Date: 2009 May 21
Primary location: Vancouver
Activities: checkout of hostel, walk to library, head back to airport, retrieve luggage from airport storage.
Food: Free breakfast from hostel
0940 PDT:
I’m awake and somewhat refreshed but, I could go for a bite. I need to head to the library; I forgot to grab the printouts of my itinerarys and hostel reservation after fumbling with the printer while sleep deprived :<. I’m trying to decide if I want to go straight to the airport or poke around in the city a bit more. There is a lot that interest me at the moment but, my time is short. Vancouver’s airport is ridiculous, Micah would love it. Actually, I’m pretty sure that he could appreciate most of the city that I’ve seen so far. Having not traveled with Toy beyond Georgetown, I can’t say how she’d take it; I better leave that eval to the Payne 
. Miss White and the Coates find things everywhere that interest them and from what I’ve seen this place would be no exception.
Alice and Munchie, there is a goth shop across the way from me; if I remember I’ll take a pic and post it here. If Craig ever visits make sure he has his camera; that’s all I’m saying about that. Pop, there is a live music club just down the hill; I’ll grab the name for you if I pass it again before heading out. Mima, you’ll have to visit with Auntie at some point.
Well, I have an hour before checkout so, I’m going to jet. 0940 is 9:40am by the way. Oh and “Holiday in Hawaii” is based on the European usage of the word holiday to mean vacation; I like the way it sounds. Laters.
1030 PDT:
Got held back for a moment. Lifestream broke my WordPress.
1706 PDT:
I’ve been in Vancouver International Airport since I’m guessing somewhere around 1:30pm. I am currently sitting in the terminal lounge area. I’ve posted the grades for this term, left a few comments for the students on the class blog and poked around a bit to see what I can do to optimize the secretive education related site. IT IS A REALLY BIG SECRET. lol
I’m going to keep saying it. This network speed is bananas; it doesn’t take much to make me happy.
Somehow people have the impression that I am not coming back to MD. I don’t know where they’d have gotten that idea.
I’m going to switch over to the netbook now so I can start posting pictures. I actually want to move, there is a couple in this row being 3/4 intimate. Alas, I’m a slave to the outlet (electricity).
1758 PDT:
I am beginning to upload the first set of photos (all from Vancouver). They will be posted along with the post of the day they were taken.
1810 PDT:
The files are nearly finish uploading but, I will have to add them later; the plane is boarding.
RETROSPECT (2009 May 22 0844 HST):
Apparently, Customs for the States occurs prior to boarding. It was a fast process like that of leaving BWI; actually from Canada it was a bit simpler, oddly so I think. In either case, when dealing with home I didn’t feel like I was on criminal watch.
I watched 2.98 movies (Revolutionary Road, Taken and Ip Man) on the flight from Vancouver to Honolulu. Ip Man accounts for the .98; unfortunately it cut just as the ending would have transpired; I’ll have to hunt for it. Also, Taken is a good movie though the situation really pissed me off; Liam Neison (spelling) has a great voice for movies like that. I had to try to contain myself while on the flight due to the hideous nature of the kidnapping.
While landing, I saw my first actual palm tree (as opposed to a photograph or video recording). After entering the airport I noticed that there was a large opening where most places would have a wall; the only cover was a few plants. All of my efforts to appear to be other than a tourist were lost here due to my inability to hide my amazement. Baggage claims was just down the way. In my ignorance I caught a taxi from the airport to the hostel, $40. :( I found out that I can catch the bus anywhere for $2 a day. :)
When I arrived at the hostel, the attendant couldn’t find my reservation so he offered me a discount. His supposed discount was more than I was required to pay from my bookings. He acknowledged this as an ill suited joke and proceeded to carryout with my reservation.
Continuing, I was placed on the top floor; there is no elevator and my bag is huge. After fumbling a bit I worked out a means to get my gargantuan suitcase up the stairs and to my room. In this hostel you claim an bed (no pre-assigned sleeping). The problem in my room was that it appeared that all of the beds were occupied. I waited for my roommates to return since I didn’t feel up to the voyage down the stairs. There were five others here, four British and one Swedish. The British chaps were pretty cool. They are fresh out of high school and traveling the world before starting university. They told me mounds of stories about their travels. They are very mature fellows; rarely did I consider the fact that I am nine years older than these guys. The Swedish lad seems to be a bit of a playboy.
I walked around to find a bite, eventually landing upon Denny’s and had a double Boca burger, $11. I guess the traveling caught up to me; I had to fight to stay awake while at the table. Thankfully it doesn’t take me long to eat. I paid and wandered around (20~30 mins.) trying to find my hostel. Made it back, went to sleep and tada. I could go for a nap.
写真 / しゃしん / Photographs:
Vancouver Public Library Shoppes
Vancouver Public Library's Venue Length Glass Wall
Vancouver Public Library receives a pressure hose cleansing.
Native America in Vancouver
Native America in Vancouver
Native America in Vancouver
Native America in Vancouver
Native America in Vancouver
Native America in Vancouver
Transformation Mask in Vancouver International Airport
Pacific Passage (information regarding the Transformation Mask)
Tranformation Mask {English}
Transformation Mask {French}
That’s when I started tussling with the connection to add pictures for Day 2. I am a good bit behind, I know. (I just remember that I originally intended to referred to myself in this blog with lowercase i’s); that was completely off topic.
