at 904 ft off the ground, it was all good! Spinning around the top of America’s tallest freestanding tower at 3G’s was a better rush than the skydiving was. I seriously thought Cindy was going to leave Kelly and I to go it alone but in the end she braved it. She hopped into a […]
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Flyaway Indoor Skydiving
by Bertha on 25. May, 2005 in Las Vegas 2005
Hungover, Rayleen backed out of skydiving. Understandable, who wants to skydive while you’re hungover!? I was pretty excited about it. I pumped myself and the gals up about it before we even left and they were willing to give it a try. Actually, I had no expectations about it. I didn’t expect they would actually […]
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Girls night out
by Bertha on 24. May, 2005 in Las Vegas 2005
After watching American Superstars at the Strat, we changed into our “Everybody loves a Canadian girl” t-shirts, cabbed it to Caeser’s Palace to go to Pure for some dancing. Unfortunately, it was closed for “The Contender” (reality tv program with Sylvester Stallone) after party. Spent some time trying to star watch, only caught a glimpse […]
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+40C weather
by Bertha on 23. May, 2005 in Las Vegas 2005
and we decide to go to the Outlet mall to go shopping. Boy, we are insane! But the nice thing about it is the mist sprayers scattered throughout. Too bad it’s so hot the mist evaporates before it reaches us short gals. There were deals to be had. Ray bought Vans that were 10USD and […]
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Getting there is half the battle
by Bertha on 22. May, 2005 in Las Vegas 2005
OMG. our 2 hour layover in Seattle turned into 5 hous! Let’s just say, don’t fly Alaskan Airlines. They offered a 5 dollar snack voucher and 5 mintues phone card for our inconvience but the phone card didn’t work and only half the food stores in the airport would accept the voucher. We made it […]
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Spoiled Albertans (Ian)
by Bertha on 22. May, 2005 in Ian in Japan 2005
Man, in alberta, we’re spoiled with all our smoking bylaws. I miss not havint to run out of a fast food restaurant because the smoke was burning my eyes! other than that, it seems the quality of everything is higher in japan. Food, service, roads (almost all of them are perfect) etc.
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1 more sleep
by Bertha on 21. May, 2005 in Las Vegas 2005
And I’m still not excited at all. People I’ve told are excited for me though. Maybe it’s the weather report, supposed to be between 25-40C the entire time we are there!
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odaiba is like licking awesomeness (Ian)
by Bertha on 19. May, 2005 in Ian in Japan 2005
train, train, ooo’s, ahh’s, walking, malls, buffet, malls, malls, malls, malls, Toyota’s pallette town, cars, ooh’s ahh’s, malls, home. Did I mention all the malls in the area? really cool architechture of buildings and bridges. didn’t get to ride the sea busses cars are neat buffet was 1200Y and the food was great (way better […]
makudonarudozu (Ian)
by Bertha on 18. May, 2005 in Ian in Japan 2005
I’ve eatten at mcdonalds here 5 times already cuz the price is right 500JPY for a burger (theres like 10 to choose from) then your choice of 5 nuggets, salad or fries, AND THEN your choice of drink or 100JPY each for any item of mcchicken, cheese burger, apple pie, fish mcdippers, juice, pop, and […]
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Frick Roaches are huge
by Bertha on 17. May, 2005 in Ian in Japan 2005
daaaamn, I can spray them, but I freak out when the come at me the 3 other guys are even worse, but one of the girls is fearless haha oh yes, I remember what I was gonna say last time: the japanese are too good for mirrors: they require expensive crystal clear LCD screens with […]
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