyed them immensly. A definite must see. They smelled wonderufl. We hope ot come back in the summer with the girls and see all the roses in bloom. I can't say enough ... read more

Cross Canada TripMark Jones After 22 days, approximately 5000km, 2 car problems, 4 dodgey hotel rooms, 5 provinces (aka states) and 10,000 pictures later we arrive in Vancouver! We have made it across Canada! But let us fill you in on the trip that was……! It took us 3 days to get out of Ontario itself! However the drive around Lake Superior, which is absolutely giant and forms a boarder between Canada and the US for a large part of Ontario, was spectacular. It is hard to believe it is a lake, as when you look out you cannot see the end in sight. We wanted to do some walks around the area, but being silly Australians we didn’t realize that most of them were closed off, due to that mysterious thing called snow! Before leaving ... read more

After being back in Canada for almost a month now, I've decided to conclude my travels with this final blog. My last blog had me in Chiang Mai waiting on a bus ride to Pai. The day after I posted that blog I got on the bus and made my way up to the renowned hippy spot, Pai. The bus ride was intense, with twisting corners and blind passes, and I can say that the second half of the trip was much worse than the first, maybe due to the greasy plate of Pai Thai I indulged in at the halfway point. I was expecting a lot out of Pai I think, maybe because of it's reputation for being an old hippy community. However, unbeknown to those reading my blogs, my travellers insurance had run out ... read more

So, while Canada has a lot to offer in addition to Squamish, I am faced with a perpetual challenge. When the sun is out and the rock is dry, how am I ever going to get out and see other parts of Canada? Of course other travel and exploration could happen when it is raining, but there are problems with this. The weather changes so quickly here, that you cannot believe the forecast. This means that we do not commit to anything else on a weekend and plan to go climbing, unless it is raining when we wake up. When it is raining, we are then left without an alternative plan, because we could not conceive of not climbing. (Sorry for the double negative there, grammar police, teachers and soon to be ex-teachers - ie ... read more

Good times North America » Canada » British Columbia By Sazzle DazzleApril 22nd 2007 I see no reason to write about the bad times as that is something that I will only ever to relate to so instead I will tell you about the good times. Christian, Lisa and I were inseperable during my 12 day stay at the ranch, we ate together, we worked together, we played together and rode together. These two ended up becoming an 'item' during my stay but never made me feel unwanted. All of these photos are of us having the most amazing times, the good and the bad balanced each other out in the beginning but during my last 3 days the bad were really bad. I have never doubted myself, I... read more