Re: Member Announcements Thread
This Is nunu checking back in, now from vancouver. I flew to winipeg and took a three day train ride across the Rockies, it was awesome.on the train a man called jamez told me that this is renowned as a trip that every Canadian has to take once on their life and by the end we all understood why.
Firstly there is some very beautiful scenery and some glass topped cabins to look at it all from and that is nice but to necessarily the best part, even the excellent food wasn't the best part. It's about all the people on the train as well.
I spent my nights hanging out with interesting people, there where a few canadians just adventuring, some going home, some French, some American and even another Australian. They all had there stories to tell, like the 17 ear old single mother trying to escape from her destiny as a crack whore, the rambunctious social catalyst who was probably involved in organized crime (loads of fun and very friendly, threatened to have me killed at one stage but I was in danger of doing something naughty... In my pants, he then proved this by showing me several two inch tall stacks of twenty dollar bills he just had in his jacket. There must have been at least ten grand. I got out of it with my charming smile though), there was also a computer guy who worked in a soap factory, I hid my own nerdiness but we got on very well anyway, a girl from Victoria on her way home, she didn't have a huge amount to say but enjoyed the view very much (she slept in the bunk across from me), then half way through the trip the other Australian got on and we all became very loud and now we are all friends on face book... Well except the gang dude because he was a bit scary despite buying everyone unlimited alcohol.
I highly recommend this trip to anyone visiting Canada or in Canada, but although it does go from toronto, flying to wynapeg is better as you skip the endless prairies for two days. Also get a bunk, it's much more expensive but it includes meals and a place to sleep as well as being more social than a booth. I should also say that there are a lot of old people on the trip but everyone I met was keen to talk... Maybe it's because im pretty.
Anyway I also checked out some of the stereotypical stuff for Vancouver up by grouse mountain, which IM sure is great in the snow season but was pretty du.l but the suspension bridge next to it was lots of fun, with some of the best forest ive seen. Any way gotta go now so see ya all.
