Blogs from West Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

I am leaving Canada on a very early train tomorrow. I have decided to get up even earlier and walk to the train station which is about 2 KM away. When I get to Portland, I am staying in a nice hotel as opposed to the Airbnb life I have lived so far on this trip. The idea was to spend a few days relaxing on this trip. I was originally going to do that in Vancouver, but then I would have missed out of the Zenhut! Anyway, I was walking toward a district known as Gastown, when I came upon the hotel I am almost stayed at. It is this awesome complex that features cruise ships docked, sea planes taking off and, most interestingly, a convention center. Suddenly, I realized I was surrounded by folks ... read more

Man. They did not want to let me into Canada. In their defense, I think it was my fault. Scruffy and traveling alone with a single small bag was bad enough, but I did not help myself. My first mistake was taking our friendly/allies relationship with Canada for granted. The second problem was that my border agent was a very attractive woman who looked really good in her uniform. The first girl I talk to across the border and she is grilling me on my plans in her country. Next thing I know there is another woman, just as attractive, I swear she came out of nowhere! They are battering me with question after question. (It did not help that I am staying in an Airbnb known as the Zenhut with a host named Fly!) Mercifully, ... read more

Kisse lassan megy ez a blogiras...de csak elkeszultem ezzel is. Iden sikerult eljutnom valahova, ahova egy ideje mar szerettem volna: julius kozepen egy kedves angol baratommal, Markkal elrepultunk Eszaknyugat-Amerikaba :) Eredetileg Vancouver volt a celpont Kanadaban, azonban a London-Vancouver kozvetlen jarat kisse draga volt, igy vegul Seattle-be repultunk, ami nincsen tul messze Vancouvertol, es azert ott is van sok latnivalo, sot! Ezuttal a British Airways Boeing 747-400-as gepevel repultunk, ismet atelve ahogy tobb mint 400 tonna a levegobe emelkedik. A nagyjabol 10 oras ut eleg jol telt, reszben mivel nem eloreprogramozott volt a fedelzeti szorakoztatorendszer, hanem menubol lehetett valasztani, tetszes szerint leallitani es ujrainditani a programokat. Igaz, volt egy kis ido, amikor allt a rendszer, de azert igy is sikerult par programot megnezni, par zenet meghallgatni. A kaja... read more

Flight with AirTransat was much better than I was expecting, they just didn't stop feeding us so that was me happy! We are sat at the ferry terminal awaiting our boat to Vancouver Island in glorious sunshine and that's the forecast for the next 4 days. Hurray, no rain. Hertz offered us a cheap upgrade on the car so instead of a mid size 4x4 we have a truck. Ian is easily pleased!... read more

Hey all! 1e regenachtige dag.. :( al hele tijd aan miezeren en regen. Maar toch moesten we buiten komen voor een bankrekening en SIN (social insurance number). En zogezegd.. zo gedaan (dan toch in Canada!!). Nog nooit zo gemakkelijk, vriendelijk en vlot aan dergelijke papieren geraakt :). Iedereen lacht, gaat een babbeltje aan en wenst je een 'welcome to canada'! Blijkbaar zijn er toch veel mensen die naar Whistler gaan want 'it's the time of the season again' en ik zal zeker niet de enigste zijn.. Als de sfeer daar net hetzelfde is.. i'm up for it! Tevens ook mijn eerste inkopen gaan doen.. room hoe noemt men dat nu ook al weer? Whipped cream, low fat cream, light cream, 2% milk cream, Cereales cream, .... euuhhh gokkie wagen dan maar :p Dus toch zeker wel ... read more