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Days 5-8: Olympia, Portland, Salem, Sacramento
The Pacific Northwest train, The Cascades, was as-advertised: European-style, modern and fast. As we zoomed through towns, monitors tracked our journey, similar to airplanes and later on, a mediocre...
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Days 9, 10, 11: San Francisco
From Sacramento, it was a quick commuter train to San Francisco, where I was greeted by a familiar face, a debater friend of mine who has been in SF for about six months working for everyone’s...
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Days 12 & 13: Merced, Yosemite
Merced, apparently a city of 60,000, felt much smaller than that in the few hours I was there, and not in a good way. For the nights before and after my day trip to Yosemite, I was hosted by a...
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Days 14, 15, 16: San Diego
The Pacific Surfliner, the train from Los Angeles to San Diego which I connected to from Merced, runs deliciously close to the shore and gave me a gorgeous beach sunset, a nice end to a “travel day”....
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Days 17-21: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo
I’m not sure why I thought Los Angeles was worth stopping in, but I suppose I just scheduled it in as a large city worth seeing along the way. Well, I saw it. With no couchsurfing hosts forthcoming yet...
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Days 21-27: Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago
After the overnight bus from SLO to Emeryville (just outside of San Francisco), I was ready to start the trek east. Of the four possible cross-country trains, I had selected the California Zephr, since...
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Days 28, 29, 30: Buffalo, Toronto, Ottawa, Pembroke
At this point in the trip, tourist time was over and I was simply in store for the unpleasant amount of travel time required to get home – thus the lack of photos and witty urban analysis. I caught the...
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Post-trip statistics
Start Finish Mode Distance (km) Cost ($) Edmonton Vancouver Train 1153 209 Vancouver Seattle Bus 230 43 Seattle Portland Train 279 36 Portland Salem Bus 74 11 Salem Sacramento Train 718 59 Sacramento...
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Doors Open 2008
This event was a great way to experience a new city. Last weekend, more than 120 different buildings opened their doors to the public. Cycling map in hand, I headed out to see the insides of Toronto’s...
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The benefits of competition
For anyone travelling between Toronto and New York, I whole-heartedly endorse Greyhound’s new Neon Express service. I have to admit I barely even noticed the ‘express’ modifier, since that term rarely...
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