DAY TRIP FROM VANCOUVER – BOWEN ISLAND

Carless but itching for adventure? Minimum wage earner with maximum curiosity? Bewail no longer – your intrepid traveler aka columnist is here to help you experience the desires of your heart.

I share the dilemma of many who wish to see more of British Columbia but do not have the wallet of a Don. Recently I discovered day trips that are fun to do on your own or with your family and friends. So here is one of many getaways for the light wallet or purse carrier.

VIVE LE CANADA!



The Debaters: Jack Layton of the National Democratic Party, Gilles Duceppe -  Bloc Québécois, Stephen Harper – Conservative Party, and Michael Ignatieff, Liberal Party

In the recently televised Canadian Débats Des Chefs – the debate was not about the best tarte tatin; rather it was regarding public policies on which the four leading political party leaders were verbally sparring to win scores with the Canadian public. The second-largest country in the world will be having a federal election on May 2nd. The party that wins the majority of electoral districts or “ridings” as they are called gets the plum Prime Ministerial post.

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS





One evening I was having dinner with two friends in a New York City high-rise apartment. My friends were naturalized Americans, meaning they had been immigrants, and I was a foreign student then. For some reason, our conversation turned to America. And all of us came to the conclusion – that Americans are for the most part kind people – not only to their own kind.