Comments on: Greyhound ticket to Vancouver booked

By: oleh

oleh — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:37:50 +0000

I found it tiring even to follow your itinerary. I also was able to learn at least of a number of places along the way. Virden, Whitewood, Schrieber and White River were all new to me.

By: Milan

Milan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:11:10 +0000

I made it all the way out and back, with no real woes.

By: tristan

tristan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:38:01 +0000

That is very unfortunate. Hopefully you can find AAAs at a truck stop.

By: Milan

Milan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:56:31 +0000

The night before leaving, I realized that I had bought the wrong sort of batteries for my iPod life extender. AAs, not AAAs.

I ran out and picked up 16 new batteries. Now, about 14 hours out on the bus, I discovered the new ones are also wrong. AAs, not AAAs.

By: Milan

Milan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:46 +0000

I won’t be bringing a laptop, so any posts will have to be typed out on my phone’s tiny keys.

It’s a shame it stopped being able to pair with my Apple Bluetooth keyboard, since that would have been small enough to bring along.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:49:48 +0000

I blogged quite a bit during my cross Canada trips
http://northernsong.wordpress.com/cross-canada-trips-of -summer-2009/
by writing the entries outside of coverage, then uploading them (and sometimes photos) when short periods of coverage appeared. One post I uploaded in Fargo, North Dakota on a stolen network during a 3 minute whistle stop.

By: Milan

Milan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:22:47 +0000

Thankfully, Fido won’t charge me roaming charges in Vancouver or on the way there.

Less pleasantly, there are big gaps in their cross-country coverage – especially in Western Ontario.

I probably won’t be doing much blogging.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:29:19 +0000

Looking at this old post is interesting. You’ve certainly changed your mind on the importance of good sleeping arrangements – http://www.sindark.com/2008/02/12/westjet-v-the-canadia n/#comment-34096

By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:28:25 +0000

Electrical outlets certainly would be appropriate in today’s electronic times. I recently learned that Translink operates a luxury bus service with reserved seats and electrical outlets on its West Coast Express route when trains are not operating.

I hope for my sake that Scott is not right about the Canadian – http://www.sindark.com/2008/02/12/westjet-v-the-canadia n/#comment-34075

By: Milan

Milan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:13:59 +0000

Since the bus usually doesn’t include an electrical outlet, my ability to use my phone will be limited during the trip. Also, my phone works badly with the back end of WordPress.

That said, I will try to put up some brief updates.

By: oleh

oleh — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:01:00 +0000

I look forward to reading your posts from your trip, especially from the smaller towns. Before seeing your itinerary i do not even recall hearing the names of Upsala, Schrieber, Virdeen and Whitewood. It will give us a sense of the expanse and variety of Canada.

By: oleh

oleh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:41:22 +0000

The limitation on what you can take in carry on baggage seems to have arisen by the gruesome but singular death of a Greyhound passenger last year. That even could have happened as easily in a food court in a mall, in a library or on a park bench. It had little to do with being in a Greyhound bus other that being in buses might increase the sense of paranoia of an individual. Unfortunately the limitation on carry on baggage may increase it more as passengers have less freedom and more time to dwell on crazy thoughts.

It is unfortunate that fear arising from one particularly gruesome but extremely unique event which cannot be effectively prevented has caused such increased security costs and inconvenience for all passengers. Fear has won over common sense.