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`5/12/1

I spent a month in Barra in the mid seventies and stayed at a restaurant/rooms at Mama Lupe's.

I was very curious to see how much or how little it had developed over the years, so I searched the web and found your web site.

I swam in the Laugna and walked along the beach to Malaque (don't know the spelling) to the bank to cash travellers' cheques. It was paradise, rural, undeveloped and the people were so beautiful and kind to us.

While there, we ate what they ate and lived as they did, simply and happily. For me the only way to really understand their culture and their lives, is to live with them.

I'm a senior now and unfortulately on a very limited income so the possibility of returning is unlikely.

So happily, I saw your great photos and it made my day.

Thank you,

K. Harper Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Glad you enjoyed them.

That's why I built my website.

Maybe I will add some more one day, I hope to take my wife there.

`5/11/19

I�m a grower of chinese vegetables by hydroponic located in central Chile.

I�m interested on contacting an import company for business.

I exported to Vancouver cut flowers same time ago.

Best Regards

J. Triday La Cruz, V Region CHILE

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I am sure there is more than one company in Canada that imports Chinese food.

However, the only one I know of is Tropimex.

Though I used to work for them I don�t have there E-mail address.

I will call them tomorrow and get there address so I can forward your letter to them

`5/11/19

I am PADI certified to dive, but I am having my 22, 21 and 11 year old children take diving lessons in Denver.

We would like to do our open water certifications in Ixtapa when we visit from December 28 to January 4.

Once certified, we would like to dive another day or two while there, so if we can get certified on the 29th, that would be great.

Can you offer us open water certifications, plus additional dive trips?

We will be staying at the Las Brisas Hotel in Ixtapa.

Thanks.

J. O'Connor Denver, Colorado USA

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I am not a dive shop, just a website, with stories about my diving trips.

You will find at the bottom of my Ixtapa page, and my Zihuatanejo page., under related Websites, links to dive shops in the area. Both are good and both are PADI.

May I suggest that after you are certified, dive with the other one as each will take you to a different area.

Also there is Isla Ixtapa that I am told is an excellent dive site and I believe there is another dive shop there.

You might also want to check with your hotel as they may have affiliation with one of the dive shops.

Good luck and pleasant diving.

Ixtapa divers doesn't have a dive site but I found this:

Ixtapa Divers - Located directly across the road from the Radison, Ixtapa Divers is one of the two scuba providers located in the resort area

Ixtapa Aqua Paradise is a young company of divers (DIVE SCHOOL) in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, where we strive after keeping the quality and service standards that distinguish all the PADI dive centers.

info@ixtapaaquaparadise.com

`5/11/17

Dear Lee

I am an graduate student studying an historic Chinese archaeological site in North America. Currently I am writing a masters thesis on a feature found in the old Chinatown that appears to be related to traditional Chinese mortuary rituals.

This feature was a small circular pit filled with animal bones (pig, chicken, sheep, and cow), remains of Chinese clothing, and many other personal items.

I believe this feature was created in a ritual similar to the one on your web page "A Death in China" where personal items and offerings were placed in a circule and burnt for Feng He Hua.

I have two questions.

First, what is this ritual called?

I have searched many sources and can not find its name. Second, may I have your permission to use photographs from "A Death in China" for public presentations?

I have been researching traditional Chinese death rituals for over three years and your web site is the only source with pictures of this ritual.

Thank you for your time,

C. Leatherman

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I just had supper with my ex and asked her but she doesn�t know a name for the ritual.

I will contact a couple of other friends and see if they know.

The purpose is to supply the dead with goods they may need in the after life; food, money, clothing.

The first anniversary and the second anniversary are important. One must attend the gravesite and burn incense and xibo (Imitation money), set out wine, and food. Feel free to use the pictures.

All of my pictures have been cropped and lowered in resolution for faster appearance on the website.

If you let me know which pictures you wish to use I will send you the originals at higher resolution.

PS: Did you also see my web page "A Chinese Funeral" At the bottom of that page, under related websites, is a link you may find of interest.

`5/11/6

Dear Lee,

Thank you for visiting Oregon.com and adding a link to our Baker City page from your site; we are honored to be on your site.

We have added a link to your page (Oregon) from our links section. You may view it at: http://www.oregon.com/links/links_misc.cfm

All good things,

J. Todd

Executive Director

Oregon Interactive Corp. www.Oregon.com

`5/11/7

The Christmas hours have been clarified - the Trev Deeley Motorcycle Collection hours will be:

Fri - Dec 23 Open 10AM to 1:30 PM

Mon Dec 26 Closed

Tue Dec 27 Closed

Wed & Thu Dec 28 & 29 Open 10AM to 4PM

Fri Dec 30 Open 10AM to 2PM

Regards

Bevin Jones

The Trev Deeley Motorcycle Collection Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada

13500 Verdun Place, Richmond, BC V6V 1V2

Tel: 604-273-5421 Fax: 604-273-2029

`5/11/5

Just a note to say i saw your site with great interest,

thanks for the effort you put into the article re Sanya and the village,

ive just started a business www.sanyachinatravel.com

Kind Regards

K. Thrussell UK

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Just had a letter, see my guest book, from a reader a couple of days ago, asking about travel times and prices for Sanya. I forwarded your letter to him. and will post your letter in my guest book.

`5/11/6

Hello Lee,

1. Thank you for that i am very Grateful to you, very strange but most of our hits on our web site are from the US.

We are thinking of promoting Sanya on US search engines ...

2. I have been to the same village of your article, very strange place....

lots of beautiful girls..

3. This business is going to be difficult as there is so much competition in the UK for China, but Sanya is not promoted.

Thanks again for you help,

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1. The word of China being open for travel is slowly spreading throughout north America, especially of people of Chinese descent who wish to visit to their roots.

2. Yes the girls are very beautiful. I often regret not accepting their talisman upon entry to the village. If you accept it you have to stay there until you marry her. Could have been quite interesting.

3. Probably because none of them are fluent enough in Chinese. To move freely throughout Sanya, or anywhere in the country one must be able to read, and speak, Chinese, or have a friend, or guide, who is fluent in the language.

In Sanya we had trouble with the language and my family speak fluent Mandarin. But Sanya like many parts of China have dialects that are not even close to Mandarin.

On top of which there probably isn�t room for more tourists in Sanya. If you look at my pictures an see the line up of tour busses, wow. Talk about ants on an ant hill.

`5/11/5

Hi,

we have enjoyed the web site & would like to visit it during Christmas holidays would it be open 27th 28th or 29 Dec as we would be visiting Vancouver on these days

M. Siems

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Not sure what you are referring to.

My website is open 24 / 7.

I imagine you are referring to a particular page that tells about something in Vancouver?

`5/11/6

Hi,

we ment an actual visit to the Trev Dealy museum in Richmond during the christmas holidays 27th,28th or 29th of December is it open ?.

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The Trev Deely Motorcycle Collection is normally open on weekdays, closed on weekends and evenings.

I will phone tomorrow, and find if they are open between Xmas and Nu Yr.

`5/11/4

I found you looking for information about Haikou and Sanya.

I would appreciate if you would answer some questions for me.

1. How long is the journey by road from Sanya to Haikou?

2. The trip you purchased in Shanghai is the price quoted in Canadian $

3. Do you have any idea on the cost of just the flight from Shanghai to Haikou or Sanya

Thanks

PS I appreciate you having the information on the web so that others can learn from your experience.

A. MacDonald Loveland, Colorado USA

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1. I am going to guesstamate, 6 hrs. But that is very rough as we went on a tour bus, from Sanya, that made many stops on the way out and a few on the way back. And I was never sure how close we got to Haikou.

2. That would be Chinese Dollars, RMB or Yuan. At that time the rate was 6 to 1, so divide by 6 for the Canadian equivalent.

On my China page, http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ch.html , I have a currency converter

3. I�m sorry, we booked a tour that include plane, hotel, side trips, etc.

Try this website http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-airline/china-flights.htm China Highlights. They might come up with a price for you.

`5/10/31

Hi Lee

from cassa down under

Perth, Western Australia

`5/10/19

This is my first time - but I'll be back

Love the site, your stories are awesome!

My husband has been a logging truck driver (off and on highway) for the last two years. The hours and the bad conditions are starting to make him tired thats for sure, but he loves it, he's a third generation trucker and I bet our boys will be the fourth!

"FORESTRY FEEDS MY FAMILY!"

Danielle Prince George, BC Canada

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Thanks for the praise � love to hear it.

If you want a real thrill, go for a ride with him when the snow is two feet deep.

`5/10/15

I am hoping that you can give me appropriate direction for a very traditional Chinese Family.

The father has passed away the funeral is tomorrow. 10/15.

We asked the eldest son whom is my friend if we could send flowers for the viewing or funeral and he said that would not be necessary. Of course it is not necessary but we thought it would be nice.

Is there something that is appropriate and traditional that we can send now at this point? Would a flowering plant sent to the house be appropriate, or perhaps a fruit basket.

Want to do the right thing without offending the family.

I appreciate your help.

Dean O. Chicago, IL USA

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You probably won't get this in time, as the funeral is today.

If you look in the middle of my page, http://www.leespage.ca/h/ar/d.html , you will see some strips of cloth hanging behind the banners on a string, on the wall. This is traditional, about a yard or two from a roll of silk cloth.

Next picture down shows a wicker stand with a ring of flowers. This too is traditional but may not be available in Chicago. You would have a florist deliver it to their house and they will drape it with a banner saying who sent it. They may take it to the funeral home later.

Barring this, cash is always appropriate.

But I am not sure if it should be in a red envelope. If you have time to go to China Town and talk to a store owner that sells them, he could tell you if he has some that are appropriate for funerals.

You should visit their house and pay your respects.

At this time you; would give them the silk, tell them that flowers are on the way, or give them the money.

If they are close friends, all three would not be inappropriate.

`5/9/23

Hi Lee, I like your site very much. Would you be interested in a link exchange with us.

My husband Enrique and I run an outdoor adventure company in Barra, and we have done so since 2003.

We specialize in off-road mountain bike tours but also do diving, boat tours and fishing through the water sports provider at Grand Bay Isla Navidad with whom my husband Enrique has a long work and family association.

I could put you on my links page or on my Barra page. Barra http://www.seatosierra.com/where/pla_02.html or on my links page http://www.seatosierra.com/links.html

Regards, Nan N. Barra de Navidad, Jalisco Mexico

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I have put your letter in my guest book and I would be happy to put your link on my Barra Page and to have my link on your page. Thank you.

No promises but I might see you this Xmas. We are planning our trip now and depending on flights, and time available, I may take a diving trip with you.

Re your horses, will they walk out into the water? Could I jump off them into the water? Will they stay still while I get back on?

Something I have wanted to do for a long time.

