Fairmont Winnipeg

Anisha and Naraj made sure we were up before 5! We dressed and quietly said our good-byes and began the trip to the car rental return. For the first 15 minutes the traffic was light and we followed the GPS. As we got closer to the airport the traffic became busy. We could have never followed the signs to 'car rental return'! I caught a glimpse of one sign saying Avis and Hertz with an arrow to the left and National and Europacar ...

The Day before the Beginning: So here I am on my last day in Winnipeg, packed, prepared and starting to feel a bit of nervousness. Or is it excitement? Up until last night I was feeling sort of disconnected and unaware of the enormity of the process I was sleep walking through. When my goodbye to my brother had to include a "happy early birthday!", a "have a good summer" and an extra long hug, it suddenly dawned on ...

Hi all, Well I'm less than 24 hours away from my first solo trip! I'm very excited, a bit nervous and anxious all at the same time. I packed yesterday and now I just hope I'm not forgetting anything...passport...check! I've been dreaming of travelling through Guatemala for quite some time, and after years of tentative plans, its ...

This entry holds information in both the story and the photos ... . <br><br>We left Thunder Bay this morning in rush hour traffic at 8:45am - Reyanne mentions that Dundas &amp; Pacific (Toronto) is busier ... haha. We've added a new habit: sequence of packing and unpacking the car with nightly hotel stops. The last planned stop before "heading for the border" (of Manitoba, that is) is Kakabecka Falls. History about this ...

... person as possible. The flight went by smoothly, and in no time we had arrived in Vancouver. This is where it became handy that we were all wearing our matching shirts. It made it easy to follow where we were going, and when it came to getting into the area where our gate was, we were just waved though on account of our matchy-ness. After exploring a little bit (including finding a pretty *****ing playground) I wandered back to the gate and ...

... leading a trio in many of her own compositions. At the end of the day we explored the restaurant scene in Osborne Village, Chris and Irene's lively neighborhood, and settled on Italian cuisine. Winnipeg seems to be a very liveable city, filled with parks in which to walk or bike or canoe and and a rich cultural life to stimulate mind and spirit.

... is now converted into a backpackers, but we wouldn't recommend staying there. The area is still dodgy. Very very dodgy. So Gabrielle's busy at work and making her jewelry (which many of you have experienced) I've found myself still hindered by whatever it is that I picked up while traveling. Between hospital visits and tests the waiting time has been brewing crazyness, so to occupy myself I've been trying ...

We're in Winnipeg for three days. It poured yesterday and the wind gusted to 37mph, but today is beautiful. We used the furnace last night for the first time and were glad since it was 39F this morning. Ontario had huge rock formations, but Manitoba reminds us of Kansas and Nebraska, with fields of wheat as far as the eye can see. We started as full time RVer's (with absolutely no experience) after the sale of our house on July 24th 2007. We ...

... roof, and the driver drives very slowly in order to try to spot animals. Michelle and I were the only ones on the trip so we got special treatment. We headed to a palm oil plantation outside of town. I don't know how our guide and driver did it, but they were awesome at spotting animals. We'd be driving along steadily when all of a sudden we'd stop and they'd shine a light on something in the jungle. It'd take Michelle and I a few minutes to actually see what they saw. We ended up ...

... off with headaches for several days in Bolivia and Peru as a result of Altitude Sickness. WHAT WAS YOU FAVORITE COUNTRY? Argentina is the country we would most likely make a return visit to. Colombia is the country where we were most impressed by the friendliest of the people. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER TRIP PLANNED? This is a secret. Need to wait for the right time to tell Karyn about our next trip.