Nov 17th, 2009 at 1:00PM: As excitement for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver builds, most people who haven't planned ahead are looking for last minute accommodations for the event and finding rates to be quite pricey. During the Games, costs will be as high as the demand, but it seems that in the weeks leading up the event, there are plenty of deals to be had.
Right now though December 17, Whistler-Blackcomb, the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Score deals to site of 2010 Olympics now
Nov 17th, 2009 at 1:00PM: As excitement for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver builds, most people who haven't planned ahead are looking for last minute accommodations for the event and finding rates to be quite pricey. During the Games, costs will be as high as the demand, but it seems that in the weeks leading up the event, there are plenty of deals to be had.
Right now though December 17, Whistler-Blackcomb, the ...Plan your airport layover with T+L's Airport Navigator
Nov 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: I hate airports. I hate sitting around and waiting, and I hate being unable to escape the thought that soon my plane will be the one zooming down the runway and lifting off into the sky. So rather than arrive early to the airport and allow myself time to get anxious about flying, I prefer to arrive at the last possible second, so that as I run through security and down the terminal, I don't have ...The 10 most-affordable ski spots in North America
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 4:30PM: Skiing, like polo and yachting, is a rich man's(or woman's) sport. The equipment is expensive, and in order to participate, you need to go to a specific place. In the case of skiing, this means paying ski lift fees and traveling to a pricey ski resort. The costs can add up and make it prohibitively expensive for less affluent ski enthusiasts.
But there are some less expensive ski resorts. Ski.com ...Cruise ship arrives in port with dead whale on its bow
Jul 28th, 2009 at 11:00AM: On Sunday, the Vancouver Sun reported that the Princess Cruises ship that arrived in port the day before brought with it something unexpected, and a little disturbing. Stuck to the bow of the boat was a 21 meter (about 69 feet) long dead fin whale.
The Sapphire Princess was returning from Alaska and most likely picked up the whale north of Vancouver Island, as fin whales, which have been ...Top nude beaches from around the world
Jul 25th, 2009 at 8:00AM: If you like getting naked – but don't want to wait for an occasion – get your (bare) ass to one of the top five nude beaches in the world. From Miami to Vancouver to Mykonos to St Maarten, you'll find a place to roam free. Thanks to TripAdvisor for pulling this together.
Haulover Beach Park – Miami Beach, Florida More than a million people hit Haulover every year to live the ...Vancouver hookers get media training for Olympics
May 26th, 2009 at 5:00PM: A magnifying class will be held over Vancouver from February 12 to February 28 for the Winter Olympics, and Vancouver's prostitutes want to put their best feet forward. To prepare for the influx of business and – media onslaught – Prostitution Alternatives Counselling and Education Society (PACE) is helping the city's sex worker population understand what to expect.
The Canadian ...Photo of the Day (5-20-9)
May 20th, 2009 at 11:30PM:
On a day that has been crazy busy like today has, wading would be swell. This photo reminds me of those moments of stillness and being--something that picking rocks from a lake with a small child can capture. Bryson Gilbert took this shot in Kelowna, British Columbia.
If you have an image of a moment you've captured. Send it our way at Gadling's Flickr Photo Pool. It may be picked as a Photo of ...Multisport Adventure Destinations From Around the Globe
Mar 24th, 2009 at 8:00AM: When most people go on vacation they like to visit someplace relaxing, maybe spend some time on the beach or hop a cruise ship and spend their days in a deck chair. Others prefer something a bit more active, preferring to hike, bike, and paddle their way across the destination of their choice. For those active travelers, Backpacker Magazine has put together a list of the best multisport ...Cruise ship shift from Vancouver to Seattle means cheaper deals for travelers
Mar 23rd, 2009 at 9:30AM: Starting in 2010, Carnival Cruise Lines will shift its 2,124 passenger ship Carnival Spirit from Vancouver to Seattle. Although this is great news for passengers wishing for less expensive cruises to Alaska, it's bad for Vancouver.
