Blogs from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 2

Today we woke up in a sweltering hotel room....ya...we were dolts and had the heat on by accident. This trip has taught us a lot of useful things for future travel like how to work room keys, crazy fast elevators, crazy slow elevators, you can order a cot if they only give you 2 single beds by accident (Ottawa), that not all pubs in Montreal serve food, that restuarants close a bit earlier, that parking isn't always available and isn't always close to where you're staying, that downtown Toronto traffic is insane, that Montreal drivers change lanes without giving you much time to react, that not everyone can speak english in Quebec but just making the effort is what they appreciate even if they are laughing behind your back, that some hotel rooms have faulty hairdryers ... read more

Before we begin we thought we'd share a quote we enjoyed while reading about the Tour Du France: "His body heaved at the pedals, like an automaton, on two wheels. He wasn't going fast but he was at least moving. I trotted alongside him and asked 'Who are you? What's going on? Where are the others?' Bent over his handlebars, his eyes riveted on the road, the man never turned his head nor uttered one sole word. He continued and disappeared round a turn. Steinès had read his number and consulted the riders' list. Steinès was dumfounded. 'The man is François Lafourcade, a nobody. He has caught and passed all the cracks' ... Another quarter-hour passed before the second rider appeared, whom we immediately recognized as Octave Lapize. Unlike Lafourcade, Lapize was walking, half leaning on, ... read more

Hi everyone! After Charlottetown we traveled to Summerside PEI. Again we scored an amazing room. This one had a canopy bed with stairs to get up into it. We had a fireplace and a Jacuzzi tub. The rest of the team are not impressed! We went across the road and bought two fresh cooked lobsters. After the evening celebration we went back to our room put on our robes and enjoyed our lobster dinner. We travelled to Moncton NB the next day. Confederation bridge was amazing. Longest bridge in Canada. We did an evening celebration on the football field at the university. Traveled to Saint John the next day. So far this is my favorite city. Oldest in Canada. Evening celebration right on the harbour. The next morning we got up early and went for a ... read more

Im heading North. Away from the knowns of Victoria. Away from friends, away from an amazing Longboarded-experience in Ottawa. Away from an amazing team of people in Nova Scotia, who now mostly all call themselves Katimavik Project Leaders. Im heading North. Today, to Baie-Comeau, tomorrow to Labrador City, and Wednesday to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, my new home. And, Im incredibly excited. Im excited for the gifts I have to share with my particpants. Im excited for the friends I have and will make up there. Im excited for the wilderness, the streams, and the Sub-Arctic Atlantic Ocean. This is a new place, with new people, and it will be my home for 10 months. I await for the difference of culture Ill experience. For the wilderness, the unscarred and unscathed landscapes, the mountains, the moose, dear, ... read more

Day 17, Wed. The sun was shining and the forecast was good so I rode into Moncton and through the downtown core. Plenty of pubs for later. I headed to magnetic hill to see what all the fuss was about. Cars pay $5 but motorcycles are free. Good thing too. Once I saw it I laughed the whole time I was riding and rolling the 200 foot length. What an anti-climactic waste. They have built a water park, zoo, train ride, shops, etc. around a tiny strip of road. I could'nt believe it. I gassed up and headed South past the camp and on to where I spotted another covered bridge. I was going to carry on to Alma and Fundy National Park but decided to save that trip for tomorrow since it is supposed to ... read more