Chad Is Everywhere

Due to a recent cancellation Chad’s Tours is pleased to advise of a vacancy on the Western USA Tour departing on the 21st of July from Vancouver. The tour will use local transport (primarily Greyhound Bus) and include basically nothing other than me. Yep, up to 24-7 of Chad. What more could you ask for? Stops will possibly include Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles , San Diego, Las Vegas (including the Grand Canyon), and Salt Lake City. To book your seat, email me for bank account details. As Tour Promoter I guarantee that this will be a unique experience. Previous tours conducted have shown to be quite unpredictable and may include unexpected visits to medical facilities, and travel delays. All tours at the very least include the enjoyment of feeling lost in a foreign country. In fact think yourself lucky if we get lost in a country that speaks English. The cost of the tour is best described as being equal to the balance of your bank account subject to minimum subscrip...

Not much to report in terms of traveling the past few weeks. Everything is building for the big trip now. It's been wet here. But strangely timed for the weekends. It doesn't mean perfect weekdays though. Weekdays have been overcast. Myself and a few of the other Aussies are getting to the stage where we don't believe our work colleagues when they talk about 'summer coming'. We're getting cynical say things like, 'so this is summer eh'? It was a very mild 15 degrees here for most of Sunday. Yep 15 degrees, and that was about 2pm in the afternoon when I decided to get out into the dreary afternoon. Funny definition of summer they have here. Ventured out Sunday to see a bit of the dragon boats. My work entered, but alas came I'm told 7th, not eighth as the naked eye would have assumed. With the running of the Dragon Boat race comes the end of entertainment, or shalt I say diversion, when completing boot camp in the afternoons. They were the poor sucker...

Oh well news today is that I've started Boot Camp. A group from the office I'm working at are doing a Surviver Boot Camp program for the month. Yes think pain and exhaustion. I have now joined the ranks of people going out and paying a person to get run into the ground... and then some. Or you could look at it as I'm paying someone to allow me to curse at them while they kick my arse!... Body already not forgiving me. But I now have a month paid for already. What was I thinking. Too much of that high life I've been living lately.

This past week has been busy. I spent most nights worrying about my pending homeless status. Not from the sheer fact that I was unable to afford a place to live. Just due to the fact a place to live is hard to get for love or money in this city. Problem is increased if like me, you’re male, and only willing to commit to a month. Basically the situation was that my previous flatmates Dave and Landon decided to get a friend of theirs to move in as the person I was room sitting for has decided to stay down in San Diego. Their friend had just been thrown out of his own apartment due to a crazed flatmate tearing up the apartment. Yes this was a annoying but not worth fighting over, especially as there wouldn’t be any gain in it. Anyway after a week of searching frantically I have found a place in Kitsalano. A basement suite shared with 2 others. Most importantly I didn't need to move back to the hostel while I am still ‘living’ in Vancouver. Place is basic but hey, can’t complain. My ne...