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Temple day
... English. Luckily an elderly Chinese women stopped and helped us out. She was so sweet. Amazing food here too! We were trying to catch a cab back to the hotel, but we couldn't find an empty one. Ended up taking a tuk tuk back and it was so fun! It was pretty much a death trap inside as it goes really fast an there is zero protection! Got Leo and we all went for dinner at an Indian restaurant close by the hotel. Had an early night tonight as we have an early start ...
First blog entry, ever!
... fact, the only things on my packing list that that I haven't had to buy include: sandals, rope, a couple t-shirts and sweaters, socks, bathing suit and a water bottle that I stole from my mom's bike. That means the list of things I DO have to buy is 3 pages long (really).
Because each piece of gear is so important (I will be camping for 4 months so I can't have a tent that leaks, or a headlamp that sucks or bike shoes that give me blisters etc etc), hours of research goes ...
Sur la route du blé
... un petit arrêt rapide à Brandon pour acheter un gilet et une casquette des Wheat Kings (hockey) ainsi qu'un gilet des Jets pour Pat.
Regina... Bon on n'en parlera pas longtemps... Nous ne sommes resté qu'une seule nuit et comme nous étions relativement épuisés du voyage(transport), nous sommes allez dormir en arrivant... Nous avons tout de même vérifier les activités à faire mais rien ...
Big waterfalls and friendly locals
... of festival celebrating the french/Canadian culture which is cool, we headed out last night to see what was going on, it turned out to be the best night out we had in ages.. they have stuff going on in the day like ye'oldie blacksmiths and that which we missed but all the ice sculptures were lit up and there was 4 or 5 big tents with live folky bands and one DJ tent which we ended staying in for the whole night. Its very surreal its a big ish tent like you see an ...
Winnie the Peg
... etc Tempted by 2 minutes of Manitoban fame but not sure my British accent is quite what they're look for...nevermind.
I lunch in one of the small mall things at a place recommended by the Guide Book/Bible. Apparently, Winnipeg has a notable Ukrainian population...or rather people descended from the orignal Ukrainian pioneer types who came over a century ago. As such, they have a museum (more on that later) and a reputation for decent Ukrainian food. ...