`5/9/21

Your web page was very informative as my mother was born in Tuxpan and I know nothing about her city of birth.

I would like to look up relatives there but have no idea how to do that.

Perhaps a visit might be the way.

But at any rate, your page was very helpful.

Larry J. Houston, Texas USA

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Sorry it has taken so long to answer your E. I have been rebuilding my hard drive, and website, after formatting my hard drive.

Yes, get your butt on the bus. It is a lovely drive from Reynoza.

Not too many people in Tuxpan will have computers so hit the highway.

Be careful of the speed bumps, in the middle of nowhere, and take your swimming suit. Their beach is a Mecca for the locals.

Houston, Texas. Funny I thought Houston was in Northern B. C. I lived, and drove logging truck there for awhile, many years ago.

Yes, I know there is onr in Texas. I was there in `5 / March. Can�t remember what I took there but I brought back a load of little plastic things to hold CDs.

`5/9/21

I'm fascinated by the big trucks that keep us alive. I love seeing all the varieties of tractors and trailers while I'm trying to stay out of their way!

Your glossary of trucking terms is great! I got there by looking in Google for an explanation of why the drawbar between the semi-trailer and the pup (are these correct terms?) of two-trailer hoppers are so long (especially cement haulers). They are much longer than the usual two-trailer or three-trailer rigs' drawbars. Why?

I'm also curious about some newer trailers I've noticed, usually flatbeds, whose axles are really far apart - several yards as opposed to the typical just-enough-to clear-the-tires you see on most rigs. 1) Why? 2) Don't they scub the tires on one of the axles, or are they articulated?

Finally, if you can stand another question, why are the vertical reinforcing strips on soft-side trailers (and some that look hard-side but flimsy) spaced so irregularly? They usually have a more-or-less even spacing toward the back over the axles, but then they seem random nearer the front.

Thanks for the help. If you know of a good primer for amateur truck-watchers like myself (other than yours!), I'd appreciate your guidance. Big Rigs for Dummies or something?

Thanks -

Mike Riley(a fan) Colorado Springs, Colorado

p.s. We're here in Portland, Oregon to visit our daughter on the occasion of the birth of her first child, so I'm seeing logging trucks that I don't get to see in Colorado. Cool.

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* the drawbar between the semi-trailer and the pup (are these correct terms?) of two-trailer hoppers are so long

One reason is to spread the weight over a greater distance, especially on bridges. Most of the tongues in the draw bar, tow bar, or reach, are extendable and the tongue is retracted into the reach when the rig is running empty.

*axles are really far apart

1. This spreads the weight out and allows for a greater weight on the back of the trailer, though the load must be reduced on the front of the trailer so as to maintain the maximum overall weight. This is useful if a truck has to haul a large piece of equipment but still has room, deck space, for some lighter cargo.

* Don't they scrub the tires

2. Most definitely. All of the tires will scrub when turning a corner but the companies feel it is worth it.

On my axel page, you will find pictures of the different spacings.

* why are the vertical reinforcing strips spaced so irregularly? They usually have a more-or-less even spacing toward the back over the axles, but then they seem random nearer the front.

I never noticed this but I would assume it is because the sides will take more force directly over the axels with less strain on the sides near the front of the trailer.

* a good primer for amateur truck-

I put this `trucking for beginners� into WebCrawler, and came up with this, http://www.techwritingjobs.com/shop/asinsearch_B00085R0Y6.html ,but I can�t seem to find any description of it.

PS. This reminds me that I still need to put some pictures into my logging truck stories; West Coast, and Cariboo.

`5/9/8

Hi, Lee.

I discovered your website quite by accident when searching for photos of production vehicles.

I am currently completing an exhaustive, behind-the-scenes book about the TV series La Femme Nikita, and I would very much like permission to use two of your photos of production vehicles in my book (electrical and hair/makeup/wardrobe).

I worked on Nikita as the assistant to the executive producers for the entire run of the series, and have been working on this book for the past four and a half years since the series left the air.

Just so you know, this is not a gossipy, tell-all type of book, but rather, a peek behind the curtain as to how a TV show is actually produced day to day.

To that end, the book features interviews with all the heads of major production departments on the series, including our transportation coordinator and lead hair and makeup people.

I am interested in using the photos in those two sections.

Because this book is technically unofficial, I'm writing it on a shoestring budget, but I would be more than happy to not only credit you for the photos, but provide the URL to your website for readers as well.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and I wish you the best in all your endeavors.

Sincerely,

Christopher H. Los Angeles, CA USA

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Wow, just about deleted your E as it had no subject. Glad I read it.

I am so far behind on my project.

I have to be very delicate about having a camera around set so I have taken very few pics of people.

Feel free to use my pics

If you want higher resolution, let me know which pics and I will E the originals to you.

I will put your letter in my guest book. May raise a reader or two for your book.

Also if you put it on a website, let me know, and I will put a link to it, on my movie page.

To My Most Recent `Guest Book� Page

`5/9/2

hi again.

we looked into ownership records of our house a couple years ago.

we have Ray & Amy listed for 1955...

looking forward to hearing from you

Mark Edmonton, alta

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When I was in Edmonton a couple of years ago, after I took the pic. I looked up my dad�s name in the city archives. It shows he was with the Dept. of Agriculture, living at that address in `55.

I recall living there for 3 years but what do I know, I was only 9 yrs old. My sister was 14.

I had a pic of my dad sitting in a police car talking on the phone, old style radios. I know he was a Mountie when we first moved there.

When we lived there the front yard was surrounded by a carrigana hedge. The outside of the house was wood, shiplap. And there was a balcony across the front and the back.

My bedroom was upstairs on the left and I would crawl out the window onto the balcony and decorate the railing with Christmas lights.

From there we moved to Sicamous, B. C.

`5/9/2

Hi Lee.

Loved your story and pics.

My mother was from Tuxpan.

My sister and I want to go visit there next year

can you give some tips.

Places to stay.

Thanks Maryann r. harper, Kansas usa

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Anything I know is on my website, and it is getting old (About 5 years since I have been there.).

I will forward your letter to a friend of mine. His wife is from there. Maybe she can help you.

`5/9/2

I am the current owner of ... ave edmonton.

I would be interested if you have any old pictures....

we just completed an addition off the back (didnt find your stash of cigs tho... :)

Mark Edmonton, alta

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Sorry, if I had an old pic it would be on my web site.

My sister might, it seems to me I recall mom having one, but I�m not talking to my sister, or is that vice versa.

Re the cigs. My parents never found them either.

`5/9/2

HI BEAR.

I JUST VISIT YOUR WEB SITE ABOUT PETATLAN, AND I LOVE IT.

IS GREAT THAT SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND LET MORE PEOPLE KNOW THAT PETATLAN IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO VISIT

ALL MY FAMILY IS FORM THERE

AND ALSO I KNOW THE GUY FROM THE PICTURE (JEWLERY) HE IS MY UNCLE`S FRIEND.

AND I HAVE FAMILY HAVING STORES IN THAT AREA.

VIVIANA PETATLAN, MEXICO

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I�m glad you enjoyed my pictures.

You are lucky to live in such a wonderful place.

`5/8/18

Thanks.

I�m leaving Friday.

Is it safe to leave valueaboes in the cabenas while you're out?

Jack Chicago Illinois, USA

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Glad I caught you before you left.

You give them a deposit and they will give you a padlock.

Enjoy your trip and have a swim for me.

There is a reef not too far out, it breaks the big waves so you will have a gentle surf at the beach.

`5/8/16

I am planning a trip to Tulum Mexico.

I am wondering if you know whether the cabanas at Mar Caribe that you stayed in, or any others in the area for that matter, are fully booked in August.

Basically: Can I find cheap accomadations without booking in advance?

If booking in advance is necessary, do you have a phone number for Mar Caribe?

Any information you can provide about the accomadations, or any other suggestions for travel in Tulum would be greatly apprciated.

Your site was very helpful.

Thank you.

Jack Chicago Illinois, USA

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I�m sorry, I have no phone number for them. I don�t believe they make reservations. They are a fisherman�s Co-op.

Just drive along the road, be careful you don�t miss the entrance, its about the fourth from the (North) end.

I�m not sure if August is a busy time of year for them.

Here are some other Tulum Websites that might be of help. www.webcrawler.com

The cheaper ones are usually not on the internet. The only way to find them is by word of mouth or local exploration.

`5/7/24

Hello

I like your page, especially the trucking part. Borrowing the Cat and Glide must have been fun!

I found your site while searching for trucking jobs in the Whistler area. I want to move there eventually, but after searching through every resource I know, I've found nothing. I'd be perfectly happy with something local, but there seems to be none of that. I was expecting it; Whistler is not known as an industrial power.

Resigned to putting that idea on the back burner for now, I've started looking at the oilpatch. From all I hear, it's hardass work, but pays well.

I got an oilfield business directory in the mail, and judging from it alone there are many different kinds of driving jobs to be had. I have had somewhat greater success finding information on the internet for driving in the oilpatch than I had for driving in Whistler. Still, it amounts to little.

I hoped I could ask your advice in the matter of moving to the oilpatch and eventually Whistler. I know there is nothing on your page about the oilpatch, but you are clearly experienced, and have worked for several companies.

I'm not sure how to 'gracefully' leave my current company. I want them as a reference, and don't want them pissed at me. All I can think of at this time is to give a ton of advance notice, so they can have someone to replace me the moment I leave. As for the other end, I'm even less sure. There seems to be so much over such a relatively wide area, I don't even know where to go.

I want to experience camp work, perhaps in a water truck (assuming they even stay at camps with the others....I know nothing!). And then there is the horrifying notion of moving there without having a job waiting for me. That apparently has to be because the courses for the various certificates I would need can only be had out there.

I know this all seems erratic; just take it as a measure of my confusion. The only certainty for me is that I am tired of driving long-haul. I would appreciate any thoughts you have on any aspect of this; any advice you might offer.

Many thanks in advance.

Darcy M.

Lansdowne, Ontario Canada

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Re. Whistler. A booming resort. Winter skiing and summer golf and hiking. Also summer skiing on the glacier. Currently preparing for the winter Olympics in 2010.

There is lots of work, including driving jobs. The problem, however is accommodation. Most people have to commute and the road is dangerous and has many delays because of construction.

Many people have moved to Pemberton, slightly north of Whistler, so, it too, is experiencing a construction boom.

If this is where you wish to be, then move out, find a place to live, then find a job.

The oil patch is a large area, stretching from Southern Sask. To Northern B. C. and into the NWT.

I could write many stories about my experiences in the North but am too busy working in the movies. (Currently driving a honey wagon on a pilot called `Intelligence�.)

Currently the Oil Patch is experiencing a small boom, both summer and winter. Driving requires staying awake for long hours and working in axle deep mud or blizzard like conditions for hours on end.

