Global Village Backpackers Toronto
460 King St West, (near Bay Street) Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1L7, Canada
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Ferries and bikes
After our unpleasant introduction to Vancouver Chelsie and I moved to the Global Village hostel which was a breath of fresh air. It was a great place with super friendly staff and most importantly no odour. I convinced Chellsie to tolerate a dorm room since we were in a less dodgy part of town, so we met two girls, Stacey, a fellow Australian, and …
Vancouver minus the rain...
We headed back to Vancouver after a couple of days in Victoria, and it was much more welcoming than previously. Helen and Marty headed up Grouse Mountain, which I would have liked to have done, but their day of skiing was thwarted by a bear that decided to park its butt on the middle of the slope. Only in Canada! I wasn't particularly enthusiastic …
Arrival
Managed to make good time in the morning and got to Brixton tube around 6.45, hopefully leaving me plenty of time. This turned out to be a pretty good idea as the tube line to Heathrow had some pretty big delays, I was sitting in Green Park station for about 20 minutes. I made up time and got to Heathrow and met the BUNAC rep. I was the first there …
Toronto 1
The first full day (Thursday) in Toronto was mainly spent exploring the Downtown area around our hostel. With the CN Tower just a few blocks away it was always easy to find our way back, using the giant landmark as a reference. At 11am we went to the SWAP orientation, expecting it just to be us but we met a room full of others, mainly from Ireland …
Toronto
A few random days in Toronto with the guys from Bunac. We were all a little shocked (and subsiquently pink) by the incredible heat! Had great fun at the Global Packpackers beer garden, shooting some pool with a beer and a BBQ!



