Canada

Gimme some advice!

Do you know of any people / places / hotels / restaurants / bars / guides / resources in this country that you think would be unmissable?

I desperately need your advice, tips and recommendations. What's more, I have a memory like sliced slurry, and whatever you tell me in a drunken fug by the Thames is already gone: I need it written down.

Stick your advice in the comments - pleasepleaseplease, and I'll add it onto this main post as soon as I hit a country with a proper broadband connection...

Cheers, me dears...

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I wanted to travel from Toronto to Montreal, to Lake Winnipeg, Calgary, then down via the Grand Rapids and Great Falls to meet the Missouri in the USA. Currently, if I finish up the rest of this trip early, I can get up to Toronto regions around late February 2007 (still the worst time of year possible...):

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Janice has agreed to meet up in Toronto, though she thinks I'm mad to go before June.

Jen has agreed to meet up and provide a virtual familiar face near Winnipeg (?) Calgary, in May. She recommends several agricultural volunteering programs in the area:

1. The Talking Mountain ranch, on the Fraser river, 80 km north of Lillooet, B.C.; $210 for seven days


2. Volunteer for Nature

Vicky said:
If you get to Vancouver without a place to stay, The Inn at False Creek is fantastic. I paid £20 a night to stay there (booked online, which may be a problem if you don't have internet access immediately prior to that) in a wonderful room and looked after by fantastic staff (the maid brought me satsumas and shortbread when I arrived, which - after 12 hours of eating airplane food - was fantastic)

USA

Gimme some advice!

Do you know of any people / places / hotels / restaurants / bars / guides / resources in this country that you think would be unmissable?

I desperately need your advice, tips and recommendations. What's more, I have a memory like sliced slurry, and whatever you tell me in a drunken fug by the Thames is already gone: I need it written down.

Stick your advice in the comments - pleasepleaseplease, and I'll add it onto this main post as soon as I hit a country with a proper broadband connection...

Cheers, me dears...

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My dream was to travel along two big rivers in the USA - the Missouri through Montana, then the Mississippi (St Louis, New Orleans, Charleston and Savannah) .

But actually, right now it looks like I'll get to the Charleston & Savannah bit by February 2007.

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Andrew suggests adding Charleston and Savannah to the itinerary - both towns he says are historically and architecturally beautiful - unchanged since the early twenties. He also points out that Steve lives in St Louis...

Jen (also) has agreed to meet up in Charleston or Savannah, for a chat and a backslapping session.

Bermuda

Gimme some advice!

Do you know of any people / places / hotels / restaurants / bars / guides / resources in this country that you think would be unmissable?

I desperately need your advice, tips and recommendations. What's more, I have a memory like sliced slurry, and whatever you tell me in a drunken fug by the Thames is already gone: I need it written down.

Stick your advice in the comments - pleasepleaseplease, and I'll add it onto this main post as soon as I hit a country with a proper broadband connection...

Cheers, me dears...

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Bermuda is still a fairytale that might not happen. But, as I've applied to work in every institution but one on the island, I've no doubt that if I can skip there, I will, and that would probably be in February 2007:

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Mexico

Gimme some advice!

Do you know of any people / places / hotels / restaurants / bars / guides / resources in this country that you think would be unmissable?

I desperately need your advice, tips and recommendations. What's more, I have a memory like sliced slurry, and whatever you tell me in a drunken fug by the Thames is already gone: I need it written down.

Stick your advice in the comments - pleasepleaseplease, and I'll add it onto this main post as soon as I hit a country with a proper broadband connection...

Cheers, me dears...

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I'll be in Mexico in January 2007, I hope:

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