These jobs are usually found by knocking on doors. Go to your main library, or on line, get a yellow pages for Edmonton or Ft. St. John. Look under `trucking�.

Leaving your company is not a big problem. Put a note on the steering wheel that says they are cheap pricks, (I know they are because all highway companies pay far below what a driver is worth.) pack your bags and walk. Don�t worry about finding a job or using them as a reference. There is such a shortage of idiots that are willing to sell their soul to run highway that any company will hire you in a heartbeat without a reference.

Quite often water truck drivers stay in the camps. This is how my sister met her husband. He was driving a water truck and she was a cook at the camp.

Your best bet is Alberta. They will probably recognize your Ont. Drivers license. B. C. probably won�t. They would want you to rewrite your air ticket and retake a road test.

In short, take the bull by the horns. Give your boss 2 weeks, or 2 trips notice, pack your bags, drive to Edmonton, or points north. And check the yellow pages when you get there. Drop some dimes or knock on some doors.

If it is camp work you want then find a company that has a camp. Or a company that has trucks with sleepers. You can live in the truck until you find an apartment.

Alta. Is going to be your best bet and the camps are in the North. Start at Bonneyville, Ardmore, Ft. McMurray or along the Mackenzie Hwy. Just drive around the small towns until you see a water truck, talk to the driver or phone the number on the door.

Best of Luck.

`5/7/21

I bookmarked you georgeous China picture pages as I am adopting a daughter who is 6 from one of the places that I thought was on your site. She is from Leizhou in southern Guangdong prov., but we will not be able to go see her home town.

I had hoped to keep some of the shots on my computer for her to see as shee gets older. (she is 6 now and we leave for China in about 10 days!)

Was this area a part of your picture pages and can I somehow get some copies? I would be most greatful

You are a wonderful photographer, but I believe you have the wrong website. I have never been to Guangdong prov.

Sincerely,

Jeanine O. Tempe, Arizona USA

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I am sorry. I don�t recognize the name.

Put the name into www.webcrawler.com, and see if you can find the website where you found it.

Thank you for the compliment, by the way.

`5/7/19

Hello Lee,

it will be nice if you could add my page to your links.

Your Wenzhou, page is nice !

my address : www.mywenzhou.com,

Thanks,

Dirk Wenzhou, Zhejiang PRoChina

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Checked your page. It is quite nice.

Have added it to the `related links� on my Wenzhou page. Will add your logo when I can find the time.

Hopefully I will find the time to finish my pages of Yan Dang, where we went from Wenzhou.

`5/5/31

SECOND REPLY TO PREVIOUS E

Dear Edna

I got to meet the man on the light, helped him take the balloon down and take the lights and gas out of it. The company he works for bought the light from Christy Lights in Vancouver. Actually, they bought all of the lights that Christy had. Christy no longer deals in lights. This company doesn't sell, only rents. The lights were made in France by All Star. Not sure if this is the company or not ALF SERVICE , Their website is a bit hard to navigate.

Here is an American Co. that might be able to help you, HIGH OUPUT, WebCrawler says they have balloon lights.

This is a Vancouver, Canada co. that rents, but they might tell you where they buy. ATOMIC2,

This site list many companies that sell new and used edquipment for the film industry LINKS 4 CAM

This is an Australian Co. MANDY.COM.

Here it is, I found it. AIRSTAR. This is the company that made the balloon I helped fold up, a 16 Ft. diameter balloon, fits in a small bag.

Hope this helps.

Lee

PS. Save me a part in your movie.

`5/5/26

Good Morning,

in this link from you webpage FILM INDUSTRY PICTIONARY, I found the Bolloon Lights and I would like to know who sells them.

Could you facilitate me this information?

Thank's in advance

Edna R.

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I worked, last night, on a movie called `Whisper'. They had a balloon light. I will be back there again tonight.

If the light is still there, and if I get a chance, I will ask the man in charge.

Using www.webcrawler.com, I came up with this, Panavision, balloon lights.

`5/5/24

Lee,

Did you have any luck with EMREM as far as listing your timeshare rental.

Did you receive any inquiries and if so did you rent your place for the amount they told you it rented for.

I'm thinking about listing my timeshare with EMREM but they want a $397 lifetime up-front fee.

Ruben L.A, California, USA

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I am listed with EMREM and ICE and Condo World. Nothing from any of them.

Somehow I didn�t expect it. They have thousands of people listing with them so I can�t see how I would get singled out if they did get a request.

Guess, it is kind of like playing the lottery, you can�t win if you don�t play.

`5/5/18

We are taking a Motorcycle trip in June to the island and coast of BC. Do you know of a place to park a pickup and trailer around Vancouver or Seattle for a week to 10 days?

Thank you for any help you can give us.

Marc 7 Romi C. Salt Lake City, Utah USA

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How's things in SLC? Was through there, either North or South, to and from Texas, about once a week for the first few months of this year.

Re Parking, Seattle would be very inconvenient. You might consider the ferry from Port Angeles, the Northern tip of the Olympia Peninsula, to Victoria, Southern tip of Vancouver Island. There might be parking there. Coho Ferry or Victora Express

If you come into Canada first and take the Ferry from Tsawwassen, Tsawwassen Ferries, just South of Vancouver, you have two choices, the mid island ferry to Nanaimo or the ferry to Victoria, (Swartz Bay). There is long term parking just East of the ferry terminal Ferry Parking.

Another choice is the Ferry just North West of Vancouver at Horseshoe Bay. That ferry will take you to the mid island town of Nanaimo. There is long term parking just East of the ferry termina, Ferry Parking.

I don�t recommend the latter as you want to see the island. Therefore I suggest you start at Victoria, go through Nanaimo to Comox, and take the ferry to Powell River then work your way along the sunshine Coast, over two more ferries, to Horseshoe bay. Ferry Schedules.

For information about the areas you will visit along the way, Community Profiles.

Then if you still have time you could take a side trip to Whistler, before returning to your car in Tsawwassen or Port Angeles.

Or you can take a side trip North from Comox to Port Hardy, then catch the ferry to Powell River.

`5/4/6

Great pictures on Sanya for a diving trip.

I had been diving in Canada, US, Hawaii, Australia, Maldives and the Caribbean Islands for the last 20+ years.

This is the first time I heard of anyone diving in China.

China had been restricted the citizens from diving due to political reasons.

I think they are now realizing the business potential of offering diving services in hotels and resorts.

I am planning a trip to Hainan Island for a relaxing vacation, and found your site about diving in China.

Now, my dream on "diving in China" can be realized soon.

thanks for your information.

Henry. Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, China

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Though China is still, essentially, a communist country, capitalism has taken a very strong hold over the last ten years.

With increasing trade relations between the Dominion of Canada and the Peoples Republic of China many changes have come about.

People are free to travel about within China.

Citizens are allowed to own homes and businesses.

Though there are still certain restrictions between Hong Kong and Mainland China you should find it relatively easy to visit the mainland.

Over the last few years I have traveled to several areas and seen some wondrous sights and met many interesting people.

`5/4/4

Hi there.

Just saying hi from Hooked on Recycling.

The link that directs to my website has been changed to www.hookedonrecycling.com instead of the tripod site.

thanks.

Ann G. Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada

REPLY

Thanks for the info.

I have updated the link.

Nice to know that you have become so successful that you need your own site.

WEBMASTER'S NOTE. In Jan. `07 this was changed back to include Tripod in the URL.

`5/4/4

Hello.

In addition to your line of business, have you considered increasing your bottom line by introducing your clients to Environmentally Friendly Products?

Sandy L. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

REPLY

Some of my advertisers do carry Environmentally Friendly Products.

All my advertisers are obtained through affiliate programs.

This way my readers are guaranteed of security and satisfaction.

Affiliate companies arrange for the banners for the companies and offer them to websites such as mine.

If you want to advertise your line on websites such as mine you should make arrangements with affiliates such as: affiliatebot, ezernet.com, linkshare.com, etc.

`5/3/12

I am going to Sanya over the Easter holidays and would like to do scuba diving.

can you recommend a diving shop or operator?

I am a certified diver.

thanks.

P. L. Y. Hong Kong, China

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Sorry, I don't know of any shops.

The only diving I saw was the training south of town.

Let me do some searching there were other dive sites on the reefs.

This site will direct you to a tour company that has dive tours. http://www.regenttour.com/chinaplanner/hainan/diving.html

http://english.ctrip.com/Destinations/DistrictHighlight.asp?Highlight=4

This is a message board that talks about diving in Hainan. http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?threadid=22195&s=393cfbf5f14c98a670918f9541f53da3

http://www.dive-centers.net/diving-hainan-261-diving-china-112.html

Here is a site about a dive trip to West Island. http://www.hnpits.com/2004english/Diving.asp

You can find more by going to www.webcrawler.com and typing in Sanya, or Hainan, diving.

`5/3/12

Hi

I am an Education student at the University of Calgary and I am designing a web site to help teach Canadian geography to junior high students.

With your permission I would like to use your photo of West Vancouver on my web site.

My site is for educational purposes only and is not for commercial use whatsoever..

If you grant me this permission I will be sure to acknowledge you as the source of the photo.

Thanks for your consideration and I hope to hear back from you soon.

Sincerely,

Randy Z. Calgary, Alberta Canada

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Not sure which picture you are referring to but go ahead.

Best of luck with your project.

Let me know when your site is up and I will see if I have an appropriate page where I can place a link to it.

`5/1/28

Hi Lee

nice to receive your mail.

I have send you this links that you can follow the time until the asian games 2010.

I plan to write reports about thwe work there and what I can get for news from the people there.

I hope it become a lot so can I show that infromations about the asian games also in germany.

Just now I have check the pages. all is well, try it again, hope it works now. http://guangzhou2010.de/ http://asiangames2010.de/ http://chinafenster.de/

Have a nice time and please tell me when you go at China again.

Kindly regards

Lutz

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I am posting your e on my guest book so others can view your pics

`5/2/28

A selection of some of my best flying pictures and another one at http://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/images/pan-woodside.mov (Note. Needs `Quick Time to open'.)

Stewart. Prince George, BC Canada

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFfaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr out

From Lee (Currently in San Antonio, Texas)

I am posting your e on my guest book so others can view your pic, er, movie.

`5/2/23

We got "taken" in November, with the big promises of being able to rent each unit for $2500 a week (after deducting the maintenance fee).

What a complete scam.

We also have the "mazalten" place for 2 weeks, which I doubt will rent at all.

Then after signing up with a rental company suggested (Resorts international), we've heard nothing and I became aware that we'd just been taken again.

Anyway, I plan to list on some of the rent-by-owner type pages, but at $150-$180 a year, I won't want to list too much.

Perhaps we can help each other out on this somehow!

thanks for the feedback -

Valerie. Raleigh, North Carolina US

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Last year I listed mine with RCI and Condo World. I never heard anything from either.

