Destination: Canada

The Beginning, or "WHAT are you doing?!"

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 | By mirlingabroad | Views [1698] | Comments [4]

Here I am, sitting in a Starbucks on Granville Street in Vancouver, trying to spend the last couple of dollars on Sterling's Starbucks card. I'm staring at a blank computer screen, getting up the courage to write my first blog. I'm a perfectionist, and ... Read more >

Tags: coffee shop, gap year, vancouver

Unemployment sucks..

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By jamesshanks | Views [1563] | Comments [2]

And guess what? I just got offered a job! I am over the moon, I honestly can not contain how excited I am!! I want to swear and use a million exclamation marks... F-yeah!!!!!!!!!!! I met Val McKinnon at an arranged meeting spot (where else but Starbucks?) ... Read more >

Tags: employment, exciting, interview, summer camp, work

Bye Bye Brisbane

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [976] | Comments [2]

We left off saying how we had plans to do absolutely nothing on Satuday and that's exactly what we did!!  We cranked the AC and wrapped ourselves in cozy blankets and had naps on the couch all afternoon.. it was great!!!!  The next day, refreshed from ... Read more >

Before the storm

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 | By cape_bound | Views [890] | Comments [3]

As I sit here and write this, a cloud of inevitability hangs over our household. In less then 24 hours we will all be on a plane headed for a completely different continent. In less then 24 hours our family will be free of the confines of Canadian life, ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Banff Lightning

Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By carlsbad_sven | Views [617]

One of the benefits to playing a role in my friend’s wedding party was that I had the privilege of experiencing heli-hiking, aka the lazy man’s way to summit a mountain. Heli-hiking involves boarding a Huey helicopter– think Apocalypse ... Read more >

Tags: banff, helicopter, hiking, lightning

coming home

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 | By stonesamurai | Views [500]

<p>driving through the small town of hr. breton, i'm overtaken by a wave of nostalgia.  the town where i spent my childhood.  i pass by my old bus stop and follow my old path to my old home, a tiny trailer in what used to be the town's trailer ... Read more >

Early February

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 | By cheken | Views [413]

I know, I know, this was supposed to be posted earlier in the week, but it's been relatively quiet so not a lot of news. Saturday, well what can I say the battle between Mother Nature and I continues. This time Saturday started off being a beautiful, ... Read more >

Whistler

Tue, 8 Jan 2013 | By joliver4567 | Views [339]

Well hello all, this is my first entry into my travel log since leaving Australia. As you've already seen on Facebook, Sarah and I have safely made the 30 hour door to door journey to Stoney Creek Lagoons Whistler. Although it was a bit touch and go ... Read more >

Killarney Provincial Park

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry

You know when you have found a place of peace. The iconic Canadian painters who belonged to the "Group of Seven" came here often for the white pines bent by the prevailing westerlies, and an undulating landscape provided their canvases with rich visual ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Tomorrow!

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 | By ashlee | Views [162]

I can't beleive I leave tomorrow. I feel so prepared yet completely unprepared as far as packing goes. I have everything I need separated it's just not in my bag. It's weird that I'm not nervous, or scared. I'm not worried about saying goodbye to my ... Read more >

Tags: australia, faith, god, leaving, money, travel, trip, ywam

Photos: Easter weekend

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 | By brettcooke | Photo Gallery

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 | By lifethroughmylens | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012

Photos: Rosy Day 1

Thu, 6 Feb 2014 | By cfitchey | Photo Gallery

As Trees

Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By alisonkarlene | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Photos: Passport & Plate - Uncle Kalo's Trini Roti

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By foodgypsy | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2015 passport & plate: sri lanka