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By emmy
October 17th 2006

so very very wet

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Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia

...which is a nice change to freezing cold. However, it doesn't help me in my new job (I have switched the part-time food store job for a full-time outdoor gear store job - I want the staff discount...), as it's damn boring when no-one is around. I'm spending my spare time learning all the technical mumbo-jumbo that comes with ultra-nylon-hyper-Goretex-thermo-dynamic whatchamacallits. Today was only day one, but it seems like a nice enough place - packed to the rafters and basement with stock, and even better - the managers wife works at the local Mars factory, so there's always lots of [View Full Entry]

By emmy
October 13th 2006

so very very cold

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Hahahahaha, surprising, eh? There was probably some snow at some point last night, but all traces were gone when the sun came up this morning in my new home town of Kingston. Walking from the Post Office to the library, I was caught in a sudden fall of hail, or as I euphemistically term it small round hard SNOW! Hahahahaha, geez I'm so Australian, just the thought of snow is so novel to me that I get excited, whilst all of the locals are just bitching about the cold autumn weather. Thanksgiving was as to be expected - a public holiday [View Full Entry]

By Kcaj
July 29th 2006

Brockville to Kingston, ON

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Along the St. Lawrence
You can see one of the many islands in the river. They are dotted all along the river at this point.

Odometer: 39300km Up with the neighbours and their bloody TV. Oh joy. There was no solution but to get up and leave. I packed up, making as much noise as possible, wiped down the dew on the bike and headed off to breakfast. The dew down here is incredible. In the mornings the bike looks like there has been a full fledged prairie rainstorm overnight. At Tate's Bakery, THE place to go for breakfast in Brockville, I talked to a group of cyclists who were carbing up for their day's ride. They were travelling from Halifax to Toronto and were nearing [View Full Entry]

By naomi smit
June 13th 2006

Kingston, Ontario (not Jamaica ;))

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And then there were only 2 days left.. The day we left Quebec it was pouring, so not really attractive to make some nice stops in between. We decided to drive immediately on to Kingston, where we would stay one more night before driving back to Toronto. In Kingston we found a room in a hotel which was so old (no worries, it has been renovated in between) that it was even mentioned in the list of points of interest. It was somewhere in the center of Kingston, so pretty ideal. Kingston is really a nice little city. It used to [View Full Entry]

By AndreaMagee
May 31st 2006

Home again

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Carnaby Street
Twiggy was found here, and there's lots of shoes to shop through.

At last I have returned to Canada, home for a rest. After leaving Paris on the chunnel to London, then the flight into Toronto the next day, I was in 3 countries in 3 days. Back at the Generator hostel in London (full it was, 800 people) and I just happened to run into Ashley and her sister Hailey, whom I met in Corfu at the Pink Palace. Funny going to other countries and running into people you know! We spent the day together going to the British Museum, out shopping on Carnaby street, and then for a meal of the [View Full Entry]

By JustJocelyne
May 3rd 2006

Off to Europe May 6th

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Well I'm Finally on my way to Europe everythings booked and my plans are as follows: May 6th- Fly Out of Ottawa to London (Flight leaves 7:30) May 7th- Arrive in London at 7:10 am Flight to Cork with Ryan Air at 3pm Kinlay House May 10th-Train to Dublin Avalon House May 13th- Fly to Edinburgh with Aerlingus at 1:20 pm Castle Rock Hostel May 16th- Fly to Amsterdam with Easyjet at 9:30 am Hostel: Flying Pig Downtown May 20th- Train to Cologne Staying with Kaili’s Family May 25th- Fly to Prague with German Wings at 11:10 [View Full Entry]

By babwa
October 13th 2005

Kingston Pics

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Joey and 'Hot One' at Alfred St. Kitch

Here are some pics from Kingston... [View Full Entry]

By babwa
October 5th 2005

Kingstoner!!!!!!!!!!

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Paige and Lindz
My ladies at asscrack mountain

To My Sistahs B4 Mistahs, To My Hoes B4 Bros, To My Chicks… -Ladies, What the ‘F’ Can I say? You guys are an inspiration and helped this ‘Stella’ get her groove back. Y’all are like a fuckin Chaka Khan song. Thank you gals so, so much for the time spent, ‘slash’ support. Here are some notable mems for me… Good One: - Homecoming…”Hit That, Get That!”. Power Possy: Bethany, Jess, Francis, Paige, Lindz, Lisa, Joe, Nicole, Chick I don’t know, and me! - Hiking at Frontenac: Lindzer & Paige in matching &lsqu [View Full Entry]

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