Destination: Canada

chinese or fish & chips?

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By katang | Views [340]

Angus and I decided to leave the girls to have a lie-in and doubled our consequent dose of peace and tranquility by taking ourselves off to the traditional Chinese garden nearby. Like something off a willow-pattern plate, it formed an oasis of calm ... Read more >

Transports of delight

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By katang | Views [529]

Another early start and down for our first muffin fest. Why do the British stick to choc chip when you can have blueberry muesli, cranberry ‘n’ bran or my personal favourite to date,   zucchini, carrot & walnut? Today was public transport day.... Read more >

Montreal & Ottawa

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [775]

On the 11 th of July we said goodbye to Rachel, our lovely host in London, and set off for Heathrow to catch a flight to Montreal.   After an uneventful 7 hour flight on British Airways (during which, shock-horror, the entertainment system ... Read more >

Gallery: Montreal

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Photo Gallery

Get 'er done

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [900]

Well, the photos are FINALLY all up from my 4-month overlander! Check them out in the photo galleries on the right side of the main page, starting with Uzbekistan and going all the way up to Egypt. I've also updated the stories from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, ... Read more >

Gallery: East Canada

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By jensen12 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Calgary - Cowtown after the stampede

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

We're here!

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By katang | Views [442]

Thursday July 16 th Well, the big day finally came. Unfortunately it started off in Terminal Four which is one of those places that looks great in some architectural coffee table book but is hopeless if you actually want to check in and fly ... Read more >

Gallery: Here there be DINOSAURS! Prairies, Badlands and Drumheller

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Calgary Zoo and Heritage Park

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Profile

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By tinybee | Photo Gallery

"you want to see windmills? uhhh...."

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 | By dianacchan | Views [672] | Comments [4]

oh i wanted to see windmills sooo bad. and no one seemed to want to tell me HOW. one of the guys working at my deranged hostel told me i could take a ferry from behind the central train station (oh reaaaallly) and then take a couple local buses but hes ... Read more >

Gallery: Montreal & Toronto

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Photo Gallery

Leaving on a Jet Plane....Oh! Canada! We love your stores!

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [519]

  The last leg of our trip. We are sitting at Pearson Arport in Toronto awaiting our flight to Los Angeles and the journey that will take us 26 hours to fly back home. Canada has been just the same as always. Friendly service in restaurants and shops ... Read more >

berlin... and christians in amsterdam's red light district

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By dianacchan | Views [777] | Comments [2]

i LOVE germany! dresden was really nice cept i came down with the mother of all head colds and could barely function. dresden was the most bombed city during WWII or something but theyve rebuilt it pretty damn good. due to my cold i was rather disoriented ... Read more >