Yet, for the past 6+ months it has basically been at parity with the USD. This says a lot about the real and perceived strength of the CAD. The CAD > CHF for a fairly long time, probably since the late late 1990s. The UKP and EUR in Canada and the South Pacific are nearly equal in buying power. There is arising a situation where 1 CAD ~= 1 AUD ~= 1 NZD.

I am planning a trip to western Canada. Am considering fly to Vancouver, Via Rail to Jasper then Via Rail to P. Rupert. At Prince Rupert get on a ferry to Vancouver Island & travel overland to Victoria.Can I get some advice on this itinery?

In Sep 2006 I flew MSP-ORD-HGK and return on United. On the trans-Pacific leg beer and liquor were free. Last month I flew MSP-TYO-SIN and return on NW. B + L were $5. Does United also charge now?

Last month I flew MSP-TYO-SIN and returned SIN-TYO-PDX-MSP. Going, I had to go through baggage x-ray and metal detector in TYO, and on the return I had to do so in TYO and PDX. I don't understand why. I had to pass the screening at the start of the journey, so why did they repeat it at the transfer points? In PDX I even

Slovenia, BOHINJ (Julian Alps), 80 km northwest of Ljubljana, 20 km of Bled You can rent an apartment for 4 - 6 persons. [ [link] ] Bohinj (Triglav National Park) surrounded by mountains is an area of outstanding natural beauty. From spring to autumn there are walking opportunities to suit all.

Hello! I am scheduled to go on a 12 day Mediterranean Cruise this summer. I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me as this will be my first time on this cruise. I will be sailing with Princess. I will be stopping in the following ports: Barcelona, Marseille, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples, Mykonos, Istanbul, Kusadasi, Athens,

Hong Kong became a international financial center, global trade center - place of where East meets West and the gate direct to China. International people meeting and brought their culture to Hong Kong in this situation, she earned a nicknames of "Paradise of dinning", "Paradise of shopping", "Pearl of the East"...

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Just bought a new digital compact camera yesterday... not a planned move, just call it my 'impulse' purchase :P Haha. I was in a photo printing shop @ Admiralty on Sat and saw this black camera 'staring' at me while i was waiting for ...

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Port Angeles, Washington, Mar 09, 2008. We got the ferry across from Victoria yesterday and spent today in Port Angeles before we head to Portland tomorrow.Port Angeles has not always bee...

Since our last post the crew has been super busy, a poor weather summit attempt on Mt Ngaruhoe (Mt Doom from Lord of the Rings), Rafting on the Tongariro River, a bit of sightseeing and surfing at Mt Manganui in the Bay of Plenty (we ...

Well on saturday I went to the art museum where I spent an extrodinary amount of time again. There was a special exibit of this guy’s that I can’t remember the name of. All those flowerandnature chinese paintings. ...

Good Morning and Good Afternoon I haven’t written for about a month now which is rather naughty of me. And its also kind of stupid of me since now I feel that I have a lot to write about even though I really don’t. ...

Been a while since my last entry but haven’t had access to internet since we left Brisbane on Monday. We have been travelling up the coast now for a week and it is going well well most of it. Started off in Noosa which is a surf town ...

This was the final day of Jorge’s visit. He was here for the coldest 2 weeks ever or so it felt so when we had a break in the cold on his last day is was so refreshing. Original post by Alex Asigno.

8th March 2008Finally left Keith and Beth reluctantly as we had an appointment with Salamanca market. We were going to miss the Taste of the Huon which is a yearly festival where you can taste all the gorgeous fruit and food grown and ...

7th March 2008Woke up to another lovely morning at Auchmithie and wished we could stay longer but not only were other guests arriving but the open road was calling and we needed to head back to Hobart. After cleaning up and saying ...