originally posted: Sunday, 17 May 2009
Hello again everybody, hope you are all well as am I. Since I last wrote, I have been to Niagra Falls, Vancouver, Whistler and now I am back in Toronto. So there is a lot to get through before explaining why I ended up back in Toronto.
Niagra falls is very impressive. The tourist organisation that manages the tourism there has done a fine job of seperating the commerical influences from the falls. Subsequently, the falls are touristy without being overblown. The drive there was nice as well - we stopped in at a winery where they make an "ice" wine, which is apparently very rare, but delicious.
I flew to Vancouver and spent a week there, which was great. The city is very well organised, clean and picturesque. The city seems to have embraced the international style of architecture completely, yet it has not lost any of its feel or identity. The city is also obviously undergoing a major facelift with the Olympics coming only 9 months or so ago, so it was a good time to be there.
While in vancouver, I took a bus up to Whistler for a day trip, and I have to say, the trip up there rivals any road trip you could possibly take - possibly even better than the great ocean road. Hired a mountain bike while I was there, and spent the day riding some awesome cross country trails, that are ski trails in the winter. Unfortunately it was raining most of the day so didn't get great photos.
Also managed to go to an ice hockey game while in Vancouver, which was awesome. It was a playoff game, and tickets were not easy to get. And when you are sitting only 17 rows from the ice, they didn't come cheap either. But the atmosphere there was incredible. 18,000 fans going nuts.
Hello again everybody, hope you are all well as am I. Since I last wrote, I have been to Niagra Falls, Vancouver, Whistler and now I am back in Toronto. So there is a lot to get through before explaining why I ended up back in Toronto.
Niagra falls is very impressive. The tourist organisation that manages the tourism there has done a fine job of seperating the commerical influences from the falls. Subsequently, the falls are touristy without being overblown. The drive there was nice as well - we stopped in at a winery where they make an "ice" wine, which is apparently very rare, but delicious.
I flew to Vancouver and spent a week there, which was great. The city is very well organised, clean and picturesque. The city seems to have embraced the international style of architecture completely, yet it has not lost any of its feel or identity. The city is also obviously undergoing a major facelift with the Olympics coming only 9 months or so ago, so it was a good time to be there.
While in vancouver, I took a bus up to Whistler for a day trip, and I have to say, the trip up there rivals any road trip you could possibly take - possibly even better than the great ocean road. Hired a mountain bike while I was there, and spent the day riding some awesome cross country trails, that are ski trails in the winter. Unfortunately it was raining most of the day so didn't get great photos.
Also managed to go to an ice hockey game while in Vancouver, which was awesome. It was a playoff game, and tickets were not easy to get. And when you are sitting only 17 rows from the ice, they didn't come cheap either. But the atmosphere there was incredible. 18,000 fans going nuts.
The Canucks were tied 2-2 against the Chicago blackhawks with about 2 minutes to go when the ref called a powerplay against Vancouver. The fans didn't like it, and when Chicago scored a few seconds later, the fans reacted by throwing anything and everything onto the ice. Game had to be stopped for about 5 minutes. Then when Chicago scored again with about 30 seconds remaining, well you can imagine what the reaction was like. Not pretty.
Anyways, I am back in Toronto because a top Canadian bloke I met in Barbados called Bruce rang me recently and offered me some work with him and his landscaping company. He lives in Barrie, a city about 90 minutes north of Toronto, so I'm heading up there for 4 weeks or so to do some cash-in-hand work, and stay with Bruce. To be honest, I'm a bit over hostels and am looking forward to doing some honest work (and getting some money coming in instead of going out would be good as well...)
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