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13 junio 2009

The Last Flashback

I did not finished to write about the last adventure trip that I had in my vacations in Canada. Although it was, perhaps, the most exciting and nice moment of the travel. But now, as I am on vacations (how many times have I said that?) I got the enthusiasm to narrate the tour.
I went to Victoria with some of my classmates. Before to leave Mexico I heard that Victoria was a beautiful city with lots of British influence, however in my normal or standard trip that city was not included. But almost at the end of the month I had the desire to go there and six friends and me were determined to do this travel.
Everything began in the evening, in a McDonald's 24 hrs opened. Why? Because the first bus to the Ferry departs at 5:45 in the morning and the Sky Train and the buses start working at 7:00 and SeaBus at 8:00 (because that day was Sunday, [January the 4th, 2009]). So, the solution was to sleep in a near 24 hrs opened store or restaurant and that was what we did.

Once the sun rose up, we walked to the Bus Terminal that was in front of the Main SkyTrain Station (I added this sort of details to the people that could be interested in emulate the experience). There we bought our 74 Canadian dollars travel ticket.
This way, Claudia, Mami, Saki, Mario, Pedro, Kazu and me initiated the four hours long journey (Bus-Ferry-Bus). The following picture shows one of the Ferries crosses the sea:

These are Pedro and me

In Victoria we looked the outside of the British Columbia Parliament:

Then we visited the Royal BC Museum, there I found the first evidence of the Traditional Canadian Yeti, those are "Mr and Mrs Coyote and their Magic Kettle":

And this is "The Giant Animal People", Wasn't it enough evidence?

But being more serious... We were walking around the China Town and there we had a Chinese lunch with an unfriendly waitress.

Later we saw a weird but pro-ecological bicycle

This is the Victoria Centennial Square

A nice named pizzeria

Unfortunately I was in Victoria 4 weeks before the Victoria Film Festival

Hugo in a very British telephone

Quadra or Street? (kkkkkkk, Bhooo...)

To finalize the day we take a coffee meanwhile it rained in the outside.

This is again the BC Parliament but now with a toys-like illumination.

And at 6:30 of the night we undertook the journey home.

14 marzo 2009

Flashback III

     Almost 11 weeks ago, I was still in Canada, not just in Vancity but in Whistler!
    Whistler is a small town 2 or 4 hours from Vancouver -depending whether or not it is snowing-. Also, this town is going to be the host of some of the events of the Olympic Winter Games. I loved this town, it looked like Hogsmeade, with too many people walking, completely covered by snow, without cars and with a lot of shops, cafeterias and fast foods. I didn´t practice ski but I went to the Coca-Cola Tube Park  .kkkkkkkk.

     Hace unas 10 semanas seguía en Canadá, pero ya no sólo en Vancouver, sino en Whistler! Es un pueblo como a dos o cuatro horas de Vancouver -dependiendo si neva o no- que será la cede de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2010 junto con Vancouver.

    Me encantó ese pueblito porque se parece a Hogsmeade, las pocas calles no son rectas y no son transitables en carro. En verano el pueblo es un destino ideal para hacer ciclismo de montaña y en invierno la montaña de Whistler y la cercana BlackComb forman el mayor conjunto de pistas para esquí que hay en Norteamérica. No practique ski ni snowboarding porque eso lo hice en Gousse Mountain, pero sí me di varias vueltas en el Coca-Cola Tube Park.


   Luego practiqué un poco de Bobsleigh

   Y me gané algunas medallas

   Esa es una foto desde Gousse Mountain, la tomo Claudia, la que quedé en segundo lugar en el medallero....

Pronto: mi viaje a Victoria!

21 enero 2009

La ubicuidad de Firefox

     Aún no pongo todas las aventuras que pasé en Vancouver como hablar de mi viaje a Victoria (porque sí, fui Victoria) o a la UBC pero sucede que me encontré muy cerca de Vancouver algo muy misterioso que los amantes de Firefox (yo no) podrán disfrutar más que yo...





   Y ahí está!!!   el famosísimo Zorro de 9 Colas!!

Querido Chrome: "Nunca te abandonaré..."