Category: Quebec
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Following the Ottawa River
Read more: Following the Ottawa RiverOur journey down the Ottawa River began at the top of Lake Temiskaming, the source of the river. In order to avoid highway 11, we choose to ride along the Quebec side of the lake. Upon entering Quebec the roads were immediately nicer. For the first time in weeks we saw a consistent shoulder. The…
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w with fish, bucket, bucket, candy cane
Read more: w with fish, bucket, bucket, candy cane47 km, 3 hours, Max temp 42 ¾Ñ§§Ò aka Phang-nga (if you are seeing gibberish, it may be that you don’t have the Thai font installed) We are having some fun with the Thai script. The characters have great shapes to them, such that you can image different things with the names. Unfortunately, there are…
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Topkapi Palace
Read more: Topkapi PalaceOur day started with a visit to the Topkapi Palace. Becky was not too keen on the price (20 Lira + 15 Lira Harem tour + 10 Lira Audio Guide = 90 YTL), but we used the regret test. Is this something we would regret not doing? Our first answer was yes, and in the…
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20080725 One last day in Quebec
Read more: 20080725 One last day in QuebecWe made it to Sablon-Blanc and we are camping on the beach in the fog with Isabel, Thomas, and Sebastian. Thomas and Isabel met Sebastian on the ferry. He is visiting his mother in St. Pierre et Michelon, but rather than go there directly he came to Canada via Calgary and took the bus to…
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20080724 A day of stops
Read more: 20080724 A day of stopsThe boat totally changed this morning. Becky awoke at 5:45am to an onrush of people. We docked at Natashquan at 5:30 am, and a large influx of people joined the boat. There are more than double the number of people now, and many of them do not have cabins. Last night, there were only a…
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20080723 Anticosti Island
Read more: 20080723 Anticosti IslandScott slept very well in the cabin last night. I slept OK. In the morning, I found it very difficult not knowing what the weather was like outside and whether or not I should be getting up. Eventually I gave up, got out of bed and walked upstairs. The sun was shining and the temperature…
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20080722 Our first freighter cruise!
Read more: 20080722 Our first freighter cruise!When we booked the ferry service from Rimouski to Blanc-Sablon we had not expected that the boat was a freighter as well as a passenger ferry. The Nordik Express provides both freight services and passenger services to remote villages on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, so more than half the ship is dedicated…
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Photos and boats
Read more: Photos and boatsYou may have noticed that there are only a few photos in the posts from the last few days. We were hoping to get them updated, but it looks like we’ll be out of time before we leave. Also, a number of people have been asking to see a wider assortment of our photos. If…