Cambridge, Canada Travel Blogs

The end of the road
Feb 11, 2007

    Everything is different; colors, smells, sounds. Surroundings are overly civilized and compartmentalized, isolated and sanitized. People behave and drive their cars through the snow in an orderly fashion. Everything is completely ...

Arrive
Jun 27, 2006 (3 photos)

Je viens d'ariver, tout vas tres bien, je suis le voisin a nick so things couldin't be better, j'ai une etage a moi meme avec sale de bain, chambre, salon, cuisine, sale de lavage, walk in closet, et une porte qui me separe de mes co-loc qui ont le 2e ...

work
Jun 29, 2006

Well today we spent 2 or 3 hours fishing at work... getting paid for nothing!

Fun day
Aug 13, 2006 (5 photos)

Today I wend quading(it is what the locals call 4 wheeling) for about 3:40, it was fun, we went to the top of mount pelly where we saw nice birds and then went to long point(back to teh village and about the same distance the oposite direction) where I ...

Update starting from the beginning
Jul 21, 2006

Well, I haven't really had time to make a detailed entry but here goes, I will be posting on what has ben happening since I got here. First off, water is not like it is in town for most of you, here we have individual tanks and a water truck fills it up. ...

an other special day
Aug 19, 2006

Well today as I was walking to work I saw a kid curled up against a wall and his sister watchign him, when I asked what was wrong, they said it was because they had not eaten all day (they were 8 and 9) so I gave them my supper and went on to work and ate ...

The big canoe
Sep 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... van, but it was no problem at all. It just means an end to sleeping in the van from now on. We picked it up around 7:00 then still had to drive over two hours to Jason's uncle's place in Cambridge. But we made it and had an excellent sleep in a real bed.

Salut
Jul 3, 2006

Actualy it is nunavut, but this thing isin't up to date I guess... Hier c'etait l'ouverture de la piscine, elle est toute fucke, la pompe marche pas bien et l'eau est tres sale. J'ai arrete une bagare en face de la piscine et c'etait pas mal ma ...

Water finally works again
Jul 10, 2006 (1 photos)

well I finally have my water runing again, it wasin't working for a bit, I also found a solution to having no remote controll(see picture).

popcorn for everyone
Aug 5, 2006

At 2 am this morning I heard voices so I stuck my head out of the window and there were kids I regularly see at the pool, after a short chat I close then window and try to get back to pirates of the carabeans, but now the kids are half way through my ...

I remember why I hated this place
Aug 14, 2006

It is 2am and I just got off the phone with a RCMP officer, it is decided, tomorow morning I am going in and pressing charges against at least one kid, possibly up to 6, but realistically 3 tops. It started tonight around 22:00 when the pool was once ...

1 week left
Aug 16, 2006 (1 photos)

well I have one week left here, and I have a first map of where Nick and I will be going. The red arrow is for planes, the blue one for boats and when 2 black arrows come from one place, it is because we might split paths for a fiew days or chage the plan ...

Hectic week
Jul 27, 2006

Well, this has ben quite a hecktic week, saturday one of the employees did not show up for work so we could not open, I had to call my boss who went to get her after she had refused to come in when I had managed to come in contact with her. Then ...

Family Visit
Sep 13, 2008

After leaving Montreal we drove to Cambridge to visit family. We spent 2 nights at my Aunt Val's house with her family. Thank you for the beautiful visit

One sleep to go...
Oct 21, 2006

So the day has finally come that I begin my adventure in Africa... well sort of. I guess technically I have one sleep left, but I doubt that I will sleep anyways!!! I feel fairly relaxed and prepared. I have been reading alot of little tips from other ...

Days 8-9 - Cambridge, Ontario - Mike
Jul 16, 2005 (8 photos)

... sounds great, doesn't it?), a dish quickly becoming one of my favorites. We visited downtown Galt (a former village within Cambridge) which was similarly designed with stone buildings and bridges straddling both sides of a river. We had dinner at a ...

Depart from Cambridge
May 13, 2007

This is where we got on the bus

the site
Jul 14, 2008 (18 photos)

 Days 5, 6 and 7 These are the first few days we really started taking pictures of the site, we started excavation on Friday and things are going pretty well so far. We haven't found a lot but we are excavating in a really nice area where you can ...

Final countdown
May 30, 2008

I think I got this up and running.  Just have to get the bangs trimmed and finish packing and I am ready to go.

Annnnnnnndddd They're OFF!
Jul 2, 2009 (3 photos)

Well the day has finally arrived....we're off!  In approximately 4 hours Carolynn and I will embark on our longest vacation together yet....well until India/Egypt/China/Morocco/an unknown destination next year.  The car is packed (and yes, ...

home at last
May 13, 2007

we flew in last night.  the flight went well.  aside from 2- 5min fits, olivia slept or smiled the whole way.  we're bumming around the house doing a countries worth of laundry and recovering from yet lag.  olivia is still on hungarian ...

Day one, Cambridge Bay and new apartment
Jul 9, 2008 (20 photos)

... Day One Left Edmonton and flew to Yellowknife as a stopover before flying to our final destination Cambridge Bay. The service on First Air, one of canada's northern airlines was fantastic, we were served breakfast and lunch and the meals were good ...

Cambridge
May 16, 2008

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First and last entry
Jul 3, 2006 (8 photos)

I spend a summer here working as a lifeguard in the same pool I am in now(see Nunavut 2006) I lived with 2 room mates, my boss and the day camp coordinator. I learnt alot about myself and went ice hopping.

some more photos of the site
Jul 26, 2008 (36 photos)

Here are some more photos of the site, not a lot to report, the helicopter surveys begin tomorrow for the rest of the crew, i won't be going because i have a deathly fear of helicopters and night time daylight, and also, i am not first aid certified. so ...

Back home
Jun 15, 2008

So happy to be home.  After one last humiliation at the airport trying to make a purchase, I was rewarded with a whole row to myself on the plane.  I was so happy to see Erin`s smiling face when I got off. Now I can try to put my life back in ...

Day 6 - Dunneville to Cambride - Mike
Jul 13, 2005

... . The drive there followed the Grand River, which was also lined with parks all along the way. So far, Canada's number of parks is quite impressive. Cambridge has a historic downtown that we'll have to check out, but mostly it's a fairly large city ...

The Pre-Trip Trip
Jun 27, 2009 (6 photos)

... I guess.  I only ended up in the hood once and did not manage to find an open Starbucks between TBay and Cambridge anywhere....not impressed! The week S. Ontario has been fantastic thus far and I'm sure can only get better!  Upon arrival the Rav ...

sunshine lollypops and .... RAINBOWS!!
Jul 26, 2008 (10 photos)

The sun will be setting here soon, tomorrow actually! It will only set for about an hour and i will try to stay up and get some photos and videotape it. Solar Eclipse is on the first and i will be awake for that and will be taking photos and videotaping ...

Nunavut Day/ Day two
Jul 9, 2008 (22 photos)

Day two Nunavut Day We did not start excavations today because it is a holiday, Nunavut day to be exact and there were some festivities going on in the town center, Bannock (sp?) making contests as well as some other fun games and activities going on. ...