Blogs from West Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 4

So flight to vancouver was ok, watched some old sifi horror somthing called "gate 7" and inkheart aircanada now has lil Tv's built into the backs of all the seats so that was a great distraction of how cramped and num our legs and bum became. Sooo plane lands, we grab our stuff, and cab it over to the UBC. We got a nice room at the university on the cheap. for some reason tho the beds were like 8 feet from the floor and very narrow (just dont roll over in your sleep or your done) so its still early morning at this point, so we grab some food off some campus restaurants then just walk allong the campus boundries. we come accroos a nice couple heading out for a pickapica, and they proceed to ... read more

well it's about 24 hours til we head to the airport. we've had a great year but are both very knackered and ready to come home. we're really looking forward to seeing everyone again. the other night i had a dream that conor, triona's nephew had grown an extra 3 feet while we were away and was towering over the both of us. i wonder if it was a premonition. seattle was great, got to see barca beating man u. watched it in a packed irish pub at lunchtime. had a few pints, made fun of man utd fans and then moved from our hostel to a cheaper hotel just outside the city. the next day we visited the music and sci-fi museum beside the space needle. there was a jim henson exhibition that was on, ... read more

Beach = Plage Plage de Wreck Here is a link of a newsclip on wreck beach for everyone to get an idea of what I am trying to portay in words, and simply cannot. Hehe. To each their own :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghtXZzQO6g&feature=player_embedded Miss you all! A bientot!... read more

Alright then! Well I was lying here and I just realized that I'm actually supposed to be doing overseas, that it is actually happening. And it made me think that I better get going, so I figured I'd start this now to see if it's the kick in the ass I need. Let's just start with things to do. - Select volunteer organization in Nepal, email, confirm date and any information - Get vaccinations - Figure out which countries to see in SE Asia - Fix backpacks Lots of other stuff.... read more

I can't believe it has been a year since our last big adventure - Africa. I don't think driving around Ontario and Cape Cod (as pretty as they were) counts as a big adventure, do you? This seven week trip will take us the length of Vietnam and into Cambodia, using every means of transportation going: trains, planes, automobiles, tuk tuks and cyclos. Although we will be travelling by ourselves we did get some advice from our son Martin (a Destination Specialist with Adventures Abroad). Common sense would have seen us stay home and save our pennies but I don't think anyone has ever accused us of having an abundance of common sense. This trip was planned and partly paid for before the economy took a serious down turn. We looked at each other and said ... read more