zoec

And maybe stay away from Hamilton!

bazzz

Actually you're probably right. I think it's the only Canadian city I've been too with any sense of its own identity.

windward

Oops. Quite right I wasn't driving you see, and they were very free and easy with the vino...

Bah. If I want to see junkies shooting up on the street I can head anywhere. London, Birmingham, even down the road to my own town centre.
Point was you can go to Mtl. and find something you won't quite have seen anywhere else in a lifetime's globetrotting. I had much more fun with the 18 year old yanks over the border to get smashed legally for the weekend than I did with the needle-toting junkies in the alleys of Rue de Chomedey. Heroin doesn't make you interesting kiddies.

phillfin

Hey I'm heading out on the Bunac visa for a year on the 21st April, so only a few days away really!

I'm going to Toronto for the first 10 days and do niagara and then over to vancouver to work for a bit then explore that side, banff, jasper vancouver island etc. If i like Toronto i may head back over there towards the end again. If i have time i would like to explore some of the other areas and maybe head over to alaska also.

A few people have mentioned churchill and the polar bears. I'd like to know a bit more about that if anyone has any info? Whats the best season and is it expensive to do? Sounds pretty impressive .

Steve_P

Looks like October/November is the time for polar bears a quick search on Google for "Churchill MB Polar Bears" turned up tons of hits.

Rich_007

For the love of god give it up man.

R.

G586

what he said....

iaink

Anything "up north" is going to be expensive...its remote and not easy to get too. But, hey you are coming to visit Canada right, and whats more uniquely canadian than the north.

If I had the time and money I would definitely visit the far north, the scenery is truly breath taking, and the isolation fantastic. Just google images of Nahanni or Talus Lake. Traveling the Dempster Highway with the northern lights would be a memory for a lifetime

Biiiiink

We lived in Winnipeg for 2yrs and it was too expensive for us to do We looked at train fare once and nearly fainted. Shame, but there you go. Around Hallowe'en is the best time to see them I think. The bears are so active in the town then that they floodlight the place for kids to go trick or treating, lest they be thought to be seals For flights from Winnipeg look at http://www.calmair.com/ . And get yourself a small mortgage If you are in Winnipeg though, the must-see for me would be Grand Beach and the sand dunes there. Although maybe not at Hallowe'en time, brrrr!

I must be the only one who was underwhelmed by Niagara Falls. Twice. I thought they'd be bigger and in a more scenic surrounding. Don't tell though, I'll have to hand the passport back