This year I am listing with EMREM.

`5/2/23

I was impressed with your web site!

I also own two weeks of a 2 bedroom unit at Grand Mayan in Riveria Maya

I am interested to know if you would be interested in sending me any potential renters (once you have rented yours).

I would be willing to pay a commission to you if the rental goes through.

thanks

Valerie. Raleigh, North Carolina US

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Not a problem, but don�t hold your breath. I have never had an enquiry about mine.

`5/1/28

Hello,

Would I have permission to have a link to your webpage?

p.s.

You need to update your pictures regarding the 'construction zone' for the Concord Pacific buildings..

that area is much more completed now (6 buildings) and the new park at the foot of Richards is finished and open now.

Bruce. Vancouver, BC Canada

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Link?? To?? From??

Yes all my stories are dated. Things change constantly and there is no way that I can travel back to all the places I have been and retake photos and rewrite stories.

`5/2/15

This is my first time - but I'll be back

Mark. Toronto, ont. Canada

`5/2/14

Hello Lee,

I would just like to say that you've made a great website.

I'm going on my first solo journey in 2 weeks and have been doing tonnes of research about where I'm going.

Vancouver to Cancun, to Tulum, Flores, Antigua, and then onto the bay islands of Honduras.

I love your detailed acount of Cancun, and all the pictures of where you stayed in Tulum.

I just wanted to thankyou for the ammunition you have given me to make this journey that much better.

I was curious though....I know thay wanted a $100 deposit on your lock at Mar Caribe in Tulum but what did they charge you a night?

Thanks again

Chrissy. Sooke, BC canada

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The $100 deposit is Pesos

The cabin we had was the cheapest at P150

I think you can get one with only hammocks for $140

Enjoy your trip and send photos.

`5/1/28

Hi Lee,

I am Lutz from Germany.

We had contact some times ago and had to change our links to the China reports.

Now i have some new Chinapages, just prepare for the Asiangames in Guangzhou 2010.

If you want so come and see what happen there in the next time.

http://guangzhou2010.de/

http://asiangames2010.de/

http://chinafenster.de/

Maybe we can meet us in China :) I would like that.

Greetings fron Germany,

Lutz.

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http://guangzhou2010.de/ This one didn't open.

http://asiangames2010.de/

http://chinafenster.de/

These two were good.

Maybe we can meet us in China :)

Just never know. I might go there this summer, to Yan Dang Mt.

`5/1/28

Hi

good afternoon from Dream Divers.

my name is eric mason

i am running a dive operation in saudi arabia in redsea

we have live aboard call Dream Voyager

send me a email, dreamdivers_redsea@yahoo.com, i will send you my

company profile with full detail about visa's ect.

thanks alots with best regards.

eric and crew. Jeddah, Saudi arabia.

`5/1/21

This site is so informative.

My husband, a retired Mech. Engineer, has been offered a position to teach in the city of Zhuji, and you supplied much needed info.

Our son has been in Ningbo since Aug. 2004 teaching at Wanli Uni. He has since married a young woman he met in Scotland 2 yrs ago who was completing a degree in England.

Long story short.. they fell in love, Cdn govt. anal about providing her with visitors visa, so he went to her.

Hopefully Canada will now let her into the country as they are married and he is sponsoring.

In the meantime, husband and I are thinking about exploring China ourselves. It seems facinating!

Thanks for the this great site.

Will visit again.

Danielle P. Montreal, Qc. Canada

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This site is so informative.

Thank you

My husband, a retired Mech. Engineer, has been offered a position to teach in the city of Zhuji,

Far out.

and you supplied much needed info.

Glad I could help.

Cdn govt. anal about providing her with visitors visa,

This is normal, as many people come on a visitors visa and then try to stay forever.

Hopefully Canada will now let her into the country as they are married and he is sponsoring.

It is quicker if he comes home by himself and sponsors her from here.

He needs to get a love letter from her at least once a month. They will want to see letters and phone bills. They will also want to see the letters he sends to her. They want to be sure they are marrying for love.

All the paper work can be done by himself. The forms are available off the website for Canada Immigration except the payment form which he will have to pick up at the office.

It may speed things up if he goes with her when she goes to the Canadian Embassy for her interview.

Never send money to a Canadian Embassy. Always send all payments to Ottawa. (Missisauga)

In the meantime, husband and I are thinking about exploring China ourselves.

Go, enjoy, it is a fantastic county. It is best if you have a friend to travel with who can read the menus, then you are not confined to the expensive tourist spots.

`5/1/2

Hi Lee

Thanks for your nice response.

Will post your article this week with your copyright notice.

Robert B. www.busacross.com Oakland, CA. USA

`4/12/31

Your site has some great travel material.

Can we use the Lee A. Wood article on Puerto Morelos on our site www.busacross.com and in our guide book Bus Across Mexico.

The article will carry her copyright notice.

Bus Across Mexico is a unique guide with valuable tips on how to use Mexico's bus system, the largest in the world.

The guide includes over 20,000 Mexico bus schedules.

Robert B. www.busacross.com Oakland, CA. USA

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Can we use the article on Puerto Morelos

Yes.

The article will carry her copyright notice.

His.

Bus Across Mexico is a unique guide

Looks like a good website.

I will put a link on my Mexico page.

++++++++++++++

Here is a little story I forgot to add to my website.

When I went from Mazatlan to Manzanillo I didn't buy advance tickets, which my friend did, so I was unable to get on the bus with him because the busses were full on Sunday night.

Phil took the bus through Puerto Vallarta. An hour after he left I left, on a bus to Guadalajara.

Arriving in Guadalajara I ran into the depot and asked when the next bus left for Manzanillo.

I was told, 3 minutes. I bought a ticket, ran out and jumped on the bus.

I got to Manzanillo an hour before Phil.

The road through Vallarta is twisty and winding, the road to Guadalajara is freeway

Two other bus stories are my trip from Tuxpan to McAllen, Texas on my Tuxpan page,

and my trip to Barra De Navidad from Manzanillo.

`4/12/29

This should work if it is at least 300 dpi - I'm not good at knowing that stuff.

Do you know anything else about the restaurant?

Did you go into it?

And when did you see it?

Thanks for

Judy B. Pilot Journal Nashville United States

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if it is at least 300 dpi

It should be higher than that.

I'm not good at knowing that stuff.

Me either.

Do you know anything else about the restaurant?

Sorry.

Did you go into it?

No. Didn't get any closer. Wasn't sure how to get there.

And when did you see it?

Mar. of `02

`4/12/28

I write for Pilot Journal magazine and I'm interested in knowing more about the plane at La Habana that has been turned into a restaurant.

Do you have a high resolution photo (300dpi) that you could email to me?

Judy B. Pilot Journal Nashville United States

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This is strange, I usually take pics from more than one angle and save them at 1 M. But all I can find is this one.

Hope it will do.

`4/12/22

Thanks for taking time to write back.

THE BRIDE AND I ARE HOPING TO GO TO iXTAPA this coming.

We want to spend about 3- 4 months in our travels from Oregon to Mexico.

What we are looking for is help in finding rv spots, traveling south.

We expect to travel about 200 miles a day.

The reason I was able to contact you was some friends who live in Whitehorse YT said you might be able to help me.

Thanks, Jim T. Prineville Oregon, U S A

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I do envy you. I wanted to drive down last winter. Bought a van, built a bed, etc. Was going to spend 6 mths. Went to Shanghai and got married instead.

See my story, Getting Married , Some pics of Zihuatenjo you should see and a lead up to my Barra De Navidad story, which tells about Melaque which is worth visting and has 2 RV parks, one on each end of town.

This is my favourite search engine. www.webcrawler.com . Type in `Mexico RV' and you get this, http://msxml.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/search/web/mexico%2Brv .

Have a Merry Xmas and have a good trip.

Send pics.

Another good place for info is the message boards on the bottom of my Zihuatanejo page, .

`4/12/21

We,wife, and I are planning a trip to your area next winter, 05, and would like to rv down.

We have traveled all over Mexico in the northern part.

Is there RV parks there in your area?

Any halp you might give us would be greatfully excepted.

Thank you and best wishes for the New year.

Jim & Marcia Prineville Oregon, U S A

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Not sure which of my Mexico stories you are refering to.

I live in Canada.

I did see RV parks in Barra De Navidad, actually Melaque. Really fantastic place and I suggest you check it out.

It is between Manznillo and Maztlan, closer to Manzanillo. The RV parks were right on the beach, one at each end of the town.

`4/12/6

HELLO

I JUST FINISH SEEING YOUR PAGE.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT ITS VERY INTERESTING AND THAT MY PARENTS WHERE BORN THERE.

WELL IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT FAMILY YOU COME FROM.

YOU SAID YOU LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH WHERE? ACTUALLY? OR ARE YOU (HAWAIIAN)???

SINCERLY,

ARMANDO B.

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I JUST FINISH SEEING YOUR PAGE.

Which page, I have over 1,000?

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT ITS VERY INTERESTING AND THAT MY PARENTS WHERE BORN THERE.

Born where?

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT FAMILY YOU COME FROM.

My Mother was born in England, my father was born in Eastern Canada, I was born in Western Canada.

English is our native language.

`4/11/30

I was up until 5 am researching everything online (something I should have done prior to signing).

I was lucky enough to have sent an email to the company when I started to get leery, at 11:59 pm, 1 minute until my 5 day waiver was up.

The same waiver that I thought that I had signed away. I figured if I was wrong about Mayan then I could always send them another email today to disregard my cancellation.

I got a message at home from the resort, confirming my cancellation and refund. I did save the tape though.

I think that if you are a person who travels extensively this might be a good option but for us, it just wasn't right.

I also felt that I was lied to right from the very start. Thus the feeling of being cheated.

You know though, it is a real shame. Their resorts are absolutely beautiful.

I think if they just tried to sell them honestly, and not inflating rental and resale value and lie, then the consumer could make a better decision and because of the resorts beauty they would sell themselves.

All in all, I will keep your email addy, in case, one day we would like to stay there and could perhaps negotiate a deal.

Best Wishes and thanks so much for getting back to me,

Liz

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Glad I was able to help.

By the way, nice timing.

It�s not my type of holidaying either, I only wanted it as an investment.

I didn�t know they had the 5 day thing.

When I found out I was too late. I was going to go through the Canadian Government because as a Canadian we have 30 days on any major purchase.

But I kept hemming and hawing, hoping I was still going to make money.

Finally I talked to them and traded for a smaller unit at a lower price.

Still not sure if I was right or wrong.

Definitely wrong, according to my Ex.

I may use it as a gift for special people.

`4/11/29

Hi there...

I am also a new owner of the Mayan Palace timeshare.

How do you feel about the rental value of your property.

Are you happy with your investment.

Any info will help.

