Blogs from Kingston, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 5

Pacifico Project: Hitchhiking the Oceans What: A scheme to sail the world's oceans! How: Lacking a sailboat, it only seemed obvious to hitchhike. When: Departure set for December 28, 2007. Where: The plan is to land in Panama City, then fly to Puerto Obaldia, on the edge of the legendary No Man's Land of Latin America, the Darien Gap, between Panama and Columbia, and begin hitchhiking. WHY?! To seek pleasure in all it's worldly and wonderful forms, baby! The Specifics: * hit the beach on the Caribbean coast * stick out my thumb * find a boat headed north into the San Blas Islands * sail towards the Panama Canal * enter the Pacific Ocean and beyond! In closing, I would like to thank my family and friends for your amazing support and encouragement! Also, a ... read more

hahaha, and you're all over there freezing your buttocks off..... well, you'll be pleased to know that at work we welcomed the first official day of summer with a massive thunderstorm and a few hail showers. I got a thorough soaking, but the plants were unharmed - NOTE: a new Euphorbia called 'First Blush' is now in my possesion - yay! I got a special surprise yesterday too when one of the ladies at work brought me in some Tim Tams that her daughter in Oz had sent over to her - the new/old? Raspberry ones - very, very nice! But I still miss Vegemite the most, but am willing to bide my time until I'm back home near New Years. The plan has changed yet again, foregoing the safe shores of Venezuela and Colombia ... read more

url='/Videos/3131.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3131.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'getting some air I've been a total slacker with the blog for ages. At the moment I'm working 10 hour days, six days a week and trying to fit in some kayaking and so forth, so there are few hours in the day left that I'd like to be inside on the computer. The weather has finally warmed up a bit, most days now around 15-20C, but the water is still ice cold (as I found out tonight kayaking), so swimming is still out for another month or so. More wildlife has been spotted of late - I saw my first racoon the other night in front of the house on the other side of the road, and at the bus stop near work there's a groundhog that sits on the roadside nibbling grass. ... read more

Yes, I admit, it is still snowing and below zero at the moment, but the flowers are coming, so it's officially spring (even if it "officially" started on March 21st). I have even participated in my very first maple tapping, in order to tick one of the "to Do in Canada" things off my list (still waiting to see a moose or beaver). ... read more

I'll be away for a little while, off exploring the nation with my new travelling job. I head up to Ottawa this afternoon, get a plane out to Edmonton on Wednesday and return to Kingston in about a fortnight. After two or three days at home I'm off to Calgary to work for another week or so, then I'm back in Ottawa for two weeks, and then possibly/finally back home again! So if you email me and don't get a response right away, that'll be why. Updates: not much. Have decided that trapping myself in a small yacht to cross the Pacific Ocean may not be my most brilliant move to date, so I will simply fly home or to NZ from the Caribbean later this year/early next year. But I will still get some sailing ... read more