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...and so it begins. [Nov. 2nd, 2009|07:07 pm]
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[Current Music |Marillion | Map of the World]

The difference between dreams and plans is when you book a ticket :) I'm traveling in Asia next year!

Air travel booked so far:
Thu Dec 24, 20:50: AC  632, YUL-YYT, arr  0:47 Dec 25.  With Robin and Aslan.
Wed Dec 30,  7:00: AC 1197, YYT-YYZ, arr  9:15.  Robin's heading back to Montréal around the same time.
Wed Dec 30, 12:00: AC    1, YYZ-NRT, arr 15:05 Dec 31
The plan from there: spend ~2 months in Japan with an apartment in Tokyo but traveling all around (Honshu anyway.) Robin will arrive sometime in mid-February so we'll do some of this together.

Then: fly NRT-SIN and head north overland. Climbing in Krabi/Railay. Visit Laos and Cambodia, but spend most of our time in Thailand and Vietnam. Arrive in China late April/early May and explore there.

Take the train to Lhasa in mid May, possibly alone or maybe this will be the last part of the trip with Robin. Mountain bike Lhasa -> Kathmandu. Fly back to China, train/fly to Beijing.

Around June 20: take the Trans-Mongolian & Trans-Siberian to Moscow/St-Petersburg, hopefully with Clare and Dad. Take another train somewhere that has direct flights to Montréal (AMS?). Fly home late July / early August.

Then... who knows? Probably drive to Burning Man :)

PS Anyone want to rent a plateau 5½ for $1125/month starting in January?
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Toronto itinerary [Apr. 1st, 2009|05:52 pm]
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Fri Apr 17, 15:40: Via 65, Montréal-Toronto, arr 20:24
Sun Apr 19, 17:00: Via 66, Toronto-Montréal, arr 21:33

As I mentioned here before, I'm doing the CN Tower Climb, and you can still sponsor me if you like.
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morning bright rise [Feb. 14th, 2009|07:08 am]
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[Current Location |Silverthorne, CO]

"Morning."
"Good morning."
"Have you seen the coffee filters?"
"Corner cupboard."
"Did you see what Zoe did to the toilet roll?"
"Yeah, that dog can be bad."
"Morning."
"You've worked in a restaurant before?"
"Yeah, I figured I should warm up the coffee cups."
"Nice."
"Hey, man."
"Hey."
"Coffee?"
"Did you see the toilet roll?"
"Yeah. Zoe was bored."
"Why is there hot water in the coffee cups?"
"Warming them up. Just dump it out."
"Where are you skiing today?"
"Keystone."
"Breck."
"Vail."
"Nice."
"Morning."
"Thanks for letting us stay at your condo."
"No worries, have fun today."
"Want some coffee?"

"Time to go?"
"Yeah, I'm on the loading dock."
"Have a great day everyone!"
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Canoe trip teal deer [Dec. 2nd, 2008|06:25 pm]
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Friday night: Met up with 10 other nutcases in front of the Shatner building. It was raining a bit but there was no snow on the ground in Montréal - but things would soon change for us. The drive out to Floodwood Pond was uneventful - the border guard asked us a lot of questions, but I think most of them were because she was bored. After the border the 4 people in our car waited for the other cars, and to our surprise only 6 more people showed up. Our concern quickly vanished as we learned that J.Y. got an urgent call from work and was dropped off in Châteauguay to make his way back to Montréal.
( cut for Teal Deer )
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2 mini reviews [Nov. 23rd, 2008|10:21 pm]
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1. If you like EBM music, you need to see the Crüxshadows at your next opportunity. Totally worth the 4 hour drive to Albany from Montréal.

2. The Sol LeWitt exhibit at MASS MoCA is made of pure win. You have approximately 25 years to go see it, so there's no excuse to miss out. MASS MoCA is in the small town of North Adams - about 1.5 hours out of your way to make the round trip if you're driving to New York (or Albany) and 2 hours out of your way if you're heading to Boston.
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Sometimes I travel for fun [Oct. 17th, 2008|05:33 pm]
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Fri Oct 24: driving to New York City
Attending NYC Decom
Mon Oct 27: driving back to Montréal
Fri Nov 14, 11:45: Via  61, Montréal-Toronto, arr 16:42
Attending T-comp
Sun Nov 16, 18:35: Via 668, Toronto-Montréal, arr 00:18

Dec 22, 20:30: AC  632, YUL-YYT, arr 00:27 Dec 23
Dec 26, 14:20: AC  653, YYT-YHZ, arr 15:40
Dec 26, 16:10: AC 8865, YHZ-YUL, arr 16:54
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