Thanks,

Liz D. Toronto Ontario Canada

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How do I feel - Disappointed. I went in with my eyes open, dreams of reaping large rentals. Being an ex realtor I should have known better.

There is an old saying; If it is too good to be true, it is.

Are you happy � No, but I�m Canadian, Canadians are never happy.

I listed it with RCI last year and only got one call but they had mis listed my room size.

There are several websites full of people like us. They will sell you their time share for peanuts or rent it for cost.

Many are available on E Bay for peanuts.

If you bought for a profit you would have been further ahead to buy into Holiday Inn in whistler or a Canadian based time share.

On my time share resorts page, in the Related Web Sites section, I list a couple of websites where you can find information from others who have successfully forced the timeshares to give them a refund.

You will also find stories from people who have been happy with their time shares.

`4/11/26

I enjoyed your site.

Brought back old memories.

I really enjoyed visiting Tuxpan during the Christmas season and seeing the luminarias lining the edge of the roads.

We used to stay at a hotel on the beach called Playa Azul, and the bus driver would sometimes take us down the beach to the hotel.

Thanks,

Piedra.

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You are more than welcome.

`4/11/26

Hello,

could you to add my web site in your page http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/me/zih.html Zhiuatanejo ?

Please?

My web site is http://www.ixtapa.net

best regards.

Acnel Morelos

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Done.

I copied your logo and made it a link in my RELATED WEB SITE section.

I also added it to my Ixtapa , Ixtapa Dive and my Zhiuatanejo, En Espanol pages.

`4/11/15

i need to know the price and availability of refregirated semi trailers ,, used

i need big quantity

Mazen A.

Jeddah, Western, Saudi Arabia

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Thank you for visiting my website.

Go to http://www.webcrawler.com type in `refrigerated semi trailer' you will get all kinds of trailer sales. New & used.

`4/10/31

in reference to your search � (Lasagna) a friend of mine is trying to make a go of it making and selling real italian lasagna - they make everything from scratch - even the noodles.

If you happen to make to to the island -

Jennifer is the one you need to talk to. Gino is the cook and the italian in the family but his english isn't the best.

Their website is ....... www.pastafresca.ca

perhaps their lasagna will live up to your expectations.

cheers

Allen & Jenny Victoria BC Canada

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Sounds good, when, I get over there I will check it out.

`4/10/30

These "baked" lasagnas that you are refering to (Lasagna) are actually commercially made - the restaurants buy them in ......

In fact, if you get to know much about the food industry in canada - most places (including "bakeries" ) buy nearly everything they sell from frozen dough and pastry to frozen lasagnas, boxed soups and salads, etc etc.

It is disgusting.

It adds to my disgust to realize that 90 % or more of the patrons believe the dishes to be "made on site" and wouldn't know the difference anyway.

Allen & Jenny Victoria BC Canada

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This is one of my reasons for searching for a real Lasagna.

It is also one of the reasons it is so hard to find one.

A real lasagna takes a long time to prepare and thusly restaurants have to charge a high price.

Few people are willing to pay the price, therefore few restaurants are willing to make it.

But, the search continues.

`4/10/14

My mother runs a roadhouse (truck stop) in country Australia.

Currently she is running a competition with the truckies,

and the question is,

Where did the name 'Dolly'(referring to a converter dolly) come from originally, and when?

Also, why is it called so?

If you could answer this for me it would be greatly appreciated

Awaiting your reply...

Lisa S. Perth Western Australia, Australia

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I have no idea.

I looked it up on the web and came up with many meanings for Dollie including Diamond Dollies Cloth Doll Club Australian.

I will post your letter here and maybe one of my readers has an answer.

Another question might be

is it spelt Dolly or Dollie?

The dictionary defines `Dolly' as a platform on wheels. If the fifth wheel is the platform then it is a platform on wheels.

`4/10/14

The bottle cap is made of metal and is not biogradable. It has been filling our landsites over a period of too many years.

Hooked on Recycling are recycling bottle caps from bars, pubs and restaurants and best of all creating employment for college and university students.

Some caps are too damaged to be used for a lure. We send these caps to melted down and re-used.

We would kindly appreciate you taking the time to visit these websites at your convenience.

http://hookedonrecycling.tripod.com

www.bottlecaplure.com

Ann G. Sherbroke, Quebec Canada

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Thank you for the info. I will put the links on my recycle page.

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`4/10/5

Thanks for taking the time to put such a great site in place!

Mark. UK.

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U R more than welcome.

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`4/8/30

Re:reply of Aug. 27

Great. Let me know how you find it. I find sometimes it's the simple

pasta that tastes the best, as long as it is made right.

Norman S.

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I had to phone them a couple of times to get directions. They told me it wasn�t the same business or address as A-Wear Clothing but you have to go through the clothing store to get to the caf� which is in the back of the store, sort of like the cafeteria was inside Eaton�s.

I forgot my camera but it wasn�t much to take a picture of. Just some pasta on a plate with no trimmings.

It didn�t look like lasagna. More like an omelet. Maybe 2 layers of noodles and one of sauce and one of cheese.

The sauce was plain, though fairly meaty.

The taste was flat, no spices of any kind.

The ambience was Ok.

Nice modern styling with a clean uncluttered look and the clothing store to look at.

The price was a bit high and the portion was a bit small.

The glass was average size and fairly full of a good red wine.

My companion had pizza and he said it was very tasty though whole wheat crust.

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`4/8/27

hi,

i;m just having a look at all your pictures while i am waiting for people to check out.

real nice!!

you have a pretty interesting web site.

i can see i will have to vist this site quite alot of times to see everything.

i would like to read your book.

i can see you have been pretty busy in the last 20 years, you make my life seem pretty boring.

i think it is great that you have experienced all the things you were telling me about.

i wouldn't have the guts to try anything new unless i didn't have a choice. I like ruts and security (just call me chicken).

I'm going to read your autobiography now and i am sure it is going to be very interesting.

sorry this email is kind of all over the place but it is hard to think about what i'm going to write when the phone keeps interrupting me.

I look forward to reading and seeing more trips on your site.

bye for now.

Susan, Prince George, B. C. Canada

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i;m just having a look at all your pictures

I have over 600 on the Vancouver seawall, 10 pages.

real nice!!

Thank you.

you have a pretty interesting web site.

See above answer.

i can see i will have to vist this site quite alot of times to see everything.

Oh yes, it took me over 4 years to build.

i would like to read your book.

Quick before I publish it and you have to pay for it. (I wish)

I'm going to read your autobiography now

Don�t be telling any tales if you recognize some of the people.

is hard to think about what i'm going to write when the phone keeps interrupting me.

Unplug it.

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`4/8/27

I want to know more about tuxpas and send me pictures of the city because I'm thinking of visiting the city.I'm >

Eediith

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I want to know more about tuxpas

I am assuming you mean Tuxpan. And I am assuming you mean Tuxpan, Vera Cruz. There are other towns called Tuxpan, in other states, of Mexico.

The only things I know about Tuxpan are in my stories. http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/me/tu.html

and send me pictures of the city because

All my pictures are on my website. http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/me/tu.html

I'm thinking of visiting the city.

I hope you do. It is a lovely town and has a lovely beach. The people are very friendly.

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`4/8/26

I've been told by a Swiss friend (haven't confirmed if this is true), that the A-Wear cafe serves authentic Italian food.

Norman S.

Thank you.

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I gave them a call and it doesn't sound really great, only one layer of meat, and one of cheese and no mushrooms, but it isn't baked and the lady was very friendly so I will give it a try.

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`4/8/2

Hi Lee,

Just want to say you have a great web site about Isla.

I have been going to the Island now since 1982.

Best place in the world.

take care

Carole Madison WI. USA

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Great web site - Thank you.

Best place - Couldn�t argue with that if I wanted to.

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`4/7/25

I went to your bear's page, Humour, good jokes

Rena G. Prince George, B. C. Canada

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Thanks, someday I have to renew those. When I have time.

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`4/7/25

I went to your bear's page, Humour, good jokes

Rena G. Prince George, Canada

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Thanks, someday I have to renew those. When I have time.

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`4/7/15

I just wrote you a lengthily comment but I will try to do it again in this email.

I am a travel agent and I have clients staying at Suzhou and a tour to Xi Tang was recommended. I found your web site and it gave me a pretty good idea of the area - it sounds very neat.

I have these clients arriving from Shanghai by a train that tours different things on the way to Suzhou. I was wondering if there is anything else for them to do in Suzhou.

I hope to hear from you soon - the clients are leaving Los Angeles on Sept. 12th.

thanks,

Audrey S.

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just wrote you a lengthily comment

Sorry, I didn�t get it.

I have never been to Suzhou but it borders TaiHu Lake which is a really lovely place.

Also check out this website. http://www.chinavista.com/suzhou/intro/intro.html

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`4/7/10

I have been looking at the Tuxpan, Veracruz pictures.

It is really sad that a web page would publish promotional pictures like these.

Give me a break, a guard dog? A bus? If you want to publish pictures depicting a town, I can send you these pictures.

Gert H. - Tuxpan VC. Mexico

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I have reviewed the photos in question and I fail to understand what it is that you find offensive, the subject matter, the photography, or the photo captions.

I see no reason that either should be deleted, or changed.

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`4/6/19

I am writing to let you know that I've taken the liberty of linking to your site at my Hainan Directory, a collection of links to

sites about Hainan.

The main link is at Travellers Tales: http://www.cjvlang.com/Hainan/hainantravelexp.html but there are also links on a couple of other pages (Photos; Qionghai/Boao; Ethnic Groups)

Best Regards,

Greg P - Hainan, P. R. China

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Thank you for the links.

You have a very informative site.

A couple of comments. I am not American, I Canadian.

I am going to bookmark you site and read more of it when I have time. Hainan is very beautiful and I want to take my new bride, http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ch/g.html , there some day.

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`4/5/27

Lee - thanks for all the wonderful stuff you sent. As to WHY????

Well, I live in the middle of Nowhere, Texas and want to get a business going - so - WHY NOT???

Anyway, I was just checking with you to make sure you had not really seen a place that was actually called that as your article had a photo documented that way.

Again, thanks for your response and the time to reply. We will be located on HWY 83 between Canadian and Wheeler, texas if you are ever that way. Probably will be up and sort of running by mid-summer.

Cindy

REPLY I want to do the same thing but am leaning more towards Mexico. When it is up and running let me know what it sells and I will add that to my guest book, who knows, one of my readers might become a customer.

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`4/5/26

I was looking for "Middle of Nowhere, Texas USA" and your site popped up.

In your article you show a photo of a dairy queen in the Middle of Nowhere, Texas USA � was that(Middle of Nowhere, Texas USA) a real place.

I am wanting to start a place called that where I live. so let me hear from you please.

thanks

p.s. please email as I am anxious to know if such a place exists. if not maybe when I get started you will come visit us???

