Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America - page 273

Well Today I am leaving..taking the bus to Toronto and well sleeping in the buss which sucks (thankis god I don't pee while I travel), the food...why did I even waste money on the pit stop hu!!!??....I got to Toronto and Iurie picked me up he took me to the airport and off to Nicaragua..a stop in Houston and the Nicaragua.... read more

Well here we go with the very beginning... the night before the flight. Everything's packed, or so I think since I ALWAYS forget SOMETHING and I'm usually late. So this time I decided to be early, for once... we'll see how that goes tomorrow morning Right now I'm photocopying everything and sending notice to as many people as possible about our departure. That way no one can say they didn't know.. unless they don't have an e-mail... ummm anyway. Oh, and "our" would be Dave and I, my other half, my fiance, the one, however you want to put it we're doing it together. Our fight leaves from Ottawa International at 10:45 am tomorrow, great way to spend my 25th birthday, memorable at least. The whole family is coming for the drive to see us off... ... read more

When it gets to the point that Christmas carols are sung to the tune of 'T.N.T.', then I have had enough of AC/DC, Australian though they may be. They seem to love bogan rock here in Kingston, or maybe it's just the radio station I have to listen to at work. I've heard more than my fair share of AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Warrant and other long-haired poodle rock types. The funniest one was the T.N.T. song performed live in the Kingston Christmas Parade -so sad, yet so highly amusing. 'Santa Claus - ho, ho , ho .... Santa Claus - ho, ho, ho..." Getting closer to Christmas, but with very little of the white stuff in sight. It's not that it's not cold enough (it was zero at noon yesterday), but it just ain't falling, ... read more

And it comes to an end. Our month-long journey from Toronto to Vancouver ends on November 6th, 2006 with a day of driving from Thunder Bay to home sweet home. Pulling out of Thunder Bay at 5:30 a.m., we caught the sunrise as we drove through the beautiful Superiour region just east of Thunder Bay. We were determined to get home today to see everyone, and we were actually a full day ahead of our anticipated schedule. Both of us were very excited to get home and getting such an early start allowed us to see the sunrise, catch some Z's, and have a good old heart to heart before we both returned to life in the city. I am so happy that I was able to do this, and that Geoff and the folks at ... read more

Hello all (make sure to click on the video of me scuba diving!), Well, I am now back in the Great White North. Although my trip has now come to an end, I must still record for you its final leg. My last blog entry left me in Ciudad Bolivar, a small town in the heart of Venezuela and also the gateway to Angel Falls. Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world at 979 meters, 807 of which are uninterrupted (16 times higher than Niagara in case you were wondering). Getting to the falls, however, is no easy feat. The only way to get to there is to take an hour long plane ride from Bolivar to a small village named Canaima. Once landed, you must then hop in a small banana boat and ... read more