I'm an Extra Terrairian

Well, I've managed to slack off and not keep up the whole one entry per week. Sorry about that, I'm sure you're devastated, but I've been pretty busy you know! Can't just sit around writing blog entries all day. For God's sake! Right, so let's finish off the Vancouver chapter of our story shall we? So I finished up my week and a bit with West Coast Air. I must admit, I did have a rather pleasant time of it. Everyone was lovely and the work wasn't too hard, so it was winners on all sides really. Thursday was the day of cleaning. Megan was to return home on the Saturday, so I wanted to get everything tip top. Did you know that if you accidently inhale oven cleaner, it burns your lungs and throat!? Well it does! I wasn't doing anything other than cleaning the oven with oven cleaner, but none-the-less, it was a fairly unpleasant experience. Friday was more cleaning and generally sad to go from the house, that was until Sarah came home and we went down to the beach for a BBQ with Sarah's mates and their "Smokies". Smokies are kinda like the equivalent to the good ol' Aussie snag from coles. Not much meat in it, but extremely tasty! a few drinks and smokies later and we headed to Simon and Amber's for a drink, then Sarah and I said our goodbyes to many peeps that were good enough to turn up. That wasn't fun. Sad to leave, but happy to move on is the only way that I can put it.

Saturday morning we moved out of our place that we had called home for an all too quick three months and headed back to Amber and Simon's. Looking for something to do, some bright spark came up with the idea of heading to "Wreck" beach. Well, yes, the place is wrecked. That's because of all the nude weirdos there. Don't get me wrong, it's fine for them to be there. I suppose it is a nude beach after all, but it was... unpleasant. Basically there didn't seem to be many naturists there. I'm sure there were some, no doubt. The majority of people however seemed to be off their faces on one substance or another and just looking to get nude. I can now say I have been to a nude beach though. Fortunately, clothing was "optional". We opted to keep our clothes on. After such a disturbing experience I wasn't sure if I was going to cope with all-you-can-eat Japanese and Korean BBQ. But I struggled on! It was AWESOME! Basically for those of you not lucky enough to have experienced it, there is a nice big grill type thing in the middle of your table and you order lots or marinated meats and cook them for yourself. I know what you're thinking, "What kind of idiot pays a restaurant so that they can go and cook their own food?" Well, apparently lot's of idiots. It was SUPER tasty though, so we had fun. Once again there were a few more drinks at Amber and Simons and we turned in for the night.

Our last afternoon in Vancouver couldn't have been more ideal. Sunday arvo, we headed down to a rammed Kits beach for Bocce, picnic and yes, surprise surprise some beers! Brilliant! We lost Bocce, but won the race to the Esky, most of the time actually. Heading to the Grayhound station a bit light headed we were deifitely feeling sad that we were leaving, yet so excited it was time to go and see some stuff! WOO! Grayhound buses, for those of you who are wondering are not exactly... luxurious. They are enough to get from where you are to where you're going, but don't be surprised at the lack of lavatory technology. There is a hole. And it has blue stuff in it that smells bettter than poo, but not better than no blue stuff or poo. Sorry for being so crude, but it was something that I'm probably going to be scarred for life with. It's ok Mum, I'll survive. Right, the 15 or so hour bus trip to Lake Louise wasn't that bad at all actually, we just had a quick snooze and lots of looking at the pretty mountains. Sadly the bus was moving too quickly for piccys.

Nice shiny lake (possibly my best pic ever!)

Here in Lake Louise, the scenery is just stunning. There will be photos added to this blog sooner or later, but the internet and I are having a disagreement at the moment. Nothing serious, just a lovers tiff. Right, so we get here, dump our bags at the hostel and go hiking! Sweet, the trails were pretty nice, well trodden and clear. Getting to the top was easy and walking around lake Louise really was a nice end to the afternoon. Coming back down to the hostel wasn't without it's leg pains, but it was alright. Now, for some reason two people who try to start chainsaws with their sinus cavities checked into our room. Hostelling isn't as great as they would have you believe sometimes. So, if you SNORE like a constpated T-Rex, maybe you should consider other people's mental health and get your own room. Please.

Me and Oreo, we're good buds

Now I've got that out of my system, Tuesday (today) we had a smashing time horse riding. That's it folks, you heard correct. Tom has now ridden a horse. It wasn't without it's challenges. Oreo (my trusty steed) did attempt to go home early at one point and he was having none of my attempts to re-direct him down the way that we were supposed to go. Our guide, Steve, sorted him out good and proper though, so we were back on good terms (me and Oreo). Two and a bit hours of riding later and Oreo got a bit spooked by some other horses coming up behind us. I'm convinced that it was my pure skill and horse whispering abillity that prevented a full blown bolting. Sarah seems to think that it was Steve grabbing him and getting in the way that stopped a bolting. I like my version better. But whatever.

So now it's now and I'm pretty zonked!

Hope all are well!

Tom

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haveyouseenmypassport on June 5, 2007 from Lake Louise, Canada

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You are my hero, not only do you horse whisper, you win races to the esky.

Im going to be in Vegas, London and Hong Kong in August.

Come visit.

written by jeannie polson on June 6, 2007

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