Blogs from Delta, British Columbia, Canada, North America

We are so appreciative of Lori and Wayne for the use of their home while they are in their summer abode on Shuswap Lake. Today was about late up, easy breakfast, washing and ironing, relaxing and a little planning. At 5 we caught the bus for Jane to attend a dinner appointment with Tina, a special person and ex-student from Melville, who now is into her 3rdyear of Bachelor of Science majoring in Bio-Chemistry at UBC, while I continued on to the city and the waterfront, stopping at Steamworks, again, for a bite to eat. Being in the inner, downtown section of the city, Georgia St, Granville St plus Water St and Cordova St, we were very sad to see the dirtiness of the street paths and benches and bus stops. Very different indeed to ’86. ... read more

Another beautiful day in Ladner. We cycled for over 4 hours, exploring areas we had not seen before. We rode along track at the top of the man-made dyke that protected the farmlands (and wetlands) and bird sanctuary from the tidal effect of Boundary Bay. As the weather was conducive to ‘being-at-the-beach’ many of the locals of the area were out enjoying the sunshine on their beach. (See photos). Definitely not Cottesloe however one makes do with what one has. We stopped for a short while at a small café, Beach Grove, and had the best coffee in all of our travels. The blueberry lemon muffin was first class too. I wasn’t ‘allowed’ or ‘encouraged’ to sample anything else! Retracing our tread-marks we made it to the major bus stop to check the departure time for ... read more

Rob and Mary kindly drove us to Manchester Airport, about an hour from Caldy. We had the best time with them. A flight to Heathrow and then onto Vancouver ensured where we were met by our very good friends, Lori and Wayne Henderson. We left Heathrow about 50minutes late due to a ‘technical malfunction’ (it’s how everything with airlines is explained) of disengaging the passenger walkway from the aircraft. The plane landed only 20 minutes later than the scheduled time, however, another ‘technical malfunction’ this time with the baggage carousel saw us exit the building 75 minutes after landing. All that faded into the background when we hit the road as conversation flowed and drizzly rain began. We loved the coolness after England’s ‘heatwave’! We are being treated like royalty in all ways.... read more

Bonjour tout le monde, Je repars déjà demain matin. Je suis un peu stressée parce que tout s'est décidé très vite. Je retourne en Asie du Sud-Est, mais cette fois je visiterai le Laos, le Cambodge et finalement la Thaïlande à nouveau. Oh et je passerai une journée à San Francisco sur le chemin du retour! J'ai toujours voulu visiter San Francisco! Je devrais arriver samedi soir (matin pour vous) en Thaïlande. Je vous redonne des nouvelles rendue là-bas! À bientôt! Lucie-Maude... read more

Thinking about you guys high above the pacific..u must be close to landing. Notice the quiet at home already...LOL. Hope the flight was good and that there was food to hold you over. Thought I'd get some blogging practice in on this site. Have a great time...look forward to ur first post... Chrs! Mom. ... read more