According to this The Vancouver Sun article, the ship typically has meant $18 million dollars for the city in business revenue each year. The switch is not because ...Canadian gondola crash
Dec 17th, 2008 at 1:00PM: It's that nightmare you have every time you ride a gondola. Not the one where your car falls, but the one where the tower goes down and all of the cars fall. Yesterday at Whistler Blackcomb Resort, 177 km north of Vancouver, tragedy struck when a support tower for their gondola system snapped in half. Falling gondola cars hit a bus stop and a house, and another was suspended over an icy creek. The ...Where to plan your next environmentally vacation: 15 green cities
Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:00PM: The good folks at Grist put together their own list of 15 green cities. Although their thought was probably to showcase the green efforts made by local governments and locals to make the cities more environmentally friendly, in reading it I realized it was a great list of places to chose your next eco-vacation. If you're looking to take public transportation, play in parks and learn more about ...Photo of the Day (06/17/08)
Jun 17th, 2008 at 4:00PM: When summertime rolls around I always get a hankering to go sailing again and borderfilm's Climb photo takes me straight back to my days tooling around Strawberry Lake in college. This shot, taken on the English Bay in Vancouver, perfectly lines up the trailing edge of the sail with the edge of the photo creating a false border, as the lines from the sand and skyline head towards each other in a ...Parents forget baby at airport and fly to destination
May 14th, 2008 at 12:40PM: I'm still trying to get my head around how this was possible: a couple and two grandparents FORGOT their 2-year old whilst trying to catch a flight from Vancouver to Winniepeg in Canada. With only 10-minutes left for boarding, the family was running towards the gate, and apparently each of the 4 adults thought that the baby was with one of the other three. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Were they running ...Be part of Improv Everywhere
Feb 7th, 2008 at 10:40AM: If you thought, "How cool is that?" when reading Jerry's post on stopping time in Grand Central Station and wish you had been involved, it is possible to get in on some improv action yourself. Improv Everywhere, the New York City-based group that pulls off these clever pranks has spin-off groups in other cities.
Global Improv Everywhere is found across the United States, as well as, Vancouver, ...Skype-Modeled Technology Lets Travelers Mobile-Phone Home for Cheap
Sep 15th, 2007 at 11:06PM: A Vancouver, Canada-based company, Eqo ("echo"), has developed a new technology that may ease the financial pain of international phone calls. Their model is similar to Skype, the free software that allows users to make calls over the Internet from their computers. When downloaded to a cellphone, Eqo's software uses the Internet to make cheap calls locally or abroad.
Here's how it works: First, ...Band on the Run: The SkyTrain View of Vancouver, BC
Sep 1st, 2007 at 6:53PM: Ember Swift, Canadian musician and touring performer, will be keeping us up-to-date on what it's like to tour a band throughout North America. Having just arrived back from Beijing where she spent three months (check out her "Canadian in Beijing" series), she offers a musician's perspective on road life. Enjoy!
Last week, I had the pleasure of an extra day in Vancouver. The festival we ...Photo of the Day (7/21/07)
Jul 21st, 2007 at 3:23PM: Neighborhood shots are some of the best! This one of a local grocery store is located in Vancouver's West End neighborhood on Barclay Street. Ohad* is the photographer behind this particular shot and in his notes he states that a skunk almost got in the way of this well-lit scene. Now that is pretty random. ...Pacific Running Guides Show You Where to Run in Vancouver
May 28th, 2007 at 1:28PM: If you're a runner and you find yourself in a different city, what do you do? You could map out your own route. You could ask someone if there are any good trails nearby. Or -- if you're headed to the Vancouver area -- you could hook up with Pacific Running Guides, which offers guided running tours to local and visiting runners. You can choose among three different options:
Scenic City: run ...Naked Bungy Jumping Gives New Meaning to Term "Free Fall"
Apr 20th, 2007 at 1:20PM: Oops, looks like we missed this one for 2007, but that gives you plenty of time to make it to Vancouver Island, Canada in time for Wild Play's 2008 Naked Bungy Jumping event. Claiming it's a "very old and established tradition," Wild Play only allows naked Bungy Jumps one weekend every February to raise money for the BC Schizophrenia Society. The registration fee for naked bungy jumpers is ...Photo of the Day (12/9/06)
Dec 9th, 2006 at 10:47AM: Snow days have arrived and in full force for certain areas. In this neighborhood-street shot taken in Vancouver B.C. by borderfilms (Doug) I get the impression no one was in any mood to rush out and take the cars on a snowy spin. Or maybe Doug just couldn't resist saving the memory of this rare snow dumped day with his Nikon D70 before pulling out the scrapper to remove nature's wintry blanket. ...
