Destination: Canada

Gallery: Wintercamping

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Photo Gallery

Vagrancy and Festivities

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By greenalligator | Views [3704] | Comments [1]

As you can imagine the transition from sweaty, smoggy days in Vietnam to frozen toes and dribbling nose in Vancouver was a shocking one! A 12 hour flight with Oasis airlines (who I highly recommend) from Hong Kong propelled me into a foot of snow ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: Banff

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Photo Gallery

Toronto

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By christinasandra | Views [571]

Hoi zaeme, Huet isch bereits euse letschti tag in Toronto. wuerkli trurig sind mer noed da drueber, mir fruered sit mer da sind. es isch minus 12 grad und es blased en isige wind. am erste tag haets no en schneesturm gha, gester isch wenigstens sunne ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Gallery: Around Nakiska

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Photo Gallery

A bit of Banff

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [553] | Comments [2]

A brunette is walking along a track when an elk jumps out. Start of joke? Possibly. Both brunette and elk have minor aneurisms and severe palpitations? Yup. I think that the brunette was too busy looking at the icy track because she had ended up on her ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Less than 3 weeks now

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [605]

Well, I set off in 17.5 days for San Jose, Costa Rica! First there will be 2 nights in Vancouver (visiting my best buds to get one last drink in), then a Greyhound trip to Seattle, where I will hopefully get a couple of hours of sleep before waking ... Read more >

Tags: the planning phase

Gallery: Toronto

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By christinasandra | Photo Gallery

Nakiska

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [561] | Comments [3]

Hello my little readers, No longer am I a prisoner, except for the part where I'm almost confined to Andrew's room, hiding as an illegal immigrant to avoid the steely wrath of the owner of the dormitories where Andrew is now staying. In case I forgot, ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Winter-peg

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [683]

AMY:  Well the mild weather has passed and it was -45 here in Winnipeg this morning.  I have been trying really hard to remember the +40 we experienced in Namibia but it is a distant memory.  People do continue on with their daily lives though.  Our ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Countdown

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [464] | Comments [2]

Getting ready to depart and there are a lot of things to wrap up before leaving. Flight to London is 6:30 PM on Wednesday.

Tags: The Planning Phase

From the middle of BF nowhere

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [758] | Comments [2]

I write to you from a minimum security prison in the middle of BF nowhere. How do I explain this to my parents? Well, apparently I had a VERY good time. Or, in fact, the jail has been converted into a dormitory type set up for people working at Nakiska ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Accommodation near Nakiska

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Photo Gallery

Almost time

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By surfveza | Views [647]

I cant believe that I am leaving in 10 days! I have our bus tickets, and every thing we need to start this trip. Now we just need to wait 10 days to hop on that bus and go! We are now leaving on the 28th cause the bus times have changed a little, ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

More Schmalgary

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [517] | Comments [1]

Why am I writing again? Because I can donkey, because I can. Three notes on Canadians: * Their light switches are upside down. This is mildly frustrating. It would make good fodder for C-grade comedy. * Canadian men LOVE Australian accents. Particularly ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing