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Alberni and Burrard Streets in Vancouver are a showcase of capitalism, presenting its shiny face to the world. When walking there, you cannot miss multiple high-end stores like Tiffany, Jimmy Choo, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, and many more. Inside these…
Continue readingNo matter who you believe created the world—whether God, Mother Nature or extraterrestrial creatures—that somebody did a very good job. Even such places as deserts are remarkable; maybe especially so, since these vast spaces show how emptiness, limitlessness, a landscape…
Continue readingWe often hear that Vancouver property market is a bubble which will burst one day. Same was said about Toronto. I am waiting and waiting for that moment to happen. In the meantime the “so called” bubble is bigger and…
Continue readingKillbear Provincial Park is located on Georgian Bay near the town of Parry Sound in Ontario. Rock ridges, sandy beaches, pines and crystal clear water attract thousands of people from Toronto and nearby towns, especially in the summer. Camping is…
Continue readingVancouver is a beautiful, safe and pleasant city. However, there are places you had better try to avoid—for example, three intersections on Broughton Street in Coal Harbour. In particular, those with W Pender, W Georgia and Alberni Streets are dangerous….
Continue readingAk pôjdete do San Francisca, určite si dajte kvety do vlasov. Ak pôjdete do San Francisca, stretnete tam príjemných ľudí. Zvláštne vibrácie, ľudia v pohybe a celá generácia s pokrokovými názormi. Tak spieva Scott McKenzie o meste na západe Spojených štátov v slnečnej Kalifornii. Scott…
Continue readingMladú Belgičanku Charisse D’hamersovú, pracujúcu v Lake Louise v kanadských Skalnatých horách, napadol v júli čierny medveď, keď si išla popoludní zabehať. Pohrýzol ju osemkrát. Tento mrazivý prípad opäť pripomenul, aké nebezpečenstvo tu na ľudí číha v letnom období, keď…
Continue readingWaterman S. Body nosil kolty prekliate nízko a keď bolo treba, vedel ich aj rýchlo vytasiť. To bola na prežitie zlatokopa v nehostinnej kalifornskej púšti nutná, no nie vždy postačujúca podmienka. Niektoré pramene ho nazývajú aj William S. Bodey. Waterman…
Continue readingWaterman S. Body hatte seine Waffe immer schußbereit und er zog diese im Zweifel auch sehr schnell. Für einen Goldgräber in Kalifornien war das damals überlebensnotwendig. Trotzdem reichten diese Fertigkeiten auch nicht immer aus. Waterman selbst, manchen auch bekannt unter…
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