Blogs from YVR, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 6

With just 2 hrs of sleep in the last 24hrs we were finally ready: Camping + Climbing + photo gear packed without being overweight or oversized which was going to save us extra fees in the long run. We purchased a specialty Cressy Apnea Team freediving bag to maintain the airlines guidelines and wrapped the fins with 7mm wetsuits to protect them. We acquire extreme sport insurance with "The Atlas International" just in case US$ 250 deductable US$ 500000 deductable totally worth it: US$ 283 for 5 months. On the carry on we had: photo gear on a backpack that would fit ( Sony Vaio FW560F, two Canon camera bodies, 6 lenses, flash and filters). On a second backpack we had four 500 GB hard drives in a hard case to protect them, 2 iphones that ... read more

27 Oct 2009-Went to Vancouver for a first time. Despite of the cold weather and rainy days, it didnt stop me to explore a little bit of Vancouver city. I went to Stanley Park, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Gastown. ... read more

well hello again! it has been quite some time since the last trip and blog, but here i am again on my own. traveling. and loving it. first stop for this year? beautiful sunny, beachy hawaii. why? why not? really... it isn't culturally different, or even exotic by any stretch of the imagination. but it is the ultimate beach. turtles galore. manta rays. black sand beaches. surfing. snorkeling. i will be in heaven! of course luck would have it that this trip also commences in the beautiful and up-to-date LAX... and we all know how close i am to LAX... from vancouver to LAX, then to kahului, maui. arriving just in time to enjoy the evening and my first hawaiian sunset. staying at the banana bungalow hostel (*please insert banana hammock jokes here*), i hope to ... read more

Hello again, I arrived in Vancouver around 4:30 and am leaving at 1:45pm on June 20th for Ottawa. I managed to get Amanda all ready to go and have her Dad pick her up at school yesterday after she finished her final exams. My car was too full to be able to take both myself and Amanda plus all of our stuff to Nanaimo. I opted for taking the Duke Point ferry to Tswassen to try and avoid rush hour traffic in to the city. I was only delayed about 20 minutes south of the Dease Island tunnel. After sorting out my bags I dropped the car at Craig's girlfriend, Stephanie's parents, Dick and Carel's. I had a really nice visit and then my brother-in-law, Jonathon picked me up and drove me back to my hotel ... read more

Last day in Shanghai Yesterday was my last day in Shanghai as much as I will miss Asia I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, not being lost all the time, and not having to deal with the language barrier. Yesterday we went out for some Thai food with Ramien and a couple of his friends than went and did KTV (basically karaoke) which is something I have never really done, and was more fun than I expected. Dinner was fantastic I really have acquired a taste for Thai food, I wish I had the time in Chaing Mai to take some of the Thai cooking classes I saw advertised maybe when I get home I can find a good resource on Thai cooking if you know of a good Thai cooking resource ... read more