Blogs from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 10

Okay it is 2 am on the Friday which I leave in like 8 hours to Toronto. OMG I am finally here. So for my last and final push to get things organized I managed to leave work like 1.5 hours early to run to 3 different dive shops to purchase last minute essentials-Dive Camera with a Strobe ($813) a dive computrer ($515) and drugs ($100) this isnt the elicit kind this was the good ol' fashion pooperstopers, multivitamins, oh and the god send Baby wipes for those long and awful days. In an attempt to get my Arse ready, I comideered my mother to help me with some of the last minute driving around and work at my office. I love mothers... I only have one but I think all mothers are roughly the same. ... read more

Okay... so I am not really on my trip yet but I decided to give you something the read about. Well I am about 85% packed, I would be 100% however being the nice guy I am loaned some important items to other people who backpacked Europe and oddly enough have not had them returned... Natalia you wouldn't know where my stuff sack is do you??? Bit(h. The last week I have been doing some trip preparation: 1. Went on a refresher dive in the NAIT pool.... MMMHHHH one of my favorite things to do, go underwater and be able to see and touch hair that should not be there and see floaties that look like amoeb. 2. Shopping for a underwater camera-only to find if I would have planned ahead and purchased the same one ... read more

Wanderust - a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about So made it home safe and sound for a pre-planned visit. Stayed in Alberta to squeeze the friends and family a couple of times. Actually it was 6 days. A few days to love up Natalie our precious grandbaby, get rid of the things we didn't use the last leg of this journey and add the things we think we might need for the legs of the journey to come. We truly have great family and friends here in Alberta (in Ontario too. I'll rave about them in another couple of weeks) It was so wonderful to hang out with the kids. They are such great hosts. Offering us anything we need and allowing us to just make ourselves at home in their homes. Stayed ... read more

The simplest way to put this is Shauna and I, haven't thrown in the towel just yet but are very close to giving up all together on this "South Korea or Bust..." Idea. Neither of us are in the right of mind currently as we sit in our fourth coffee shop in six-days; emailing, researching and thinking about our plans if "Bust" becomes our new adventure! Currently, we both have begun to shoot off resumes to various companies both in Canada and Abroad. We are searching for an answer to the "waiting game, the Korean Consulate of Vancouver has instilled in both of us." We are sitting on day twenty-one, of what was suppose to be a three-day transition between Calgary and Seoul. Our "melancholy-ness" has exceeded it's grace period, thirteen fold now! The only thing ... read more

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