Destination: Canada

"Go West' as the Pet Shop Boys sing!!!

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By penguinman | Views [464]

Well hi everyone again. I'm sorry that this journal is somewhat behind my actual travels - I'll try to catch up a bit!!! I left you all leaving Winnipeg on the 2nd leg of my VIA Rail journey across Canada, going west to Vancouver. Well the journey continued ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Los Angeles

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [1076]

We are now in Los Angeles, it is such a massive city that it has motorway connecting up different parts of the city! Crazy! The journey here wasn't quite as picturesque as the journey down the rest of the coast, hmm, that is a wee bit of an understatement ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Mia

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By heidischeifley | Views [631]

who cares about thailand - it's got nothing on the fact that i have a new niece who i have yet to meet but love more than words can say. Welcome Mia:) 

Tags: Family

Gallery: Vancouver

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 | By h_s33 | Photo Gallery

Vancouver Island

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By h_s33 | Views [810]

The rain persisted until Friday so we found lots of indoor things to do including visiting the Museum of Anthropology and an art exhibition at the Chinese Cultural Centre (both are free on a Tuesday). We saw a play about recent politics in the Phillipines ... Read more >

Tags: Family

My Day in Toronto

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By gemma | Views [995]

My day started out looking pretty gloomy.  I decided to head to the Hockey Hall of Fame once I got into town in the hope that the clouds which were completely obscuring the CN Tower may have lifted by the time I had been round the museum.  I learnt a ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Toronto

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By gemma | Photo Gallery

Chiang Mai

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By heidischeifley | Views [627] | Comments [6]

Staying true to my traveling nature, I changed my mind about going south to the islands, no reason, just decided I would rather go north! So now i'm in Northern Thailand in a large city called Chiang Mai. It's so much more my speed and I couldn't ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

The Coca-Cola Man!

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By natha | Views [646]

He is tall good looking! No he's actually absolutly hot and all women are so crazy about him and they would all drink actually Coke light!! I met a Coca-Cola man today. Well he is just a regular guy but he was nice to help me out! I was just biking ... Read more >

Tags: People

Departure from Toronto.. finally!

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By felix_and_stephanie | Views [1011] | Comments [3]

So we're hitched!!!! (YEA!) And finally embarking on our 6 month extended honeymoon! Felix and I are sitting in my basement, starting to slowly plan and finalize the details for our trip.  We just bought our travel insurance...photo copied our passports, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Arriving in Vancouver

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By h_s33 | Views [921] | Comments [3]

It was a bit of a long day of travelling on Saturday, but luckily pretty uneventful. Angie met us at the airport and drove us back to her apartment, which is a gorgeous flat right next to the centre of Vancouver. It rained non-stop from the time we arrived ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Time to move South

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [780]

It has now been foggy and rainy for the last fortnight here in Whistler, which is a shame as we never made it up in the Gondala to explore the mountain tops.  Not much here to do when the weather is bad, and it is pretty cold without a jumper! We have ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Time to go!

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By paul_byrom | Views [580] | Comments [1]

Well, Canada's been absolutely brilliant! We've seen so many beautiful things, and had such a great time but it's cold here now and it's raining a lot. The plan was to go sightseeing in the Rocky Mountains next, but we've seen lots of mountains now, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

My drama

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By tawnee84 | Views [275]

So. I had originaly booked this trip  to ireland over 3 months ago to visit a friend, but some things happened and well boys will be boys. in the lue of having the airline tickets and time off work I have desided that I still wanted to go and try this ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Be aware of drinking alcohol!

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By natha | Views [448]

I was visiting some museums with my german friend Kati. When we were just on our way home a german guy heard us speaking german and so we stopped chating for a while... for about an hour actually! He was pretty nice and very talkative. He told us that ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures