Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1524

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Hey everyone, Dan here attemping to write up our lastest journal, Russ left early this morning for his first day as a sparky for a company in Banff and i dont start at Fas Gas (my stunning carrer at a local servo) till 3pm. It has been a while since our last blog mostly due to laziness but also computer trouble with our photos, so now no excuses... So we moved to Canmore about two months ago into a basement suite of a very nice mountain style house in a rather wealthy area, our rent is increadibly cheap but we do share a room which basically has a kitchen along one side, and us one the other. We are enjoying it but makes life difficult if company is staying.. Otherwise we are kinda settled into life ... read more

Well, it's now two weeks until I depart for Bangkok and three months of travelling South East Asia. This will mark my third trip to Asia, but my first time backpacking. Thankfully I won't be travelling alone. I'll be heading to Bangkok with Coral, and then late that evening Emily will arrive. Emily has done this sort of thing before, so that should makes things a bit easier. I'd be a little more excited right now if I didn't feel absolutly miserable. The throat specilist check up appointment today confirms that my throat is all better, but now I guess I just have a nasty cold and my stomach has been feeling like crap as well. Oh well, I've got two weeks to get better. I've got most of what I'm taking with me now, just ... read more

Feels like we’re time travelers. Even though we are more than 500 km north here in Vancouver than we were at home in Ontario it feels like May. Or June. The white snowdrifts up to the windowsills have been replaced by an almost-as-complete covering of yellow daffodils. This west coast climate is not hard to take. Perversely, we seemed to be magnetically drawn to the only snow in the greater Vancouver area the day before yesterday. We found ourselves on the cable car going up Grouse Mountain. Even at the top there were only patches of snow though. Great view of the “Lower Mainland” (gotta get into the local dialect y’know) and the state of Washington beyond. Should have been the state of Columbia. It was called the territory of Columbia until it became a state ... read more

Bon, on est prêt à partir ! Ou presque... Je viens d'appeler l'agence de voyages pour confirmer le départ. Il ne reste qu'à boucler les valises. Voici notre itinéraire : 9 mars : départ de Montréal 10 mars : arrivée à Buenos Aires 12 mars : El Calafate et le Parc national des glaciers 16 mars : Bariloche et la région des lacs 21 mars : le Chili (Chillan, la région des vins et Valparaiso) 25 mars : retour en Argentine (Mendoza et une autre région des vins ! C'est plate, mais c'est de même...) 28 mars : Posadas (les missions jésuites et les Chutes d'Iguazu) 31 mars : retour à Buenos Aires (peut-être un brin d'Uruguay) 4 avril : retour à Montréal Au plaisir de vous faire part de nos premières observations bientôt ! M ... read more