Fire in Melbourne! There's a very distinct smell of smoke in the waiting lounge before I head for LA. The sight of one of those enormous copters circling above and around the airport somewhat relieves the tedium of sitting around doing nothing...
Boarding brings out all the characters; including a fat Johnny Farnham lookalike...
Met a lovely girl, Kelly, as my travelling companion for the next 13 hours or so.
The sunrise over LA was fantastic! Started with the dep orange sun peaking over the clouds at about 20,000 feet, then descending through the clkouds to find it breaking over the Hollywood hills and snow-smothered mountains behind.
VANCOUVER
Fast forward a week or so...
Travelling on the Canadian, (train to Toronto). I've been dished out the "assisant saftey guy" (not, I believe, the official title) in the event of evacuation. Which means I get to break glass and operate the stair thingy's an' everything. (If I'm not dead, that is, didn't ask that)
The north American's are so obsessed withsafety to the point of being ridiculous. Having said that - the train guy showed me how to open the stair thing as we were hurtling along at a great rate... Standing between the carriages and watching the ground very ominously close considering my position at the time...
My stay in BC, or more to the point, Vancouver, was great. Saw lots of stuff - some impressive, some beautiful, some interesting, some stupid and some just plain touristy. The weather for the most part was reaslly good. The last three days were hovering around 11 degrees. Not bad for a Canadian winter. I can cope with that temp!
Edmonton's expecting about 0-1 degree. It's not affected by warm air coming from the Rockie's that Calgary is subjected to. Contrary to Emile's way - I've decided asking for directions will be a good idea from there. Edmonton's the last place I want to spend around dusk.
to be continued...
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