Blogs from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 5

My Trip OverviewHussain AliYay for my first blog post evar! Thought I'd start out by creating a map of the destinations I'll be visiting... After some tweaking with the program and getting it wrong like 5 times (not my fault . ), i present to you le map! - My Trip Here is a quick rundown of my destinations incase that map doesn't work: July 27th Toronto to London Aug 1st London to Paris Aug 5th Paris to London Aug 6th London to Kuwait Aug 9th Kuwait to Egypt Aug 19th Egypt to Kuwait Sept 9th Kuwait to Toronto via London womg so exciteddddddddddddddddd D; only 16 days to gooooo! O.o oh hay look, its my birthday today too so if you wanted to send me something, you only have 2 weeks to do it =p ... read more

Akwaaba! Welcome to my little corner of the cyberspace world. I will be spending the summer of 2007 working in Saboba in North-eastern Ghana with Engineers Without Borders. I will post more specific details as they become available. I leave for Ghana on May 6th after a thorough training in Toronto. Thank you all for sharing in this journey with me. Bio: My name is Dan and I am currently a biology student at McMaster University. I was born in the United Kingdom and have lived most of my life in Canada mostly in Edmonton, Alberta. I have also lived in Manitoba and Ontario. I graduated from the University of Alberta with a BA (honours) in anthropology in 2004. From there I went on to work at a constituency office for Rick Miller, the shadow critic ... read more

Day 1 It was a day like any other day except the flight from Glasgow to London took off late then held us in holding pattern just to make sure we were sweating over the time to check in for the next flight. Thankfully we made it but our luggage it turns out did not (now currently reported MIA somewhere in Heathrow). The flight went fairly well until someone ordered a James Bond cocktail and the pilot had to shake us around for two solid hours, but we are here safe and sound but may have to wear the same pants for a few days (and we don't mean in the american sense) however this doesnt phase kenny. ... read more

So I've lasted this long in my life without the need for a blog, but I've decided this is likely the best way to let everyone know what I'm doing this summer. But now back to midterms... I leave in 44 days and have way too much to do between now and then!... read more

I arrived in Canada with a $200 fine above my head. For anyone planning to bring an apple into the country anytime soon, apparantly it's not a good idea. Fortunately my British charm and wit saw me through - "You can't bring that into the country." "Haha, oh well - you could have it for your lunch if you like." "No, we have to incinerate it." "Oh". A good start, I hastened through customs being let off the fine, to find Danielle waiting in the crowd at arrivals. It was great to see her again. In fact, it's been wonderful to see everyone again. These two weeks have pretty much been 'reunion fortnight' so expect lots of names in this blog. For these two weeks, everything has converted back to how it was 2 years ago. ... read more