So, you want to visit Canada?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Friendly, foreign, and nearby.

 

There are places to go in Canada besides Niagara Falls.

[The Avatar 1,089]

I'm going there soon. I'll be visiting Vancouver and Victoria. 

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Wouldn't mind it. But Canada is just about the farthest place on earth from where I am so flights would be expensive!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I decided not to visit BC or Vancouver Island because even after the influx of money and great expenses on infrastructure improvements from the Winter Olympics, they still have not started treating their sewage. Therefore, they pollute our waters and I will not contribute to that!

--Ocram

[Easy Bakes 253]

Friendly, foreign, and nearby.

 

There are places to go in Canada besides Niagara Falls.

The Agawa Canyon train tour is a nice day trip.

 

[AkemiAzula 280]

My friend Daniel went there for some film he was involved in... I doubt id agree with the weather. England is just about tolerable

[Meg 368]

Wouldn't mind it. But Canada is just about the farthest place on earth from where I am so flights would be expensive!

 

It's a shame that re-entering the atmosphere is so dangerous.   Otherwise it would be faster to fly straight up into space, hover in stationary orbit until the time zone you want rotates into place beneath you then land again.

 

There are a lot of problems with that plan or we would be doing it already.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I put an article in the Science thread about amenities at the ISS.

[AkemiAzula 280]

Or a high speed rail tunnel though just as expensive?

[mrsmartman 200]

Been to Niagara Fall. A nice place.

[anytownUSA 32]

Going to Cape Breton Island for my honeymoon this September.  It looks like a beautiful place.  Whale watching, sail boat rides, I think we'll have a lot of fun.  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Going to Cape Breton Island for my honeymoon this September.  It looks like a beautiful place.  Whale watching, sail boat rides, I think we'll have a lot of fun.  

Don't miss the Bras d'Or lakes.  And go sailing.

[anytownUSA 32]

Don't miss the Bras d'Or lakes.  And go sailing.

 

Oh we won't.  We're staying at Birches in Ben Eoin and going sailing out of Baddeck.  I think they're both on Bras d'Or lake.  We're looking for other activities as well, I'm sure we'll find lots to do there.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

 

Don't miss the Bras d'Or lakes.  And go sailing.

 

Oh we won't.  We're staying at Birches in Ben Eoin and going sailing out of Baddeck.  I think they're both on Bras d'Or lake.  We're looking for other activities as well, I'm sure we'll find lots to do there.

 

I am sure you will.  Shore dinners are always nice.

[Duke87 1,070]

It's a shame that re-entering the atmosphere is so dangerous.   Otherwise it would be faster to fly straight up into space, hover in stationary orbit until the time zone you want rotates into place beneath you then land again.

 

There are a lot of problems with that plan or we would be doing it already.

 

For one thing, there is no such thing as "stationary orbit". What you propose would require constant thrust to fight gravity in order to "hover". It would also require a lot of force to slow down into stationary position and then to exit it and go back to matching the Earth's rotation. And even then, a trip halfway around the world would take 12 hours. It would be faster and less energy intensive to make use of a ballistic missile style flightpath. This is already done with, well, missiles.

 

Of course doing this is a lot more difficult when you have passengers and cargo that need to land intact.

 

And I'm not sure Canada would appreciate having passengers arrive by something that looks like an ICBM, although it would be an awesome ride.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

There is a landing pad for alien space craft somewhere in Alberta.  Saw a reference recently, but can't find it.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Canada is on the mid part of my bucket list. I'm in no way passionate for seeing nature and such, but I would consider the idea for a honeymoon or something on that fashion, provided that the other person is a nature lover.

I would enjoy visiting Montreal, Toronto and the Falls; but I guess the general opinion is that leaving Canada without getting deep on nature is a horrible crime. Snowboarding in Whistler-Blackcomb would be a blast, but on my skills level it wouldn't make a huge difference.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

There is more to going to nature than mountains and snow.  You live nearly in the Pyrenees, so the Rockies wouldn't be much of a surprise.  On the other hand, you might have a great experience paddling a canoe in Algonquin Park, and going out for the nightly wolf howl.

[TekindusT 3,809]

There is more to going to nature than mountains and snow.  You live nearly in the Pyrenees, so the Rockies wouldn't be much of a surprise.  On the other hand, you might have a great experience paddling a canoe in Algonquin Park, and going out for the nightly wolf howl.

 

This is right my point. Canada is not "only the Rockies". One of my middle school teachers went there some years ago and told us the bazillion of different stuff he (and his sons) did in natural environments from Manitoba to the west. As far as he explained, he had one of the times of his life.

 

BTW, I only live near the Pyrenees when I fly back to my parents' place.