C P hartsfield

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I was looking for "Middle of Nowhere,

I don�t know what search engine you were using but it sure was effective, as far as my site is concerned, anyway.

In your article you show a photo of a dairy queen in the Middle of Nowhere,

Was that(Middle of Nowhere, Texas USA) a real place.

Sorry, `middle of nowhere� is just a common expression

I am wanting to start a place called that where I live.

Whatever for?

if not maybe when I get started you will come visit us???

One just never knows where I will end up.

By using WebCrawler I was able to come up with these possibles:

1. Finding the middle of nowhere

By Jane Rawson. They say the most uninterrupted view on the planet is fromMount Kilimanjaro, but apparently 'they' haven't flown into Amarillo,Texas, ... Dallas-Fort Worth. Nowhere had the view out the window been more breathtaking than it was above the Texas Panhandle ... Lubbock, it seems, doesn't have a middle. We go to ... http://www.lonelyplanet.com/journeys/nowwhere

2. Off to the middle of nowhere

Big Bend National Park, Texas. Page 1: Off to the middle of nowhere. We woke up to some light snow on the ground to motivate us to get the hell out. This was Ang's spring break in March '99. ... Texas. It seemed to be the Park's dirty little secret. Pretty strange to have a smog problem out in the middle of nowhere ... http://www.johnstewart.com/pics/texas/page1.html

3. Middle of Nowhere...

... while I'm not surprised that Plano, Texas is on the list (Dallas/Ft ... is in the middle of nowhere. Inbetween Abilene and Midland, out in West Texas. ( About 8 hours ... http://www.bigpinkcookie.com/archives/003308.html

4. The Times Argus Online - From the middle of nowhere

... From the middle of nowhere. September 20, 2003 ... political bases in highly populated states, California and Texas, respectively. Both had other advantages as well ... http://timesargus.nybor.com/Local/Story/71908.html

5. my trip to the middle of nowhere...

... my trip to the. middle of nowhere... For the recent changing of the western clock from the ... ed for my home state of Texas as I tried to inconspicuously ... http://www.markallencam.com/trip-to-nowhere.html

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`4/5/25

Very glad to visit your website. You've been to Zhoupu! That is my hometown.

Why and how did you visit Zhoupu?

I think it is just a tiny town which would not catch any attention...

I am an international student in Toronto, and now I have finished my study in Canada.

I am coming back to Shanghai.

Very nice webpages you got.

Take care,

Siliang X, Shanghai, PR China

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My ex-wife had an apartment in You Chow and several times we went shopping in ZhouPu

Thank You for the compliment.

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`4/5/4

Hey Lee,

Thanks for the Chinatown pictures. I've been away for a year now I like go look at the pictures on your site during my breaks, very relaxing.

I really miss all that food!

David Grand Falls

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Glad you like the pics.

I don�t miss the food, I get it here all the time, from my sister-in-law.

Do, however, miss my wife, who is still in Shanghai.

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`4/4/22

Hello Lee,

I'm 1 hour on your website just now and read the report from your China travel.

I was also in China in December 2003. Your pictures bring me the time back and I remember on a lot of things. I visit the Sanya island from the 16. - 19. Decamber.

It is a great place. If you want so you can visit my homepage too. I have also a travel report there. http://lumi-net.de/

Click the picture in the top left corner, then you come to the report. It's all in German, but I hope you can translate something and watch the pictures.

Have a nice time.

Bye from Germany.

Lutz Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany

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Great website, even though I was unable to read it.

You seem to have the same taste for taking pictures as I have.

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`4/4/22

Hi,

Hope you can help me, I am after pictures and flight information on Prince George, British Columbia.

Smithers from UK.

Lookinig forward to your reply.

Regards

Gareth, S. Denbighshire, Wales, UK

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This is the website for the airport in Prince George. http://www.pgairport.ca/yxs/

Prince George is not an international airport.

From the UK, you would have to fly into Vancouver and go from here.

However there may be a direct flight from Vancouver to Smithers.

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`4/4/21

Update from the Burn Camp Ride.

Jerry R. had a meeting with the good folks from BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund.

This year the children are going to assemble at the Burnaby Fire Fighters Training Center at the corner of Spirling & Canada Way.

The unveiling of Jerry�s new burn camp Harley, built at Deeley's, will be at the Burnaby Fire Fighters Training Center 11:30 AM on Sunday the 25th of July.

The Burn Camp Ride registration will take place at Trev Deeley Motorcycles between Noon & 1:PM with the ride leaving for Brackendale at 1:PM.

Lunch is being prepared by the White Spot Restaurant and available with the children at the Brackendale Camp about 2:PM.

After lunch we will be taking the kids for rides. After the rides, the award ceremonies, you remember the kids choose their favorite Hot Rod and Motorcycle then we are off for home.

In short be prepared for a long day�

I sure hope this has been helpful information.

Dan

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Thanks for the update. Have added it to my Burn Camp story.

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`4/4/19

This is my first time - but I'll be back

your stories were very eye catching. hope to read more.

Penny - Lineville, Alabama, USA

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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.

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`4/4/12

Interesting!

Nadine Downey, California, USA

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`4/3/29

Great site.

I love the pics.

Just wanted to say hello, so HELLO!

Candace W. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Thank you, Glad U enjoyed.

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`4/3/24

The crab you pictured is a land carb not a stone crab.

When i was a child living in Cardenas in the 1950's we used to accidently run over hundreds of land crabs in low lying areas during mating season.

Cardenas had more land crabs than any place I have ever seen.

I really enjoyed seeing the pictures from a place lost in time.

Coindidently, i am going to Cuba next week for the first time since I left in 1961.

I plan to visit Cardenas, hence my search on the internet.

Al D. Chicago, IL, USA

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Sorry, I didn�t mean stone, I meant stone.

I have corrected the problem by changing the title to `LARGE (CONCRETE) CRAB�.

In Northern B. C. we have a problem with running over rabbits when they become too prolific, and I remember once, in Ontario, as a child, my father being unable to avoid running over frogs during a rain storm.

I guess each eco system has its problems

I am glad you enjoyed my photos.

Have a nice trip home.

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`4/3/7

My wife and I will be honeymooning in Ixapa between 3/14-3/21 and we are so looking forward to venturing to Barra...

We have lots of school supplies for the children and would like to know where or how we are to find the "Librarian"?

I am so bummed that we had already booked our entire honeymoon before finding Barra, which sounds like what you would find at the end of the rainbow! And now, with all our research, we want Barra to be the highlight of our Honeymoon.

We have never left the US and we consider ourselves nervous travelers, but we feel we have to make it to Barra to make it PERFECT!!!

If you could, let us know how we should meet up with Laura to leave our supplies.

Thanks, Tim and Sha'rae Boise, Idaho, USA

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Someone on this message board should be able to give you a phone number or an E mail address. http://www.zihuatanejomessageboard.com

If not, take the combi into Potosi, get off at the first main street to the left. Walk about two blocks. (Maybe it is only one block) It is on the corner. After you cross the intersection it is the first building, buried under trees and flowers. The building next door is their Bed & Breakfast. Might be a nice place to stay for a couple of days.

Ok, here it is, under her picture on my Potosi page is a link to Laura�s website. http://www.casadelencanto.com/?via_zihuatanejo.net email: lauragecko2@hotmail.com Tel: 011 52(755)556-8199 cel: o11 52(755)100-1446

Also check out my wedding story and see a nice place to stay in Zihu. On the top of the hill on the road to Playa Ropa. I love the bamboo cottage. http://www.zihuatanejomessageboard.com

Happy Honeymoon.

Thank U.

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`4/2/18

I just stumbled upon your website as I was searching for Los Achotes info.

It was interesting and informative to read all about the different names for the Long Beach at Barra de Potosi, which is where my husband and I are heading in a little over a week. This will be our 3rd trip. We are fortunate to stay with our good friends from Bamfield which also own a place just beside the B. de P. Hotel and live there six months of the year.

Also, it was good to get an update of the new library and I was surprized to learn that Laura is the librarian.

Nice to see a Vancouverite make the Zihua connection.

Your web picture of the Burnaby skyline is fab.

Also, thanks for sharing your personal info.

Nice to get to know you, Lee. (You are not the Lee that does piercings are you?)

Adios amigo,

Beatific in Port Alberni

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interesting and informative

Thank U.

Barra de Potosi, which is where my husband and I are heading in a little over a week.

I just got back from there a few weeks ago. We took the boat tour of the Laguna. It was well worth it.

(You are not the Lee that does piercing are you?)

No. (And I won�t ask which piercings).

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`4/2/15

Lee

IT IS A VERY NICE WEB PAGE, VERY BUSY.

I enjoyed your scuba video, etc.

Perhaps you can join us, 1 year from now, Jan. 2005.

My backpackers' tour is priced around $1850 all inclusive

20 days and 19 nights in the Philippines, not including the time of air travel days.

INCLUDED air, transfers, motel, meals, tours.

If I get more than 30 people I can reduce the price and or keep the Bus with us at all times.

It is a backpackers, soft, adventure tour. I only promise a clean bed and running water when it is available.

We visit an aboriginal terrace-caribou farm to experience primitive living for 2 days then move onto more refreshing resorts etc.

We see how people live and earn a living.

We visit fish pond industries, bus factories, farms etc, and lots of little Ma & Pa resorts.

If you fit the right demographics it will be as Gordon said, �The best vacation he ever had as a first time visitor".

Luxury can be provided but it is not encouraged as we go slightly off the beaten track.

It is designed for a happy group that gets along well and dont mind sharing accommodations.

regards

Philip M. Vancouver

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`4/2/13

Neat Site.

Most enjoyable and informative. Great photos.

Thanks.

Jeremy P. Granville Island

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`4/1/30

Hi Lee,

Thank you so much Lee,

Your web page is great!

Heather

REPLY

`Break a Leg', with your presentation.

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`4/1/20

Hi Lee,

I love your page and was wondering if I could use a couple of your photos for a presentation I am doing about Seattle's waterfront.

I am with an environmental group here in Seattle and we are pushing for an environmentally friendly new seawall.

Also, do you have any recommendations for good speakers about seawalls and environmental aspects (innovative ideas?) from the BC area?

Thanks so much,

A very Happy New Year !!

Heather (People For Puget Sound)

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Near the bottom of my Seawall Page, under `acknowledgments�, there is a phone number for the Park Board. Ask for Gregory Dash, if he doesn�t do speaking he would probably know who does.

PS. Any non profit organization can use any of my photos, please give me credit, (Photo by Lee A. Wood)

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`4/1/18

Hi,

I am trying to access any information I can regarding the SS Prince George, and any other ships built for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.

I got to your site by searching the Maritime Museum in Vancouver.

