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By Bothan Taistil
July 24th 2006

The Most Photographed place in Canada

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Peggy’s Cove

Atlantic Canada’s most photographed site is Peggy’s Cove. With the houses of this tiny village clinging to the weathered hillside at the edge of Margaret’s Bay, the Atlantic beats against the granite bouldered coast. The lighthouse is perched on 400 million year old granite, it also serves as a post office in the summer. Even with the clouds and showers there are lots of sightseers climbing on the rocks and snapping photos. Lunenburg is our next stop. It is a wooden-ship kind of town honored as a UNESCO world heritage site. It is one rainy day, as we get into [View Full Entry]

Granite monument to the brave fishermen of the area.

By Bothan Taistil
July 23rd 2006

Halifax and the Re-Enactment of 100 years of Canada’s Independence

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Biking in downtown Halifax

Halifax it the world’s second largest natural harbor and the world’s deepest natural harbor, is also the capital of Nova Scotia. The French learned about this area from the Mi”Kmaq (mic -mak) Native Indians, but it was the Brits who saw the site’s potential and settled the area in 1749. We drove into Halifax, parked the Bothan at the pier and took off on our bikes. It being Sunday AM it was relatively easy to get the layout of the land. Unfortunately most shops are closed on Sunday. The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site was on our list of pla [View Full Entry]

By Kcaj
July 21st 2006

Cabot Trail Day

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Cabot Trail

Baddeck Harbour

Odometer: 36741km The Cabot Trail displayed everything promised. Vista after vista caused me to quietly exclaim inside my helmet. Seemingly organized rocky shores interspersed with narrow, sandy beaches met my expectations of what this coastline would be like. Inland there were lush trees giving way to scrub spuce and other hearty bushes reaching down to the shore. The road was a bit of an engineering wonder. Sometimes cutting through rocky outcroppings, sometimes twisting and climbing on the edge of a steep hill, and sometimes winding haphazardly along the coastline, it always offer [View Full Entry]

By tylerinoz
July 20th 2006

READY FOR AUSTRALIA

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I have booked my ticket to AUSTRALIA, I leave on October 1st and arrive in Australia on October 3rd.I already have both my Passport and Working Australian Visa. All I need now is to get some pocket money...wanna donate? . I will be departing Halifax to Washington, DC then from there to L.A., California, and from there its straight to Sydney, Australia. I am hoping to start work within a few days after arriving. So I can start making money...Did I mention that Min. Wage there is around 13.00? I plan on living in Sydney for a bit (but who knows). [View Full Entry]

By Kcaj
July 20th 2006

Halifax to Baddeck

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton

Odometer: 36360km This was an ordinary driving day. The country from Halifax to the Canso Causeway was mostly forested with some open farming near Antigonish. I liked the feel of Antigonish and thought the St. Francis Xavier University campus was wonderful. I am planning on driving along the coast on the old road around here on my way back and I'll have a closer look then. Once I reached Cape Breton the countryside changed. It was very enjoyable, with lots of views over a broken forest and lakes. Driving along Bras d'Or Lake was especially nice. There are lots of motorcycles [View Full Entry]

By Kcaj
July 19th 2006

Lunenburg - Mahone Bay - Peggy's Cove

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Bluenose Arriving at Lunenburg

I planned this as a day trip out from Halifax. I went to Lunenburg first. When I arrived in this well known ship building town and the present home to Bluenose II of course I went to the railway museum and then spent time listening to the organist in the Zion Evangelican Luthern Church. Alright, don't consider me too daft. When I arrived I was actually just biding my time. The cloud cover was heavy and I wanted to wait for brighter light before going to the waterfront with my camera. At the museum I learned a lot about the railways [View Full Entry]

By Bothan Taistil
July 19th 2006

The long ferry ride and Louisbourg

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Castle Hill National Historic Site, Newfoundland, a bit foggy

July19, 20, 2006. It was to be a 14 hour ferry ride that turned into 18 hours, one long day. We are back to N. Sydney, Nova Scotia. The mail, in the Maritimes and Atlantic Canada, has not been great, last year in Alberta and British Columbia it was more efficient. Oh well, we don’t need anything and it all can wait. July 21, 2006. N. Sydney to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. The fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada, was once a busy fortified seaport. From its founding by the French in1713 to its abandonment by the British in [View Full Entry]

Joseph and Clara Smallwood, our very long ferry boat ride.

View from the ferry on our way back Nova Scotia

By Kcaj
July 18th 2006

Halifax - July 17th & 18th

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View from The Citidal

So much to do and so little time. I am determined to come away from Halifax with not only some understanding of the town, but also an understanding of how I felt about it. Is it a place I would like to visit again? What does it do for me inside? Are the people here really different from other cities in Canada? Does it excite me photgraphically? Whew, a pretty tall order for two and half days, but you need to start somewhere. There were funny sensations going on inside as I walked the sometimes steep streets. With the moist air, [View Full Entry]

Typical old buildings in University District

By Kcaj
July 16th 2006

Annpolis Royal to Halifax, NS

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Evangeline - Grand Pre

On the road at 7am after finally getting to sleep around 2am and then wakened by the crows and gulls at 5:30. That is it, no more weekend camping. The Tim's at Middleton beckoned me for breakfast, so I gave in. "You'll not be findin' any fancy coffee shops in this valley. Tim's is the best around here. You'll always see the bikes there too." And that was how the motorcycling travel agent on the parking lot of Tim's in Digby filled me in on where to go for coffee. At the counter ahead of me was a representative of a [View Full Entry]

By Kcaj
July 15th 2006

St. John, NB to Annapolis Royal, NS

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First View of Nova Scotia

I could have missed the ferry to Nova Scotia this morning, but I didn't. Last night, while watching TV, I noticed the time on clock in my room had a different time from my watch. I glanced at it from time to time, but finally the geek in me took over and I decided to set it to the proper time. For some reason, rather than just set it to my watch, I checked the time on the weather channel. Surprise - I was in a new time zone and didn't realize it. My watch was wrong. Thank goodness I discover [View Full Entry]

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