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Where in the world have you celebrated your Birthday?
Posted by raniroo
... a park on a summer day in London (my very first hot birthday!) Partying in Temple Bar, Dublin Camping on Vancouver Island, Canada Sipping cocktails at sunset overlooking the Arabian Gulf, Dubai to name but a few..... Which countries have you ...
ive just joined this
Posted by marckirsty
... are heading out to canada for a year- heading there on the 13th july 2009- not long now!! we are going to vancouver first- then hopefully travelling round from there. so any help or opinions of what we should see or towns/cities/sites to visit ...
25 most dangerous neighbourhoods in America
Posted by aopaq
... have it's fair share of dangerous neighborhoods? Or is your comment based mostly on the shootings that were happening in the Vancouver area? If I am not mistaken, statistically, you have a much greater chance of getting killed in the Far North!
Hello from Canada
Posted by penguinx
... . I have been to restaurants, sites...etc mentioned by other travelers with great results. I live in Burnaby BC Canada - part of Greater Vancouver Area. I've been to Australia, Japan, China, USA and post recently Egypt/Jordan. I would love to go ...
Best and worst public transportation
Posted by starlagurl
On the US rapid transit: Montreal and Vancouver? Not Toronto? What gives? Why choose Montreal over Toronto??? That's just crazy. Anyway... best public transportation.... I thought Bangkok's sky train was pretty good. I love the subways in ...
Top Ten Most Dangerous Cities
Posted by wakingdream
... a result of a popular Canadian magazine naming Saskatoon as the most dangerous city in Canada based on 2007 crime statistics. Supposedly, the same stats don't apply in 2008 and now. Seems like right now they should swap Saskabush for Vancouver
I'M NEW HERE
Posted by starlagurl
Awesome regtmc, if you need some advice on Vancouver, post a new topic the Canada category.
Hello from london :)
Posted by mercenarri
... . I'm planning a big solo trip across South America, United States and finally to Canada which will begin nearer the end of this year. From Rio de Janeiro to Vancouver. I'm going to need all the advise I can get! Anyway take care, Merc
WWOOFing?
Posted by starlagurl
... painted their new guesthouse, baked bread and Traic and I looked after the place for a few days when the owners went to Vancouver. This meant cooking and cleaning. -from "More WWOOFing in the Slocan Valley", Winlaw, BC Seanryan volunteered at a farm in ...
Poutine in Vancouver?
Posted by polydemic
Where can I find a place in Vancouver which serves poutine? (A few years ago, on another message board, I asked why I can't find poutine in most parts of Canada. I got an earful [in this case an eyeful] that I'm an idiot because poutine is a ...
Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 (NG)
Posted by starlagurl
... fave. All my years in the US, I've seen only grey & red squirrels. When I first went in Canada in 1989, in VAncouver, I saw BLACK squirrels! It was so unusual to me, this moment of discover is so unforgetable. Bahhhhhahaha really?! ...
Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 (NG)
Posted by polydemic
... my pix of nature, this is my fave. All my years in the US, I've seen only grey & red squirrels. When I first went in Canada in 1989, in VAncouver, I saw BLACK squirrels! It was so unusual to me, this moment of discover is so unforgetable.
Destination Name Game
Posted by jacquesl
... Gulf Islands, Texada is 32 miles long and six miles wide at its widest point, located approximately 50 miles north of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia. Texada offers visitors great hiking, cycling, beachcombing, camping, kayaking and scuba diving, as ...
Hi from Southern Oregon
Posted by starlagurl
... even cheaper than that, check out the "Specialty lodging" option. I would also suggest that you travel to Canada too! Visit Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal at LEAST. Then if you have time, come and couchsurf at my place, in Ottawa! Let ...
Destination Name Game
Posted by jacquesl
Nuchatlitz Inlet British Columbia , Canada The rugged and remote Nuchatlitz Inlet region on the west coast of Vancouver Island is rich in native culture and history, being the traditional territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, who inhabited ...
Weird News
Posted by raniroo
... the exit doors. Before any passenger was allowed off the plan they had security, federal police, paramedics and immigration came onto the plane to deal with him.....he wasn't on the plane to Vancouver! Made for an exciting and scary flight!
Hotel wifi access
Posted by seal
I just got back from a trip in Canada about 3weeks ago today, and I was staying at both the HI Hostels in Vancouver, Banff, Jasper and Calgary, and Samesun in BANFF, all that I could gather offered Internet booths for a reasonable rate, but if you have a ...
crazy food
Posted by starlagurl
... taste. That drought must have been really bad for them to look to locust recipes. Yeah, I guess... Got this from the Vancouver Sun, not really what I was talking about but...still interesting: Entomophagy (the eating of insects) is becoming a growing ...
My complaint to British Airways
Posted by raniroo
... think that cabin crew could be a little more understanding and helpful. Mind you saying all this my worst flight was on Air Canada to Vancouver. A guy got drunk and tried to commit suicide. Took a bottle of pills, punched an old guy sitting next to him ...
Get your lycra out!!
Posted by cheli
... some photos of the guys playing bike polo at this website: as well as a link to a wiki page: It's actually pretty big in Vancouver, but I dunno about your end of the country SG. As for my travel plans? UK so I can see Scotland in summer is the ...
V Australia
Posted by introducinlyric
... new fleet of Boeing 777-200LRs, could become the fourth US carrier serving Australia. Air Canada also served the US-Australia market until December, when it dropped the Honolulu stop to its Vancouver-Sydney flight and converted it to a non-stop service.
West Coast Trail
Posted by mountainmom
... love to do the trek again! Good luck, supernatural BC website should give you the basic info logistically. Darrenbarefoot.com is a vancouver blogger who hikes this alot, I think he has some good content regarding WCT as well. Oh yeah. Tide tables. ...
Traveler IQ Challenge
Posted by rbisset
... 39;m determined to get on the leaderboard but I am useless at USA/Canada. I get ALL of the Canadian cities wrong (except Quebec and Vancouver) by at least 3000 km's! Also I put the Soloman Islands in the Caribbean and was out by about 22000km' ...
Solo or Organised Tour of Central and South America
Posted by anywherebuthere
Hi Guys, I am planning a solo RTW trip that starts in October 07. I will fly from Australia to Canada (Vancouver) and work my way east and then south until I hit Mexico. At this point I am torn between continuing solo or joining organised tours of ...
Vancouver "Best Place To Live"
Posted by fuzzyhatjon
Calgary? Huh? I don't get that one. I'm hoping to move to Vancouver after I return to Canada.
Security Alert for Songkran-Thailand
Posted by thellie
... not. i can't find out until august or so, which may alter things a little. as for the where... i'll fly into vancouver. i have a friend and her family in grande prairie who i'd like to visit, also a friend in olympia, washington, but i think ...
West Coast Trail
Posted by fourloves
... love to do the trek again! Good luck, supernatural BC website should give you the basic info logistically. Darrenbarefoot.com is a vancouver blogger who hikes this alot, I think he has some good content regarding WCT as well. Oh yeah. Tide tables. ...
Air Asia in "Huge announcement" on Friday
Posted by wakingdream
... mega expensive to fly into Asia from Canada. Most of the routes I've taken have been through the States, even though flights from Vancouver over are the regular routes ( they are big $$). This way maybe we can hop over on a cheap flight into ...
Backpacks vs Daypacks
Posted by thellie
... at oz (again), new zealand, and at least one of the south seas islands, preferably more. then it's over to canada, cross country from vancouver to toronto to see a friend, possibly down into us to new jersey to see another... there's a vague ...