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My journey across Canada has continued eastbound to Manitoba, first setting foot in Winnipeg. Nothing immediately grabbed me about the streets of this city, so I found a donut shop and ran my finger down my list of nearby hostels. Most hostel owners seem to find locations nearest bus stations, which I greatly appreciate considering my map reading skills. I circled the winning write up, and set off. Within a few moments I did a couple of backpacking pirouettes on the street just trying to confirm the right direction, and was quickly approached by a local laughing at my dance moves.
Friendly Manitoba
Coffeecat2006-08-12 13:59:55
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My journey across Canada has continued eastbound to Manitoba, first setting foot in Winnipeg. Nothing immediately grabbed me about the streets of this city, so I found a donut shop and ran my finger down my list of nearby hostels. Most hostel owners seem to find locations nearest bus stations, which I greatly appreciate considering my map reading skills. I circled the winning write up, and set off. Within a few moments I did a couple of backpacking pirouettes on the street just trying to confirm the right direction, and was quickly approached by a local laughing at my dance moves.
"Unless your heading towards the polar bears in Churchill, you'll find the hostel is actually right behind you" declared Paul.
The sidewalk directions were followed by suggestions for a cheap place to eat and a trendy bar. As cars drove by with license plates reading "Friendly Manitoba", I wondered whether every Canadian citizen lived up to their provinces' proclamation. I've decided that the license plates describing the state or province that I'm in, seem to be pretty accurate. Why then, did I spend only 24 hours in 'Friendly Manitoba'? Well, I'm not too sure to be honest. I suppose anything more than
I still have the polar bears in Churchill on the top of my Manitoba 'to see' list. Until then, this is it!24 hours feels a bit like I'm settling down.
I began my walking tour of the city and approached the river bank with caution. Just my luck that I happened to arrive in town when mother nature was forcing people to deal with flooding. The banks looked like they were going to give in to the calm but excessive amounts of water flowing down the Assiniboine River. My toes then started to feel a wet squish in my shoes just before I discovered the walking trail ended straight in the water. I thought of my wellies leaning aginst the backdoor of my house in Sheffield, but even they could not have got me to the
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anything you want to do.is right here.
i hope this trip was as fun as you wanted it to be.
Have a safe trip back home.
Manitoba Rocks.I Say!!!!!!!!!!
Bye For Now.
Dede From WPG, 2007-10-24 16:23:10