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Travel Blogs from Cambridge, Canada
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The end of the road
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
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 ...
Fun day
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
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
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 ...
The big canoe
... 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 ...
A trip of a lifetime
... not have happened without Tim Wright from Sauti Moja, Dr. Peter Emary and Mike Thomas, Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Cambridge (Preston-Hespeler). The Rotary club that I belong to along with others in the district have helped Sauti Moja, a ...
Salut
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
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 ...
popcorn for everyone
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
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
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 ...
Hectic week
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
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 ...
One sleep to go...
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
... 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 ...
And we're off!
Ben and I have finally made it to the airport to head to Europe. The adventure has already begun when we were told that our bags had to be checked as oversized luggage. No big deal...just hope they don't get lost! We proceeded to security where Ben was ...
the site
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
I think I got this up and running. Just have to get the bangs trimmed and finish packing and I am ready to ...
Annnnnnnndddd They're OFF!
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, ...
Langdon Hall - Stunning!!
... gentleman called Warner. He had told us about a chateaux his parents owned in Ontario. And since I was already planning on visiting Canada and some friends later in the year, Beth & I arranged to check out Langdon Hall for Beth's birthday weekend. ...
home at last
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 ...
Day one, Cambridge Bay and new apartment
... 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 ...
Packing and re-packing
Wally and I are getting ready for a trip of a lifetime. This reunion cruise has been in the works for over a year! Finally we are only 3 sleeps away until we begin our big adventure. It is a reunion cruise because 2 years ago we went on ...
First and last entry
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 ...
some more photos of the site
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
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 ...
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