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By Sas Sven
May 2nd 2006

Lake Louise

North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise

Lake Louise
Still frozen and snowed over, so we couldn't get the Kodak moment like so many postcards have.

Lake Louise is supposed to be one of the most beautiful lakes in Alberta set in the Rocky Mountains. Sven has already been here before but thought it merited another look so we set off in that direction today. It's in the same direction as Banff, just further on. When we got there, the first thing we did was drive up to where the lake is and go for a walk. The weather that day wasn't so good and it was snowing up in the mountains as well. That is the first time it has snowed for us this year!! Unfortunately, [View Full Entry]

By Gruxy
May 2nd 2006

back home and back on line

North America » Canada » Quebec

I will resume shortly and bring you home with moi [View Full Entry]

By Stanley
May 1st 2006

First Entry

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

MyStuff
Here is what I'm carrying to asia. All packed in mini packing cubes - love them. Total weight 19lbs incl. the bag.

Hi All, I'm almost all packed. All I have to do is: * Sort out my medicine kit * Sort out my finances/bills/etc. * Cancel insurance for the car I figure I should learn to post entries on the blog before I have to pay 40Bhts/hr in Bangkok to use a computer. 22 hours till take off. Next post will be from Thailand. Stan PS> All pictures will be taken with a Pentax Optio WPI. Yes it is waterproof. Can't wait to take it snokelling. [View Full Entry]

By LeighSwenson
May 1st 2006

Oh, Canada

North America » Canada » Ontario

Canadian paraphenalia
They sure do love the maple leaf here...

Waiting in the Frankfurt Airport after a long flight from Bangkok I was shifting from one uncomfortable position to another, drifting in between consciousness and unconsciousness, that twilight of being, where you aren't really asleep but you aren't really awake. Too weary to really think, half dreaming and half aware of the clatter of baggage wheels and shuffle of feet, the last calls for flights over the loud speaker jolted me at regular intervals, until somehow I manage to glide off into fitful snooze, though nothing even approaching the REM mode my mind and body so desperately need. The ma [View Full Entry]

By Arbay
May 1st 2006

Kelowna Cricket Trip UPDATED!

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Kelowna

Downtown and the Calgary Tower

Hi guys, hope you are well. Been a busy weekend in Kelowna, British Columbia, driving, playing cricket, watching hockey playoffs, playing cricket & DRIVING! Kelowna is aboot 744kms west of Calgary, with a population of about 150,000. It really has the feel of a small town rather that a big city, based in a very pretty valley around a very large lake. It only took us 9hrs to get here (inc a couple of food stops) on Friday night, got to the hotel around 2am (with the hour we gained crossing a timezone). The drive through the Rocky Mountains was unreal! [View Full Entry]

By LeahT
May 1st 2006

Expect the Unexpected

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

It seems that the unexpected has started happening before I even leave Toronto for Namibia. If you have the time, please read on as I would greatly appreciate feedback on where to go from here. See my profile above for the context of the internship. Last week I found out that the professor in charge of the internship had a heart attack and will be unable to accompany us to Namibia. This is very unfortunate for him, but also for the interns, as he would have been an AMAZING resource to have in designing and executing our research. As a result [View Full Entry]

By Shitty Girl
May 1st 2006

Possession

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver

Young Lady
When a kid smiles, she/he is truely smiling.

Moving to a new apartment with dad and his girlfriend is certainly an exciting change. But I’m astonishingly confused as I stand right in the middle of a room-full of garbage, and start to wonder how could I manage to live comfortably surrounded by these junks? “One’s waste might be other’s treasure.” My 10-years old little cousin Eric once told me this. Words of wisdom, take it. So I start to pack almost all my clothes, and run back and forth between home and children’s hospital donation box. Five times, I’ve successfully cleared everything and fo [View Full Entry]

By Kat Liam
May 1st 2006

Meditation in Merritt

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Hope

Dhamma Surabhi Meditation Centre

After our indulgent Rockies expedition, we spent the next 10 days leading a very simple, soulful and silent life, at the Vipassana Meditation Centre in Merritt. Liam has done this meditation course quite a few times and practices regularly, but for me, this was a first. It was a very unusual experience and one I welcomed with an open mind. I wont go through each day as they have somewhat blurred into one with the rigorous routine and I doubt that your stamina will permit a detailed account (no, no really, I understand). I have melded my experiences into one with [View Full Entry]

By Westcoaster
April 30th 2006

Looking for answers

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria

New to this blog idea. I will just start in by asking what is the "real world" to you? I have been travelling lately and when I get back to home base people always say the same thing, "Welcome back to the real world!" It brings up a great song from the early 80's from a band called Talk Talk, 'Life's what you make it'. If working low wage jobs and being too tired to contemplate anything after work besides staring blankly at an electrical hole in the wall(insert Survivor episode #576 here) is the real world, then I'd rather stick [View Full Entry]

By Westcoaster
April 30th 2006

Worried

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria

It is so frustrating to not know where a loved one is and how they are doing. No blame on them, for a number of factors can interfere with proper communication; poor telephone system, non-existant internet, etc. Why can't we all have ESP damn it! Although i guess no one would have any secrets anymore. Might make for a better world in the long run. At least we'd get to the heart of our problems instead of bad communication. Like couples wouldn't fight over who left the remote in the wrong place when really what they are saying is I don't [View Full Entry]

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