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Rain and Warhol
... lovely sunny days whilst on the train.)
I fight for one of the few taxis that arrives amoung the throng of people and end up sharing it with two others, going downtown.
By 8am I've chceked in at the HI hostel and wandering what to do with myself. I settle for a DVD in the TV room, my email and a skype call with mum and dad.
Long story shorter, I'm in this room most of the ...
Mountains, Glaciers and Mall's
... onto an ice explorer. This thing was awesome, it's wheels were as big as me and we had to go down the second steepest road in the world...or something like that. It had an 18% incline. It was crazy steep, something about the tyres and brakes make us not fall to our deaths. We drove out onto the glacier and were allowed off the bus. I was a little confused seeing as the entire area was covered in snow and therefore just looked like a snowfield but then the driver moved the snow ...
Everything leading up to Contiki
... br> ~Contiki posted departure date as definite! Officially spending Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in Munich and New Year in Lucerne!
~ Had some of our money exchanged to Euros to get us through the first week. Exchange rate is not that great :S
1 Month before departure:
~Received tour documents roughly 4 weeks in advance. Some tour mates have ...
Flight to mexico
... 100km, the next they go down to 80, then back to 100, then down to 40, then back to 100, then 60, ect. it was like WTF?? make up your mind!!! This would not happen in canada. Fifth, youturns are LEGAL here in Mexico, they have signs on the highway, UTURN HERE!!! well, it doesnt say that i do not think, as i can not speak spanish, but the arrow doing a uturn, you can not screw that up, can you? Sixth, our driver drove between 80 and 100 the whole time, regardless of the ...
Wow! These people really know how to shop!
... and then think about how that's not even a gallon and we're paying way over 3.00 per gallon in the RV which gets 7-8 miles per gallon. Sucks!
Anyway, we're trying to move quickly so hopefully we wont go broke in Canada. :)
Onwards we go to Dawson's Creek...the start of the Alaska Highway.
Ciao for now.
Doug & Angela
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