Blogs from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 67

Hello Chicas....six more sleeps until I begin my African Adventure. Today I am excited. Oh my god..I am going to Africa. Imagine what I will see, what I will learn, what I will want to do. I sense this trip is very much a part of my destiny. I have big work to do. The excitement and anticipation is building. thank you for helping me take this bold step. You have each helped me in your own wonderful and special way. Chica Jan... read more

Because of some complications with Lora's family and such we had to find a new place to stay in a hurry. Luckily we got a bed at the International Hostel in Calgary and to get there from Lora's place we had our first encounter with the Calgary public transit system! Luckily (again) for us it wasnt hard in the slightest to make our way down there (excluding of course the fact we were both lumbered with 15kg packs, daypacks and some grocery bags!) and we checked in to the hostel no worries. It was a really nice place, with really helpful staff and we explored the city a little before having some dinner at A&W (a burger place) and settling in for some tv and chatting to other hostel-stayers... which strangely enough were about 80% Aussies! ... read more

Happy Canada Day everyone!! Well today is when it starts getting serious, time to start packing and boxing up my belongings for storage. Just for those who do not know I am flying to China on July 4, though from there I truly have no idea, though definately Pakistan is on the list. This journey will take roughly two and a half months being back for my last semester at University on Sept 18. So far all I have is some badly printed maps, a few suggestions on how to get into pakistan and a first aid kit...., passport and multi-entry chinese visa of course. To sum it up I don't even have a backpack yet for this journey nor any place to stay once I arrive in Beijing. ... read more

Hi guys, How doin, Yes it has been a while in between blogs, but with good reason, the weather has been far to good to be inside! Geez its warm aye, high 20's-low 30's all week, we are doin it tough (-; Busy couple of weeks in cow gary, big couple coming up! Stampede starts July 7th and runs for 10 days straight. It is the biggest rodeo in the world (apparently) and the cities population will swell to ridiculous numbers. People literally stay at Hotels in Edmonton to come to the Calgary stampede. Should be off to watch some Chuck wagon races, bull riding etc which will be fun. Have played a couple more games of cricket, both good wins for the team. Nothing more to be said about that, I mean come on, Rhonda ... read more

Hi Everyone! I'm still a little sleep deprived, but I'm hoping to add some photos & a brief report on the awesome weekend at the ambassadorial scholar training session very soon! (I'm working during the day & out doing some night photography in the evening & a friend's concert Wed. night) so hopefully I'll have time Thursday or so.) What a fabulous weekend! It was great to meet all of you! I'm so glad I attended. The countdown is picking up speed for all of us! I know we're going to have the time of our lives! I really hope I get to cross paths with several of you during our travels. Please let me know if you'll be anywhere within reasonable flying distance of Prague from September to December of 2006 or Auckland from February ... read more