Last day in NYC today. Up this morning and off to do some shopping at this great electronics store B&H Photo which I always check out when in town. They sell anything to do with electronics and have so much staff that all know what they are talking about. Mum wanted to buy a new pair of binoculars, so you go to the binoculars counter and the guy that serves you, only does binoculars and knows his stuff. No bulls*** in trying to sell you the most expensive, ju...

Well it's been 6 years since I was in NYC but not much has changed. Some of the shops around Times Square have changed (seem to be more retail shops then before), one side of the road has been closed through Times Square and become more pedestrian friendly but it is still as noisy, busy and smelly as ever. We flew into La Guardia (which I have never done before) and it looked like Trump's private plane was sitting off to the side as we landed. Luckily our bags m...

Toronto was all about catching up with friends. Reunions long time in the making. After our red eye flight which was only about 4 hours with minimal sleep, we arrived in Toronto, bleary eyed but looking forward to seeing friends. We caught the express train from the airport to Union train station where we met up with Nancy. I originally met Nancy back in 1996 while travelling in Western Australia. I was on my first backpacking trip up north and we ended up in th...

At the airport, waiting for our midnight flight to Toronto. They always seem like a good idea when booking them but when the time comes, you wonder what in the hell you did. Anyway, not much we can do about it. Have had a fabulous time in Vancouver although way too short. It's been 14 years since I've been back here and it was so good to catch up with 2 really good friends from my time living here. On Tuesday morning, we spent the morning re-sorting our bags onc...

Very early start this morning unfortunately and a bit colder then yesterday. Drizzled with rain most of the morning but better today then yesterday. Had to have our bags out on the porch by 5.20am so they could pack the bus and after breakfast we departed at 6.15am for the park entrance. We had Kirsty again as our driver and Fred was our bus. She advised this would be a quicker drive out as she had to make sure we would make the train but would stop if we saw som...