Blogs from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 62

Its finally happening. In 10 days, Danielle and I are gonna be leaving our lives behind for a year! This spur of the moment trip that has seemed so far away is now on the verge of being real. I'm so excited. I don't know how I'm supposed to get through the next week of work. I mean really, I'm about ready to jump outta my skin. This is going to be the best year of my life.... read more

Hi Guys, Well, only 7 sleeps to go till I touch down in sunny Melbourne! Been pretty busy the last week playing cricket with eskimo's, making curling look like brain surgery and giving Matt a decent send off... Last monday the temp was about 27 deg, sunny and beautiful, by Saturday morning it was -3deg with wind chill, and Matt and I set off to Riley Park in search of the mercy rule. It wasn't to be. Despite making a point to wear 3 tea-shirts and (i shit you not) 5 jumpers & 3 beanies, some genius decided that the game would go ahead. I will never again complain about playing in cold weather! we scrambled to 140 odd in our 40 overs, a fair target considering the conditions. St Johns did their best to ... read more

In our attempt to get out of the cold we sent out an SOS and lucky for us Laela & Jordan, (Sister & Nephew of Liz who has the misfortune of going out with Danny) came to our rescue! We only intended to stay for a couple of nights but to be truthful we were getting looked after so well we really didn't want to leave. After having a guided tour of the premises by Jordan we settled down for a night infront of the TV and with Jordan being a film buff and a horror fan we watched the 1st Friday the 13th movie - Lillooet lake!! The next day was a big day for me....it was haircut day!! Laela had made it quite clear that she wasn't prepared for guests of hers to bring ... read more

GoodBye Calgary!!! Hello Fun!!! Hello everyone, thats right 600 hrs, (which is roughly 3.5 weeks) untill we have to say goodbye to all of you... but don't worry we'll be back with tons of exciting stories in just a few months!! This is just the first blog we are putting up so every can become accustomed to how this works. If you haven't yet, scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit subscribe. That way you'll receive a notification each time we post a blog. There will be stories and pictures and opportunities to write back to us. Also we have having what we hope will be a huge party at the unicorn on the 30th of September. Hope to see everyone there!!!!... read more

So today is the big day! We are finally about to set off on this stupendous adventure. 3 more hours until we head to the airport. Yes, I should be sleeping, but I can't! :P First stop Tokyo, where we spend 4 nights. Then we move to Kyoto for 6 nights, Osaka for 3 nights and Kobe for 1 night. On September 15 we catch a ferry from Kobe which will take us to Tianjin, China!! The ferry is a grueling 48 hours long. I don't even like boats! Here is the rest of our rough itinerary: China - 2 months India - 2 months Thailand - 4 to 6 weeks Laos - 3 weeks Cambodia - 2 weeks Vietnam - 4 weeks Malaysia - 4 weeks So that leaves us some room to spare, if ... read more