Thoughts on Travelling
I've been wondering lately where I want to go, I've got my reading days in February which I might use to go to Ottawa for the Winterlude festival and just under a fortnight in April/May which I might use to go to either New York or Vancouver. I wouldn't need to spend all the holiday in the one place though so I'll look into which has the most places around it that I'd be able to go to. Vancouver has Seattle just over the border so I should think it would be quite easy to get to on a Greyhound or train and I'd quite like to go to Seattle to see the Space Needle. I don't know what else there is around that area, I think I could manage at least 3 places and have enough time in each place to get some good pictures and see around the nicer parts of the city. They are both areas which I think I will get to at some point in my time here, it's just a case of when, unfortunately they are on opposite sides of the continent.
There's also the thought running through my head of flying to Los Angeles and going to Coachella festival. I have no idea who is playing but I'd have a great time whoever it is. Problem is cost and also lectures begin the day after.
I've also been wondering what I'll do in August when I've finished studying here. Lawrence told me that Greyhound do a bus that runs from Vancouver down the west coast and to Arizona and then back up to New York. It would take a week and cost $250. If I;m able to break up the journey, then this sounds like a good idea for me to do since I have so little time (only one month) to see so many places. If I could get a bus that runs overnight, it would even save me the cost of a hostel. I might send Greyhound an email asking whether this journey exists or not and asking for more details. I also need to get myself some sort of a guide book for North America because I don't know what anywhere has to offer, though I think since I got my camera, my main criteria has become whether I'll be able to take some nice pictures.
Edit: I looked it up on the Greyhound website and a 30day ticket valid in both Canada and America costs US$407 so I think that will be the way to go in August.
I also looked up about Winterlude festival but it finishes before my reading days, I'll have to go one weekend then. There is a canal which since its frozen gets used as a skating rink, 7.8km.
There's also the thought running through my head of flying to Los Angeles and going to Coachella festival. I have no idea who is playing but I'd have a great time whoever it is. Problem is cost and also lectures begin the day after.
I've also been wondering what I'll do in August when I've finished studying here. Lawrence told me that Greyhound do a bus that runs from Vancouver down the west coast and to Arizona and then back up to New York. It would take a week and cost $250. If I;m able to break up the journey, then this sounds like a good idea for me to do since I have so little time (only one month) to see so many places. If I could get a bus that runs overnight, it would even save me the cost of a hostel. I might send Greyhound an email asking whether this journey exists or not and asking for more details. I also need to get myself some sort of a guide book for North America because I don't know what anywhere has to offer, though I think since I got my camera, my main criteria has become whether I'll be able to take some nice pictures.
Edit: I looked it up on the Greyhound website and a 30day ticket valid in both Canada and America costs US$407 so I think that will be the way to go in August.
I also looked up about Winterlude festival but it finishes before my reading days, I'll have to go one weekend then. There is a canal which since its frozen gets used as a skating rink, 7.8km.
posted by Craig at 2:23 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Craig, not bad!
Talk to Fabio about Ottawa, he wants to go there during the Festival too.
Good luck for your other travelling plans :-)
Bea
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