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Newark, New Jersey, United States

We were able to get everything into our suitcases and managed to do it under weight somehow.?!.

After 4 complete days of New York, we saw ourselves having to depart from the Big Apple! But not without memories, shopping and a big visa bill in the mail! :-)

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New York City, New York, United States

We couldn't come all this way and not see the Statue of Liberty. So to try to avoid the long lines, we were up early and travelled by subway to Battery park. The line up for the Ferry was as quick as it could be, considering all the security hoops that neeed to be jumped through.
We walked around the base of Lady Liberty. Although crown tickets are available now.. they are in high demand, plan a couple months in advance if you can.

We spent the entire afternoon shopping...

Then grabbed the train back to Newark/Penn Station for a well deserved rest in the hotel.
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New York City, New York, United States

We were up in the morning and travelled to Central Park.
We rented bikes from a local for an hour or so and biked around the park... it was the only way to see the entire park in such a short period of time.
We did some browse some of the shops on Fifth ave.. lots of really nice stuff... I had to drag Julie out of Tiffany's!

We had won tickets to the Letterman show; so we had to be there a a certain time to get the tickets, then had an hour to grab a bite to eat and a beer, then back in line again to get in.

Howey Mandel was on the show...it was interesting to see the work that goes into the show.

We ended the night walking many miles around NYC to find a nice place to eat. So many choices... finally coming back to a nice Thai restaurant close to the hotel.

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New York City, New York, United States

The sun was shining and we set out for a full day of sightseeing. We walked along the water front from the hotel to the World Trade Centre memorial.
Their was not much to see because of the construction. We did see pictures of the plans to redo the area into a memorial park, it will look amazing!
Later in the day we made our way to the Empire State building and the did some shopping at Century 21 near the WTC.
We ended the day with a sunset sail on the Clipper City. We sailed around the Statue of Liberty as the sun set. Wow... I would definitely recommend this sail to all!
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New York City, New York, United States

We woke to an overcast and rainy day, our first (and only) of the vacation... but not to worry the hotel had a complimentary umbrella and at least I was able to stay dry... We were on our way.

First stop was to pick up our New York Passes, a great discount card that we purchased in advance and recommended to anyone planning to visit NY. We decided to do all the inside type exhibits while the weather was crappy. Luckily it was a warm rainy day... not chilly at all.

We checked out Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum and the Museum of Sex. We also walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, viewed the Bodies Exhibit and had some beers on Pier 17. Ending the day by going to the Top of the Rock, for a night time, albeit partially foggy, view of NYC.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We had to be on the hotel shuttle to the airport at 5:45am, it was going to be a long day... At check in both suitcases were overweight... the rocks attributed to this of course.....Matt was not pleased!

So we loaded the rocks into the carry on suitcase, only to get stopped at the security check and rerouted to check in the carry on suitcase!....Matt even more frustrated....

When we arrived in New York, we took the train and subway to the hotel, grabbed some Indian food and stayed in for the evening.....
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Trisha and Alan dropped us off at 6pm but we missed that ferry and took the 7pm....

When we got to Vancouver Dustin and his trusty IPhone navigated the bus system and got us from the ferry to his new home on Welwyn street. We said our goodbyes and then Matt and I headed for a hotel near the airport (Dustin supplied us with the bus instructions!)

Aug 28....new adventure...New York
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Well unfortunately today was our last day in on Vancouver Island. I mentioned to Matt it would have been nice to have one more day here but of course Westjet won't wait for us. We spent the afternoon checking out Victoria then met up with Trisha and Alan for coffee prior to our ferry departure back to Vancouver. Trisha and Alan dropped us off at 6pm but we missed that ferry and took the 7pm....

When we got to Vancouver Dustin and his trusty IPhone navigated the bus system and got us from the ferry to his new home on Welwyn street. We said our goodbyes and then Matt and I headed for a hotel near the airport (Dustin supplied us with the bus instructions!)

Aug 28....new adventure...New York
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Mount Finalyson / Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

So our plans were to get up early and do some hiking. We were up at 9:30 or so.. but Diustin had other plans.. he slothed out of bed at 11:30 and decided to shower and get ready... I think we were out the door by 1:00 and enroute to Mount Finlayson (upon Alan's recommendation)

The climb was 1.5 km and started easy; however the steep climbs up the rocks can pretty quick... During the ascent on the rocks Dustin said it "looked pretty sketchy, and I almost slipped" Then without telling anyone decided to climb up a different path up the mountain.

We stopped and started calling his name with no answer. Where did he go? (this guy is afraid of heights)... so Matt climbed back down looking for him and asking all the the people if they have seen him. About 15 minutes later we started climbing again without Dustin. It was a long climb everytime we thought we were at the top.. it kept going!

We finally caught up with Dustin who asked "what took you guys?" He had thought we was closer to the top earlier in the climb.

After taking in the scenery from 414m we descended and headed to Nanaimo....for yes a Nanaimo bar..!!!!

Then back to Sydney for the evening....




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Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Monday we got up early and headed up the lift to the top of Whistler hiked and hiked and hiked Matt figures 20km at least!.....and along the way, even though Matt specifically stated I was not to pick up some rocks...we gathered about 20 lbs of rocks.....20km , 20lbs...what a workout! :-)

After the long hike we crossed from Whister to Blackcomb on the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. It just opened this year and spans a length of 4.4 km...with 3.4km of it unsupported...the longest in the world I think???

At the end of the day we left Whistler and headed to Westminister for the evening. We had to drop off Dustins bike, luggage and of course the Rocks with the host family prior to heading to Vancouver Island in the morning....


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