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 subscription limits.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Dragons and draggin'
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 suckers in the boats getting yelled at on water, while we on land would plod along. The draggin' refers to myself after going through the hour long sessions I have been attending. As silly as I was to sign up, knowing fully well I would enjoy it, and gain from it, I still like to whinge about it. Leave me my joy, I paid for the privilege. Our cruel, cruel trainer takes joy in hiding behind his sunglasses just telling us to do more crunches, more lunges, and then to run up and down flights of stairs. I curse he for just smiling, and taking joy in my agony.
No guesses for whether I went to a session after work today.
The only other news of the week was that we also had a Casino Day at work. They brought in professional Casino party operators to run a party for the 100 or so finance department staff. And who better than financial analysts and accounting people to gamble I say. We were betting to increase our wealth which in turn went into tickets for a raffle. Our starting cost was a tin of food which was collected for charity. A good time was had by all. But alas I didn't win anything. I had been aiming for an Ipod. Damn gambling.
Anyways I hope everyone is keeping well. Perhaps people could send me an email to tell me the latest. After all I'm here in Vancouver away from it all. Miss you all.
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 suckers in the boats getting yelled at on water, while we on land would plod along. The draggin' refers to myself after going through the hour long sessions I have been attending. As silly as I was to sign up, knowing fully well I would enjoy it, and gain from it, I still like to whinge about it. Leave me my joy, I paid for the privilege. Our cruel, cruel trainer takes joy in hiding behind his sunglasses just telling us to do more crunches, more lunges, and then to run up and down flights of stairs. I curse he for just smiling, and taking joy in my agony.
No guesses for whether I went to a session after work today.
The only other news of the week was that we also had a Casino Day at work. They brought in professional Casino party operators to run a party for the 100 or so finance department staff. And who better than financial analysts and accounting people to gamble I say. We were betting to increase our wealth which in turn went into tickets for a raffle. Our starting cost was a tin of food which was collected for charity. A good time was had by all. But alas I didn't win anything. I had been aiming for an Ipod. Damn gambling.
Anyways I hope everyone is keeping well. Perhaps people could send me an email to tell me the latest. After all I'm here in Vancouver away from it all. Miss you all.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Boot Camp
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.
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.
Monday, June 04, 2007
A Moving Experience and the Big K
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 new flatmates seem to be nice. Kitsalano is a suburb just south of the city centre. Has a beach to walk along, and good shops around. I’ll be able to enjoy the outdoors a bit around after work, as opposed to I could be living in an area where there is little more than an apartment, or even worse, outer suburbia.
Anyways I moved my big stuff there the Thursday night but didn’t stay until last night as the weekend I spent visiting the Nakiska crew in the Big K, Kelowna. It seems that most of the Nakiska crew who are out of the Calgary region, but still in the country, have relocated there. Heaps of work, and summer job atmosphere has attracted them there.
Arrived there late on Friday night. Saturday went to the ‘crusher dust’ beach along the lake. Caught some sun. In the afternoon went to 2 wineries for some tasting. Some excellent Icewine was included in the tasting. But I passed on buying it at a hundred dollars a bottle. Sorry mother, father but I there is none in the mail either. As I explained to the sales assistant, you’ll still love me whether or not I sent you a case of Canadian wine in the mail. Perhaps you can visit there later.
Saturday night went out as a group. Some of the others went to ‘Monster Trucks’ show first, but it didn’t interest me. Although well lubricated that night I was quite willing and able to go ahead with the Sunday morning concept of taking a speed boat out for a spin. Not surprisingly the Kelowna team were not so able to consummate that plan. I was lucky I knew I needed to sober up for the drive home. Hence I started on water later in the night. The others had no such driving requirement and hence were contemplating driving the porcelain bus Sunday morning. No swaying boats for them. New plan has me trying to head back to Kelowna just before the big trip later in the summer to try a speed boat.
The photo with the boat, that's CJ in the photo. My mate from brissy has found a second job sitting on the dock renting boats on weekends. Very Cruisy.
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 new flatmates seem to be nice. Kitsalano is a suburb just south of the city centre. Has a beach to walk along, and good shops around. I’ll be able to enjoy the outdoors a bit around after work, as opposed to I could be living in an area where there is little more than an apartment, or even worse, outer suburbia.
Anyways I moved my big stuff there the Thursday night but didn’t stay until last night as the weekend I spent visiting the Nakiska crew in the Big K, Kelowna. It seems that most of the Nakiska crew who are out of the Calgary region, but still in the country, have relocated there. Heaps of work, and summer job atmosphere has attracted them there.
Arrived there late on Friday night. Saturday went to the ‘crusher dust’ beach along the lake. Caught some sun. In the afternoon went to 2 wineries for some tasting. Some excellent Icewine was included in the tasting. But I passed on buying it at a hundred dollars a bottle. Sorry mother, father but I there is none in the mail either. As I explained to the sales assistant, you’ll still love me whether or not I sent you a case of Canadian wine in the mail. Perhaps you can visit there later.
Saturday night went out as a group. Some of the others went to ‘Monster Trucks’ show first, but it didn’t interest me. Although well lubricated that night I was quite willing and able to go ahead with the Sunday morning concept of taking a speed boat out for a spin. Not surprisingly the Kelowna team were not so able to consummate that plan. I was lucky I knew I needed to sober up for the drive home. Hence I started on water later in the night. The others had no such driving requirement and hence were contemplating driving the porcelain bus Sunday morning. No swaying boats for them. New plan has me trying to head back to Kelowna just before the big trip later in the summer to try a speed boat.
The photo with the boat, that's CJ in the photo. My mate from brissy has found a second job sitting on the dock renting boats on weekends. Very Cruisy.
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