joshua wilsher

Canada...Again

So I made my early flight to Calgary. The only way to get to LAX at that time of the morning was by way of an expensive taxi ride. It proved cheaper to go to the airport earlier in the day (using public transport), hire a car for the day and then drive myself there. The cost of the rental was $11.91 inc taxes for 24 hours. But I took a bit of insurance out which bumped it up to about $20. Certainly still cheaper than the taxi.

My greatest concern of late has been my luggage. Everytime I go to get on a flight I have to juggle the weight of my two bags and then hope that I dont get stopped for my oversized carry on. Both stow aways weighed in at 50 pounds exactly. Of course its customary to take the shoes off when going through security at the airport but I was told that I was selected by United for a "special security screening".

So I get to Calgary and my luck improves as I get through customs and awarded my visa in less than 15 minutes. I opted to take more public transport to get to the hostel which was not easy with all my luggage. However, I was lucky enough to find an abandoned shopping trolley so I loaded my bags in it and took them for the ride.

I made good use of my hockey skates as I was using them within an hour of being in the city. I've found that both Toronto and Calgary have free public skating areas. Besides this, Calgary did not seem too appealing.

The next day my luck continued with Canadian government officials. I walked form my hostel to get my social security number and walked back to the hostel - it took a total of 30 minutes. Then I left for the two hour bus ride to Banff.

posted by Joshiesmoov @ 4:30 PM