Victoria Part One: The Victoria Clipper
If you’re thinking of driving from Seattle to Canada, think again. You might be interested in taking the Victoria Clipper, a slim catamaran–not a barge or ferry–that will get you there in two to three hours. The boat itself looks like:
I didn’t get seasick, and they had great service onboard. The deck looks like:
When the ship first pulled into the seattle port, there were two young, silly blonde girls trying to make it fast, but they couldn’t throw the trailer rope far enough for the guy on the dock to reach it and pull in the bigger rope. Eventually they used a pike!
Canadian PRIDE!
US Permanent Resident, Travelling to Canada
According to the US Department of State, all I need to travel to Canada is my greencard as proof of permanent residency, at least until December 31, 2006.
December 31, 2005 - Passport or other accepted document required for all travel (air/sea) to or from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Central and South America.
December 31, 2006 - Passport or other accepted document required for all air and sea travel to or from Mexico and Canada.
December 31, 2007 - Passport or other accepted document required for all air, sea and land border crossings.
On the other hand, if you are travelling abroad for a long period of time, you need a re-entry permit anyway:
Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders) use re-entry permits to re-enter the U.S. after travel of one year or more. For LPR’s returning to the U.S., re-entry permits are generally valid for two years from the date of issuance of the re-entry permit. The LPR should apply for this benefit before leaving the U.S.
Canada goes after homeless
Having solved every other problem, the RCMP in British Columbia have decided to go after the shopping carts that the province’s homeless use to carry their belongings. Indignant homeless people complain that the police are robbing them of their livelihood: actually, police only restoring stolen property.
American will not face court-martial
This is old news, but the American fighter pilots that mistakenly bombed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last year will not face court martial: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3004644.stm. Facing possible sentences of more than 60 years in prison, with “reckless disregard for flight rules” demonstrated, they were let off the hook by Lieutenant General Bruce Carlson, of the Air Force.
