Weekend in Kyoto
November 28th, 2006
I met Roger and Marjorie for a weekend in Kyoto on Nov 25-27. Getting there was quite an ordeal and a bit expensive, but it was a fun weekend.
Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo
November 25th, 2006One morning in Tokyo I got up at 5:30am to check out Tsukiji fish market, by far the world’s largest fish market. One sixth of the world’s daily supply of fish passes through this market every morning, 2000 tons worth.
First week in Tokyo
November 24th, 2006The first leg of my RTW trip took me to Tokyo for some meetings; I went a couple weeks early to do some sightseeing. I had planned to travel around the country a bit but decided not to once I realized how expensive it is to travel in Japan (the 2.5 hour train ride from Tokyo to Kyoto is $260 CAD return), and since I had some work to catch up on anyway.
On the road again
November 16th, 2006
Woohoo, after my traditional hectic few weeks of last minute travel prep, I’m finally on the road! I’m currently about an hour out of Tokyo.
Eight months in paradise
November 4th, 2006Wow, what a year… I have been meaning to write something here for a while but whenever I try to think what to write I’m at a loss for words. Whistler is awesome. I might be stuck here for a while.
Settled in my new home
March 31st, 2006Whoa, long time no write! People keep bugging me to update my site, but as I wrote on the about this weblog page, I don’t plan to write much here until I really start travelling. Besides, all the best stories are better told in person :)
First powder day — 23cm!
February 26th, 2006This morning I got a wakeup call from PowderFone at 7:18am letting me know that 23cm of snow arrived overnight, woohoo!
Around the corner from Easy Street
February 20th, 2006My apartment hunting was initially a bit depressing: I was intent on finding something within a short walk of the village, and my choice seemed to be either something like $600 for a twin bed in a small room shared with two other people (a couple apartments I looked at were shared 7 ways, 13 ways, …), or $1200-1400+ for a studio apartment, some unfurnished.
Finally, I found a place in Whistler Cay that had my name all over it: massive kitchen with a gas stove, two dishwashers and about 3 fridges, a fireplace, home theatre room with leather couches and a 4′ wide screen, wireless internet, plants, decks, a big trampoline in the back yard…
First week in Whistler
February 20th, 2006Finally, after a packing and moving ordeal that I thought would never end, I made it to Whistler BC, my home for the next while.