2007-Dec-23 - Now freezing in Canada :)
The bits of Canada Ive seen to date have been very white!! Toronto had its biggest snow for several years 3 days before I arrived and as I jumped off the plane the temp was down to -2 (although they have this cute temp guide as well which says "but feels like" - and that said -12!). Spent a day wandering around the place (in shorts of course!! with a few quizzical gazes) and then yesterday headed down to Niagra Falls for the day and was suitably impressed. The thing that really impressed me though was the number of spinnoffs they have going to seperate the tourist from their $$s lol - they can squeeze $100s getting you to look at the Falls from all angles.
After getting back to Toroto I had to catch the 1am Greyhound to my next stop Sault Ste Maria, a good 18hours away. There are no reservations for these and its "first in first served". The guy at the ticket desk suggested I line up at the stop at least 90min before it leaves at was going to be a "busy night". He wasnt joking!! Even that early I was still number 30 in line (bus holds 55) and by the time we loaded on there were 200 inline!! Apparently they put extra buses on but no gaureentees as to the time they leave. I hadn't really taken into account the Xmas rush when I planned all this.
They guy I was sitting next too was quite interesting: he had jsut been deported from the USA that morning (he was Canadian) after having spent 4 mths in detention, locked up 23 hours a day - his crime - he hadnt registered to work in the states, even though he'd lived there for three years, marrried to an American and had not been told he had to register on a yearly basis. He said that they had a right to hold him for up to 5 YEARS without a trial because of the terrorisim act... and Russia is painted as the police state!!
Ive one night here and then get the Greyhound on another overnighter to Winnipeg. Money is just working out right - Ive $300 left on my Visa before Im broke lol.
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