Destination: Canada

Almost Back to Reality

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [616]

Back in Vancouver and checking in from the Blue Horizon hotel.  I got a nice view of downtown and part of the park.  I took the bus from Whistler this morning, and when you don't go the scenic route, the drive only takes 90 minutes versus the 4-hour train ... Read more >

Back in the Saddle

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [732]

Winding down in my hotel suite on my last night in Whistler with a personally brewed cup of decaf.  Today was a very laidback day.  Woke up early and scheduled a last-minute horseback riding session down by Green Lake.  I hadn't been on a horse in almost ... Read more >

Texans in Trees and Kiwis on Lakes

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [1208]

Chilling in my hotel suite after an adventure-filled day.  Got a full 8 hours of sleep last night and rolled out of bed and headed straight to Ziptrek Ecotours.  I wore my "Keep Austin Weird" shirt as I do at least once for every international ... Read more >

From Sea to Sky to Mountain

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [567]

Woke up super early this morning and took the Sea to Sky train to arrive in Whistler.  It was a scenic train ride, with average speeds of 25 mph.  I met this Australian woman and her family taking their annual month-long vacation around the world (darn ... Read more >

Stay Gold, Vancouver

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [551]

Woke up early this morning after the first full night's sleep to I've had all vacation to (partly cloudy) sunshine.  Put on the shorts and headed to Granville Island (actually it's a peninsula) via one of the tiny ferries - the "Cyquabus"... Read more >

Ooh Canada

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 | By dianasaurus | Views [454]

Today was Day 1 in Vancouver.  Took the Amtrak train from Seattle and it was a slow, slow ride.  I rode first class (only $13 more) and had a seat by myself next to the window - or rather next to the wall in between the windows of the seat in front of ... Read more >

Banff

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 | By sarah153 | Views [525]

After a month of minus 30 degree weather, searching for jobs and facing the very real possibility I wouldn't have anywhere to sleep on New Years Eve, everything finall fell into place, two days before Christmas. Louisa was offered a job at one of the ... Read more >

Arriving Canada

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Views [423]

We arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday and made our way straight to our friends place in Victoria. Think we used every possible type of transportation to get here. Car, plane, train, bus and ferry. Good to be finally on the way. First impression of ... Read more >

Photos: Vancouver Island

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 | By chris_and_dusk | Photo Gallery

My first week in Van

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 | By krit | Views [741] | Comments [1]

I've been in Vancouver for 1 week now & I think I stepped off the plane running. The flight over was not too bad, I was so excited about coming to Canada, before I knew it I was in LA. LAX was so quiet it was almost eery. Somebody must have got ... Read more >

Photos: VANCOUVER

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 | By krit | Photo Gallery

Montreal in Summer; oh how I miss you!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 | By escape | Views [669]

Montreal. The city of festivals. You can’t walk more than ten minutes in any direction without encountering one of them. Street art (Nuit Blanche), French music, the Montreal Grand Prix and Fringe festivals, not to mention the International ... Read more >

Japadog

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 | By ashbina | Views [2453]

In downtown Vancouver, there's a hot dog stand on nearly every corner. Most of the time, the wafting smell of the sausages cooking is delicious and very tempting. And then at other times, it's more like a stench of old meat that makes you ... Read more >

The journey begins

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By krit | Views [448] | Comments [2]

On Thursday morning June 10th, 2010, I said teary farewells to my loved ones & boarded a plane at Brisbane airport bound for Vancouver, Canada. Most of my possessions were either placed in storage, given away or brought with me. After an arduous ... Read more >

Photos: How it began!

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By kittben | Photo Gallery