Thanks for any articles, photos, or other information or links that you could suggest.

David (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)

REPLY

The Maratime Museum would be my first, and, off-hand, I can't think of any of any other, suggestion.

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`4/1/14

Hello,

It was a pleasure visiting your site at http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ch/nyf.html.

We at 123greetings.com have ecards related to Chinese New Year.

I would be happy to give your site a free exposure and repeated users.

Kindly check out our site at http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/happy/

Wishing you good luck and god bless,

Shawn (www.123greetings.com)

REPLY

Feel free, by all means.

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`4/1/13

thank you for your help

i sure am glad so many of you out there are trying to help me out with this

thanks again enjoy china

A very Happy New Year !!

betty (Cold Lake, Alberta)

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`4/1/9

hello, im searching for a certain harley davidson patch or picture of it, the best info i have is

an eagle with wings down

motor

1903 harley-davidson 1978

cycles

with a ribbon hanging down from it,

the reson im looking so hard is a lady that cross stitched this for her childhood swety now husband, is dying and wants to redo this picture for him , she just found out she has leukemia , and has asked every one she knows for help ,,,,,

i have sent out so many emails and no one can help me yet ,,,,, i have a copy of patch but its not bright enough to make her a pattren with , so i need a bold picture of it , please if you can help me i would be soever greatful to you ,,,

and i know she would be so happy , to see her wish come true ,,,,,,

thank you ,

betty (Cold Lake, Alberta)

REPLY

I�m sorry, I don�t have any pictures, and I can�t post your letter in my letters page as I am in Mexico. I will post it when I get to China but that is 2 weeks from now.

In the meantime, I suggest you go to my motorcycle page, http://www.leespage.ca/h/ar/bu.html, at the bottom you will find contacts for Trev Deeley Harley and HOG Canada.

Maybe they could help.

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`4/1/5

Hi,

We at http://www.chinesenewyearecards.com are an exclusively dedicated website for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration and would love to add a link to your wonderful site http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ch/nyf.html.

We have an excellent collection of Free New Year Greetings which I think you and your visitors will love to send it to their loved ones during this celebration.

It will be a great thing if we swap our links during this special ocassion and celebrate this New Year together.

Wishing you much success.

A very Happy New Year !!

John Xiu (India)

REPLY

Feel free, by all means.

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`3/12/22

is there any way I could travel across USA as a fare paying passenger on trucks.

I am male, retired air traffic controller, and I have had some previous Greyhound trips using their Ameripass.

Mark (York, England, United Kingdom)

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I have never heard of such a thing. I know many people hitchhike and ride for free.

I have hitchhiked for many miles and often ridden in rigs. Sometimes I would pay the driver by taking a turn behind the wheel and letting him sleep.

It is seldom a big rig will stop along a road but if you catch them while they are at a truck stop�

Watch as the rigs roll in and see if they came from the direction opposite to which you want to travel, then offer to pay for their meal.

Check the name on the side of the truck. If it is a large-company truck the driver will usually say no, his company doesn�t allow riders. Quite often they will have a partner in the bunk and no room for you. You will, however, find the odd driver that will ignore company rules because he is lonely and wants someone to talk to. No one likes to talk more then a truck driver.

They spend hours by themselves and love to find an ear to chew on.

Your best bet, however, is with the independent owner operators. They, too, have insurance companies that say, `no riders�, but are more inclined to carry a passenger, especially if you are willing to buy a meal or pay for some fuel.

No one is more short on funds than an owner operator.

However all of these negotiations would have to be made on the road, or in a truck stop, in the morning. And each trip would take you in a separate direction for one day, as each trucker wants his truck to himself when he beds down for the night.

I know of no way that you could make any sort of arrangements from England.

Perhaps one of my readers has a better answer for you. If so I will post it here. Also check some of the links to other trucker sites at the bottom of my trucker�s page.

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`3/12/21

hi,bear It's so nice to meet you at the trip of Hainan, it's also my pleasure to visit your website and read your articles, which can enrich my knowlege.

There is a acient Chinese essay:" walk a long long trip, as well as read a huge book."

i like to travel, sport. i like the gold-sand beach, warm-clean sea either!

thanks to share so many wonderful things with your reader.

thanks a lot and wish you have a good time at X'mas!

if you need any help in shanghai, just call me whenever you want! i'll heip you!

P.S: a question, could you tell me wihich beach-city you like best? Cancun, Sanya, or Haiwei why?

Yao Gang (Shanghai, PR, China)

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you asked me that when we were walking on that beautiful sandy beach West of Sanya, I am sorry I didn�t get a chance to answer you.

At that time it was difficult for me to answer because the water was so crystal blue and I hadn�t been in it yet.

Of course we weren�t allowed to swim there, and I don�t know why, perhaps it had a bad drop off, or a bad undertow.

After that we went swimming in the beach near Sanya and I can truthfully say, I wasn�t happy with the water at Sanya.

Much too cold for my liking.

The beach was a lovely soft sand but unfortunately it was too disturbed by all the swimmers so the water was very dirty. Perhaps the divers on the reef found it clear.

I have never been to Hawaii.

The beaches near Zihuatanejo and Cancun, Mexico are lovely as are the beaches near Veradero, Cuba.

They are however coral beaches, not sand, and the little specks stick to your skin.

I found the waters in all three to be silty, not really clear like the colder waters of B. C. , Canada. But they are warmer, I can scuba dive with only a T-shirt.

City wise. I hate cities, so I instantly fell in love with Zihuatanejo, Mexico. It is a lovely town with a lovely beach and lovely people and if you want night life and plastic trappings it is only a few miles from the large resorts of Ixtapa.

If you like cities, Cancun is fantastic, with everything from low price hotels near the people to large resorts full of tourists

Veradero I didn�t like, just a large tourist resort, much like Ixtapa, Mexico

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`3/11/13

Would you have any info on how I can sign up to volunteer for the Bright Nights setup etc...

Thanks

Dom (North Vancouver, BC, Canada)

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If you go to the website, www.burnfund.org and on the home page there are links for volunteer forms [Particulary (http://www.burnfund.org/Bright Nights.html Volunteer Information (Lee)] and more informational links about Bright Nights in Stanley Park as well.

If you require any further information, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Shelley Barrett

BCPFF Burn Fund

bcpffa@burnfund.org

604-436-5617

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`3/11/10

I can remember, as a youngster, that the traditional POPPY sold on Nov. 11 was red with a "BLack" center. Then, several years ago, the center was changed to "GREEN". Then, all of a sudden, the center was changed to Black once again.

Can you please give me the dates of the change to "GREEN" and then the change back to "BLACK".

I am very interested in these dates, as I am doing an album of different happenings from the wars.

Can you supply me with this information?

Trusting to hear from you and thanking you for reading my request, I remain,

Sincerely,

Molly. (Brantford, Ontario, Canada)

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Thank you for reading my Poppy Story.

I am sorry, I have no idea.

I have forwarded your E to the Canadian Legion, in hopes that they can supply an answer.

+ + + + + + +

REPLY (From the Canadian Legion)

Originally, the Poppy had a black centre.

In 1980 it was changed to green.

In 2002 it was changed back to black at the request of the Legion's members.

I hope this helps.

Danielle

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`3/11/1

Just Surfing

Hi!

I found your (Bio) page while surfing for `Hazenmore' and note that your mother was Amy Clarke.

We are presently compiling a Hazenmore history book and would love a submission on the Clarke family - also Harry Earley.

I, too, attended school at Cananea but later than your mother.

I will wait to hear from you.

Alice (Hazenmore, Saskatchewan, Canada)

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`3/10/21

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES !

GREAT JOB !

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH US !

BEST REGARDS,

CRISTINA

Consulate General of Mexico (Vancouver)

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`3/10/12

Nice site

keep up the great Burn Camp work.

Dan McNeil

Activities Officer Vancouver BC Canada Chapter Harley Owners Group

(To view a video about the burn camp and VHOG,) go here

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`3/10/3

basel, Switzerland

This is my first time - but I'll be back

Interessante Homepage, tolles Design Gr�sse aus der Schweiz

Equey

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`3/10/2

Albany, New York

u.s.

Hi.

One of my best canine companions was named Lee.

I took him everywhere, camping, kayaking, x-country skiing. Unfortunately, he died 2 years ago. Very sad.

But, I camp in the Adirondacks every season, and often we hear and see the big, big, fluffy black bears.

Last summer I went with a friend (who says she will never go again) and we were visited by easily a 600 pound male we named Bernie. Thrilling, but a little scary.

Anyway, I have been planning to go to Cuba for about 5 years. I've wanted to stop working (at least temporarily) and see if I could do something like a venceramos-60s type trip.

BUT, 2.5 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced (stage-III) ovarian cancer, and although I beat the AMA's prediction that I'd be dead by now, I am stuck in the northeast because of weekly treatments.I am taking chemotherapy but I am also doing Chinese herbs which seem to ward off the toxic effects of the chemo.

I'm thinking I will either take a vacation from treatment for a few weeks to go to Cuba, or I will wait until I switch back again to monthly treatments, or whatever.

In the meantime, I'm doing research to learn as much as I possibly can about the Cuban people in 2003 and about their country. Which brings me to your site....

I think your pics are terrific and I could almost smell the rain on the road and the salt air on the beach.

I would've liked more pics of the Cuban people doing some activities like working, playing, or even resting.

I have great love for the Cuban revolution, and I had great distain for the Batista/USA government that was taken down by brave women and men.

It amazes me that in only a few decades, President Castro has been able to bring the country from a 95% illiteracy rate to a 97% literacy rate. I find that to be truly wonderful, and I certainly feel more proud of that (even though I'm not a Cuban) than I have ever felt about anything any of our US presidents (or their administration) has done.

Also, I would have liked to see some pics of the billboards that are depicting Che Guevarra, mainly because I've had a tremendous crush on him ever since I read his Autobiography and his Motorcycle Diary. I remember the day he was killed and my heart broke apart for his comrades. I often wonder how he would have aged, physically and emotionally, and how he would now look in his 70's.

Or, do they not have billboards of leaders anymore?

The only other comment I want to make is that I wonder if when you write about Cuban if you have ever seen the devastation of our US cities.....like the South Bronx for instance, where children go shoeless in the winter, where the cops use elementary school children to sell drugs, where families are starving because social services have been totally cut and Bush is giving all of us $400 to take care of our children. Hmmmm. That's a little more than a dollar a day.

I DON'T THINK SO !!!! (I'm not trying to say that there is a hierarchy of poverty, but I think it's important to recognize that Cuban is not, unlike the US, the richest nation in the world.)

By the way, I read and liked your piece on abortion. I was in Toronto when the first abortion doctor was shot down. We demonstrated for days.

