Blogs from North America - page 8246

13/04/07 - 14/04/07 A Dash of Utah As we’d stopped at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, an English woman we met told us that sunrise at Bryce Canyon was so beautiful that it had made her weep. Leaving Las Vegas, it was a slight detour North and would take us into an extra State where the book of Mormon, not the Gilead Bible makes bedside reading - Utah. To cause as much confusion as possible, seemed to be the goal of whoever named the viewpoints in Bryce Canyon National Park. The best place to watch sunset is at Sunrise Point and the best place to watch sunrise is at Bryce Point and Sunset point is no good for either or was it that the best place to watch sunrise is at Bryce point and the best ... read more

With a population of approximately 15,000 people Traverse City is alternately referred to by its inhabitants as a town, or sometimes an very small city. The comparison is understandable when you consider that 150 miles south of it is Grand Rapids whose population is 197,000, and just south but much closer to it, is the city of Cadillac with a population of 10,000. So, Traverse City is a town in comparison to Grand Rapids, but feels a little more city-like than Cadillac. But any city whose major access is provided by highways that run right through it is, in this day and age, a town. Traverse City is part of Grand Traverse county whose population is 81,000. The fact that the biggest city in the county (Traverse) supplies only 12% of its population speaks to ... read more

Getting back to Toronto was pretty interesting. It took a bit of getting used to after being away for so long. I arrived at 6 in the morning, post 6 hours on the bus, still reasonably hung over from the night before. My last night in Quebec had been beer with two Quebecois in a very French bar with very French music and lots of drinking. I had been to this bar over the summer and it was wicked to be there again, in this quaint little place that is located down an alley off an alley from a street in a very European looking alley way, and sitting there in the warm with a beer and the snow whipping around outside. I have been here for two months and in the two months I slept ... read more

I have been in Mexico City for 4 days and it is a great place. Basically so much to see just by walking around. The food is great, the people are extremely friendly. The weather has been super and I am staying a really nice hostel for 100 pesos a night (10 dollars). They actuallu keep the place nice and clean and it smells pretty good too. Overall not the idea of Mexico City that I had in mind. Went to the pyramids today, quite impressive. Tonight it will be luche libre (mexican wrestling) with my British buddy Marc. Then I will head to Oaxaca tomorrow. I have only had one little bout of montezumas revenge, so thats good. Much more later.... read more

So much preparation! Megan is overpacking, as usual, and has decided to downsize her first aid kit. Megan is speaking in third person because she spends too much time on Facebook. Sorry, Kristi, no room for you in my bag. Last week of exams, almost there!... read more