Canada Travel Blogs - Page 8

So in my other travel blog I talk about my Japanese friend Tomoko. In March of last year she came out here and stayed a week with us so we decided to go to Vancouver and show her the touristy sights. There was about 9 of us so we were like a big mob. We did all of the same stuff as the last two Van…

Saturday Got up at 2am Manitoba time/3 am Ontario time to get ready and go by 4am. On the way to Toronto stopped at Timmy's! Aka Tim Hortons.As soon as we got to Winnipeg...hot hot hot! It was like 25 Degrees out, and I was wearing a winter jacket, jeans, and Uggs! So I quickly switched into short…

Once again I was “hungry” to get below water.. when in Seattle we had a few days of rain and I actually enjoy diving in the rain so I was wandering if I could do it in Vancouver  after all we had a few days to kill over there.. So online to search for dive shops/ clubs and or trips.. and …

A train tour of the four major cities in Eastern Canada - Toronto - Ottawa - Montreal and Quebec City.

    Well the big day has arrived.  Where did all of the time go?  It snowed with a vengence yesterday so the place is buried in about 6 inches of snow.  A fitting scene for our departure I suppose.  No doubt,  this being Calgary it will be 15 or 20 above by t…

These are some of my favorite pictures of the flowers, plants, and fauna, that grown here right on Vancouver Island. Some are gardens...and other grow only up in the mountain ranges...I hope you enjoy them.

So its approximately 2:56 AM, where I am, which is my room in beautiful Sooke, British Columbia, I am currently riding a high created by my excitement to be travelling to Thailand in three weeks, and by the amount of Espresso I consumed at work today. I work at starbucks by the way, and It is reall…

Toronto truely has a lot to offer and it's very hard to pick out just one thing that's great about it, unfortunetly many of the districts are at far distances from each other, but they all all unique and worth visiting. Here are the main areas of Toronto and what each is best known for: Bloor &am…

Well this morning is bitter sweet. Sad to be leaving Vancouver but happy about the next part of our adventure. The morning is sort of wasted, and we had lunch at the hotel before getting in a taxi to take us to Canada Place.  Obviously the taxi driver knew where he had to drop us off with…

Want to experience the largest fresh water island then go to Manitoulin Island in Ontario ... it's full of lakes, lakes, and more lakes and I can't forget the rivers also ... Salmon running up river and spawning then floating around having completed their life cycle   The trails here are st…

Whistler Feb 2009 Ski tripDay 1  Feb 6th 2009Depart Tbay - Westjet with back tracking over to Toronto for 4 hour lay over till my flight to Vancouver. At this time enjoying my overpriced turkey sandwich and bottled water. I am writing this report now. A few people also in this WIFI spot. First…

  "Endimion and Phoebe"   Gayle:   --ruled paper to begin this: an old yellowing sheet i suppose once proposed to make notes on the poem titled above.  don't remember the story.  still, the tone & music some how fitting. an epyllion      …

In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . .You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a reportthat someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of areward to anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help define…

So we woke to find that it had snowed overnight!It was only about an inch deep and most of it had already melted on the pavements as everywhere is constantly gritted, which meant its pretty easy to not slip over (Ken Livingstone please take note!) but it was our first sighting of snow since we arri…

As opposed to other major cities in Canada, Winnipeg may pale in comparison citing its subdued cosmopolitan character, for example. Having a humble downtown area and quaint little houses (in core city area) - among other things, Winnipeg has still maintained its charm that is uniquely different fro…