Day 1 of East Coast of Canada Adventure
East Coast of Canada Adventure June 2004
My Adventure to Explore the East Coast of Canada.
Going to 3 Provinces - Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland.
Feel free to follow along on my journey around the East Coast
Day 1 - Off to the Thunder Bay Airport today, going to fly to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I am going to fly with Airline WestJet and use that as my main airline of choice.
I get on the plane and fly to Hamilton where I have a 2 hour layover before boarding my flight again to get to Halifax. The flight from Hamilton, Ontario is good flight, served nuts and Coca- Cola on board the flight. I see the view of Quebec and the New Brunswick from the air on route. Service was very good on board the flight, with the usual staff doing the WestJet humour that this airline is famous for.
Finally after a few hours I land at the Halifax International Airport. Airport is about an hour or so outside of city of Halifax. I get off the plane and proceed to get my luggage from the lounge. I then head out to the arrivals area and am met by a pen pal Heather who lives in Halifax. She says She will show me how to get to the city from here.
I go to the AVIS rent a car counter and process my payment of the reservation of the car. I have three choices of a car, one is a PT Cruiser, Second, a Chevy Metro or Pontiac Grand Am. I choose the Grand AM, which was a nice red car and a nice V6 engine. I make it to my rental car and then find Heather who is also in the parking lot. I then follow her and her friend to the city of Halifax. It was very good they show me the way there as it was a difficult to get to city.
I get my key to my room and then drive all around back to get to my room. I am able to park my car next to my door of my room. Room seems very hot and stuff. I can not find the ON button to the AC, all well time for adventure. I get into the car and make my drive into main downtown Halifax.
Anyhow, from here I walk along the water front of Halifax harbour. Going to see all the neat ships and the HMCS Smallville is here as well, Canada’s Finest. There is also the Thomas Tugboat here as well, quite neat. I then make it to the casino area and go inside to check it out. I notice its lots of restaurants here.
I then leave here and make it back to my car. But first trying to figure out how to pay for parking. So I take my parking stub and go to the Winner Circle of the casino. The Marketing Rep thinks I am crazy and tells me to take off, good service. So I decided I will just drive out of the parkade.
Tonight I drive back to the downtown area and figure out where to park. I go park down the waterfront and pay 5 bucks to stay there. I then go walk around the downtown area, looking for some bars to go to. I head to this one night Club called the Dome. It was a nice nightclub and played good music, had a few drinks here and listened to techno music. I then left the night club and went to a pub called Cheers. From the TV Show, I have a few more drinks here and just enjoy the evening. I then go walk around the bar area, covers many streets and is very lively. It seems to be a really good place to check out, as not many people know how good East Coast of Canada is.
After a few hours of walking around, I decide it is time to call it a night. I make it back to my car, sober, and then just drive back to the hotel.
Stay tuned for next day.
The dance floor was totally amazing.
For sure is the key place to see and to be seen. All the good looking people seem to hang out here on the busy bar nights of the week.
They have good DJ booth and lots of action here.
Every weekend you can find a popular DJ spinning here.
You will find the best top notch dance and techno music here all the time,
Good place for everyone aged 18 to 25. But most likely everyone else can come as well.
Was very hard to find affordable places to stay in Halifax. This is good place to stay if your looking for a good budget.
Location was ok, but you need a car to get to anything interesting. There is a store within walking distance.
The check in process was good and front desk staff were ok but complained about being in Nova Scotia. However they were quite efficent and ok customer service.
I had good parking at my room, I was able to park right in front and have my car just outside my door. Was a secure room and a good size bed. There was always hot water available here. There is a seafood restaurant on site, but food was questionable and breakfast I would avoid.
Overall a half decent place to stay. I recommend for anyone looking to stay on a budget.
I stopped by a few times for a couple of drinks back in 2004. They have a good selection of beer on TAP from Guinnes, Stella, Coors Light and many more.
Their menu offers a good selection of Nachos, Wings and other fine types of foods. I suggest the wings , are really good.
The customers are of good class and you may never find any bad people here.
A good place to come with all your friends on any night of the week.
Overall, I recommend for all types of people.
