Day 3:Beijing to Kunming (July 27th) I woke in a bit of panic to the phone in our room ringing. I remember been in the middle of an intense dream, but I can’t remember what it was about now. I asked Kim the time and was pleased to hear it was 5am and we still…
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July 26th Toronto to Beijing Airport/Hotel With China being 12 hours ahead most of the day was spent on our 12.5 hour plane ride which surprisingly wasn’t so bad. We got so lucky checking in for our flight when the staff offered to move us to seats without someone in between us. Knowing we had…
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Day 1: Toronto to Beijing (July 25/26) Suggested Listening With a 13 hour flight ahead of me today I opted to stay up as late as possible the night before in hopes that I’ll be able to sleep on the plane. I spent most of the night watching Season 7 of Suits and getting my…
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Suggested Listening: Artist: Stars Song: One Day Left Several years ago my four siblings and I took a short weekend trip together to Collingwood, ON. After having such a great time we all agreed that we’d really love to do something like it on a grander scale sometime again in the future. Then, of course,…
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Epilogue: Moral of the Story Suggested Listening: Watsky – Moral Of The Story Arkells – Knocking At The Door Stars – Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It Having just returned home from our official welcome home party hosted by Wade’s wonderful friends Jamie and Ryan, I’m feeling especially…
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Day 34: Owen Sound to Hamilton (The Centre Of The Universe) 4443km to 4630 (187km) Suggested Listening: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Home Teal Booth: Hamilton Song Beep beep beep. The alarm went off at 5am and I was seriously so tired I debated trying to convince Wade to start later in the day.…
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In Owen Sound, about 185km from home, we decided to make the push home. We set the alarm for 5:00am. I went to bed at 11pm, but woke up for good at 2:30am (🙄) and Nathan decided to go to sleep at 1am. So we were both exhausted before we even started. I checked the…
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Day 33: Sheguiandah to Owen Sound (A “Nosty” Ride) 4280km to 4443km (163km) Suggested Listening: Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Follow You Into The Dark Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat With the ferry leaving South Baymouth (around 55km from where we were starting today) at 9:10am and us needing to be…
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(Insert Sean Connery comment here) We started the day (and I use the term loosely) at 4:30am. We were about 55km from the ferry at South Baymouth and needed to get there before the 9:10am. If we missed that one then the next one wouldn’t leave until 1:00pm, which was not acceptable. It was dark…
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Day 32: Blind River to Sheguiandah (Livin’ Life As An Island VIP) 4125km to 4280km (155km) Suggested Listening: Kelis: Milkshake Weezer: Island In The Sun By 7am we were on the road again and unsurprisingly it was pretty chilly. Wade and I kept our jackets on for longer today than perhaps any day of the trip.…
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