Nova Scotia, Canada
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So i am still in Canada preparing for Japan, but I decided to take a week out of my busy schedule of putting things into boxes to go to Nova Scotia. It is a province located on the eastern part of Canada.
The night before I left I had started to pack my stuff, usually I leave it until the next day. But I decided that I should do it the night before so that I am not in a rush the next day. Which turned out to be a good thing as for some reason I did not wake up on time. I had set my alarm to 9 am, but i woke up at 10:10 and the bus was at 10:30 am. So becuase I had my stuff packed and ready I was able to get to the airport and catch my flight to Halifax.
Since arriving in Halifax I have done a lot of driving. The reason is that I failed my driving exam last week. I think the reason was becuase I was too nervous and had not much pratice (5 hours of lessons) so I was too nervous and failed to make a proper turn. But since coming to Halifax I think i have done a fair amount. Driven up to 130 km for the first time, passed people on the highway and had to desire to honk and all the idiots on the road. It is annoying that so many idiots have their drivers license, while i am still waiting for mine.
What else have I done? I went to Peggys Cove, which is an interesting white lighthouse located on one of the eastern points of Canada. It was a fishing village that has morphed in a major tourist attraction. It is interesting as their is many laws against development, which is designed to preserve its natural beauty.
While near the edge of the water I heard from someone that some people have fallen in and died. That thought kept on running through my head hehe, I thought about me falling in and drowning and thought how painful that would be.
I really enjoyed visiting here as I had not had any experiences lately when almost all my photos turned out well enough that I had a difficult challenge of deciding my wallpaper. So I decided to share some with you guys, leave a comment if you like any of them.
I am going to Cape Breton Island so I will hopefully provide some updates and nice photos from there.
Take care,
Patrick
LCValentine
wrote:
What you said about driving and having to put of with bad drivers is right on target. For the sake of this comment, I live in San Diego, and my drive to work is half an hour long. The most disheartening part of my drive to work is how uncourteous people are.
Less than 10% of drivers I experience on the road signal their turns or lane changes. In addition, many people drive in the fast lane (the far right lane in the US) but at a meager pace. While driving here, they are fairly unnoticeable of vehicles at their rear or situations that may be occuring 15-20 seconds in advance.
I will admit that I speed, but this is the extent of my discretions. When I pass other cars, I do so quickly, and if I have to return to that lane then I ensure I can see the headlights of the car behind me (for safe distance) and signal throughout the lane change.
Finally, something that isn’t a law (that I know of) is the general impeding of traffic by not passing. I understand if a person intends to “cruise” on their journey. I also understand that some people don’t want to go faster than “x”. But when two cars are side by side for no other reason than their personal opinion of the proper speed and they keep traffic from flowing, this angers me. Two cars that go the same speed should consider being in the same lane, and the cars that do maintain this speed should be courteous to drivers that intend to pass.
Posted on 23-Jun-06 at 11:37 am | Permalink