Thanks for this opportunity to see Cuba through your eyes. Here are some questions:

1. How much did your room cost?

2. Is it easy to get to snorkeling spots on your own or is being part of a group something that has to happen?

3. Did you get to do any dancing or go to any music clubs? What are they like?

4. Is the ice cream really shitty now? Damn!

5. Have you ever been to Belize?

6. Did you see meet any Cuban social workers or Cuban doctors?

Peace,

Barbara

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big, big, fluffy black bears.... I'm big, bald, & white.

600 pound male we named Bernie. ... I'm almost 1/2 of that. He must have been very friendly if he told you his name.

more pics of the Cuban people .. Me too, but I actually saw very few. It rained most of the time and it was off season.

great love for the Cuban revolution ... It amazes me how well they have done, yet despite the hardships imposed by the US they continue to use US currency.

billboards of leaders anymore? ... Don't recall any but wasn't looking for them. In Varadero, I don't recall any billboards at all.

unlike the US, the richest nation ... Actually the US is broke and any money they do have is used to promote the falsehood that they aren't. They are much too busy trying to tell the rest of the world how to cure their ills to take the time to cure their own.

1. I never really knew, it was a package deal, included the price of the plane from Cancun.

2. Don't think so, but I never tried.

3. No, never saw any.

4. Nestles, everyone seems to have gone to nestles, have no idea what they had before.

5. Is on my list, was going to go this winter, still may.

6. No. Saw and met very few Cuban people.

I was actually very disappointed with my trip and plan to go back when the weather is nicer. Next time I will avoid the hotel zone.

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`3/10/2

Jeff H

st.louis, missouri

usa

I was in Ixtapa last year and stayed at the El-presidente and had a blast.

I did go to Zihuatanejo and I am thinking of staying about three months out of the year when I retire.

Do you know any good realtors in Zihuatanejo.

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Sorry I don't know any at all.

Your best bet would be to ask on the Zihu message boards. (The third link here has a link,on the left, to a real estate page)

Information about the Zihuatanejo area.	Information about the Zihuataneo area.	Information about the Zihuataneo area.

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`3/10/1

Tom

Kansas City, MO, USA

Help!

My wife and I enjoyed a visit to Vancouver recently. What a beautiful place. While there we enjoyed strolling thru Gastown.

At one of the small jewelry stores there she saw a pair of earrings that she really liked, but did not buy. I have looked here but cannot find any like them. The pair was sterling silver, post earrings. It was a simple siloute of a bear (not teady bear) with a small diamond where the eye would be.

It was nothing fancy, but she has mentioned more than once that she wished she had purchased them. I would like to try to get them and surprise her.

Can you help me locate them? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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ANSWERS TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

Lee - Wow! Thanks for the quick response.

Yes, the earrings were post. Not dangly ... as I recall them. They were a simple silhouette of thin (fairly thin) sterling silver with a small diamond were the eye would be. The bear was not standing on it hind legs, but rather on all four ... so to speak considering it was a silhouette. As for where the store was located ... that's a tough one since my wife hit probably every store along that street. It was along the main street through Gastown (same street the steam clock is on). As I recall there was more than one jewelry store along that street. But I am sure it was a jewelry store as opposed to another type of store that also sold some jewelry. It seems the store was beyond (south?) the steam clock.

Any help is appreciated. If I can find and buy the earrings, I will score some MAJOR points with my wife.

Thanks again and have a great day.

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Lee - Thanks again for the response. We spent two days in Vancouver the end of this past August. So we were just there. What a beautiful city! We had a great time and hope to return someday soon to spend more time there and in Victoria.

Having given this more thought I think the store would have been between the brew pub/restaurant (across the parking lot from the train station) and the steam clock. Seems there were two or three small jewelry stores in that block. As you walk towards the clock the stores would be on the left. That might be east, but I am not sure as I completely lost my sense of direction while there. Not sure about the price ... possibly close to $200.00.

Hopefully they can send me a picture of the earrings so that I can be sure of getting the correct pair.

Again, thank you for your help. Hope you have an enjoyable, relaxing weekend.

Take care.

Tom

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Lee - Its possible that the store was in the next block (that begins with Starbucks ... geez you folks have one of those on EVERY corner!). But I don't think so.

Thanks again for the help.

Tom

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REPLY - Garth (my bud) and I, went for a long walk yest, eventually ending up in gastown.

We started at the Brew Pub and skipped a couple of stores that were mostly clothing and hadn't found it by the time we got to the steam clock so we checked in every store to the end of gastown and then started up the other side of the street, asking everyone, until we were back to the start and then just to make sure I checked in the clothing stores.

Hudson House Trading Co. 321 Water ST. V6B 1B8 Ph. (604) 687-4781 hudsonhouse@telus.net

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Lee - Thank you very much for going to all the trouble to track down the bear earrings. The e-mails came through fine as did the attachments.

The picture of the bear necklace (with the big dipper in diamonds) looks like the earrings ... only (as you said) with one small diamond. I will try to contact Suraj to see if they can send me a picture of the earrings so that I can be certain.

If I pull this off, I can assure you that my wife will be delighted. Sure hope it was a pretty day for a stroll in Gastown.

Were the earrings actually in a jewelry store or was it another type of store?

Also, hope you did not go to a lot of trouble and thank you again for your efforts.

Take care.

Tom

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* The e-mails came through fine as did the attachments.

Good.

* The picture of the bear necklace (with the big dipper in diamonds) looks like the earrings ...

There are identical post earings. These are not the ones you were asking about.

* only (as you said) with one small diamond.

Not a small diamond but a smaller bear.

* I will try to contact Suraj to see if they can send me a picture of the earrings so that I can be certain.

There is another style, the bear looks the same but is smaller and only one diamond in his tummy, not in his eye, the head is too small, the earing is only about 3/8 in. Very discrete, very lovely.

* If I pull this off, I can assure you that my wife will be delighted.

Yes, I am sure, they are lovely. Wish I had someone special to buy them for

* Sure hope it was a pretty day for a stroll in Gastown.

It was cloudy but warm. and I had not spent time with my bud for a long time.

* Were the earrings actually in a jewelry store or was it another type of store? Also,

It was a souvenir shop, mostly clothing, a small section of jewelery.

* hope you did not go to a lot of trouble

it was a good outing, good exercise, which I badly need.

* and thank you again for your efforts.

You are welcome.

`3/10/7

After looking at the brochure you sent I decided to try to contact Aurora Jewellery directly. I promptly got an e-mail back from Dennis Breymann their National Sales Manager. He sent pictures of the earrings and necklace. The earrings look exactly as I remember. I am corresponding with him to purchase at least the earrings.

Thank you so much for your help. My wife will be very surprised and pleased.

Take care and best wishes always.

Tom

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`3/9/28

Ernest (or "Lee," if that is who you are): - -

I just visited your web site and have many, many historical questions about Cardenas that I believe only you can answer (or, at least, tell me who can!).

Please let me know if this is a good e-mail address.

Thanks,

Dave.

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Can't imagine for the life of me, where you came up with the name Ernest.

I am often `ernest', but never `Ernest'.

I am sorry but I have no knowledge about the history of Cardenas, or who would have.

Your best bet is to use a search engine, such as webcrawler, and type in `cuba cardenas history'.

Best of luck, and thanks for visiting my Cuba pages, Lee

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`3/9/27

DEAR SIR,

WELL AND WISH TO HERE THE SAME.

I'M SEARCHING FOR AN OPPURTUNITY FOR ACTING IN ENGLISH MOOVIES.

PL KINDLY HELP ME COME OUT BY MEANS OF HELP.

TRHANKING YOPU.

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Go to your library and find a telephone book for the city where you want to work,

or go on the internet and find the same information.

look up talent agencies and find out what their requirements are.

Each country will have different rules as to working permits and visas.

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`3/9/7

Hi

I visited your webpage, what a great tourist u r! u have been to so many places.

I love the pictures, especially those u took in shanghai.

I also have some pictures I collected from some other website about shanghai, if u r interested in that, just let me know, I��ll send u.

have a nice day!

Daisy

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I love to look at other pictures but I only post pictures that I have taken.

The stories I write are about places I have been and things I have seen.

Things that I hope of are interest to others.

If I post pictures that others take I have to worry about copyrite, but thanks for the offer.

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`3/9/6

Hi

Thank you for your very interesting web page on shopping in Shanghai.

I am off over there at the end of this month.

I have been to other Chinese cities before, and always found what I wanted more by luck than anything else.

Have you any idea where in Shanghai I can buy dress making supplies?

I searched Hangzhou and Suzhou without any luck at all. Great curtains though!

Any advice gratefully received.

Regards

Carolynne

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As a matter of fact, if I can remember, and if I can give you the directions.

I don't know the name of it, or the name of the street.

Go to the old city temple, walk around it so that you are behind it.

Seems to me I was facing the entrance to the Old City Temple, turned to the right, went to the end of the block, turned left and walked to the next intersection, it was across the street, to the right.

Look for a tall building called the suitcase and handbag, accessories market.

Or something like that. It is a long name.

Each floor is a total collection of suitcases or handbags and other leather products.

The main floor was millinery supplies.

Needles, lace, thimbles, etc.

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`3/8/18

Hi,

I enjoyed visiting your web page.

I am looking for hotel/motel information for Vancouver.

I would like to be within walking distance of the most popular attractions in your city but can't seem to discover the most convenient location.

Could you provide me with any information on which area would be best.

My husband and I plan to visit your city 9/21-23 after taking a southbound Alaskan cruise with Holland America.

Thanks.

Ronda

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Glad you enjoyed Lee's Page.

As you can see from my Vancouver Page there are so many things to do.

I was riding on the little ferry in False Creek, taking pictures for my Seawall story, on Saturday, and met a couple from New Jersey. They had found an article in the New York Times. How to see Vancouver in two days. One of the things was a ride on a ferry in False Creek.

The majority of the attractions in Vancouver are scattered all over and not really within walking distance.

However, you can find a lot of night life in the downtown area where most of the hotels are.

Also, within a few blocks of the downtown core are: Gastown; ferries in False Creek; Stanley Park; the Seawall; which, almost, surrounds the downtown core; China Town; TinselTown, on the West end of China Town, has several large stadium-style-seating theatres, if you want to catch a movie; Granville Island, just a short ride on a ferry; Lonsdale Quay, a short ride on the SeaBus; and of course the SkyTrain, which will take you through: Vancouver; Burnaby; New Westminster; Whalley; and into Surrey, with some spectacular views, day or night.

Also from the down town area you can catch a taxi or tour bus that will take you to further points of interest, and there is always the Vancouver Trolley Co, that will take you on a tour around the downtown, Stanley Park area.

Within the downtown core are many hotels with a large range of prices: Comfort Inn; Best Western; Days Inn; Fairmont (Formerly CP.) Holiday Inn; Howard Johnson; Hyatt; Ramada; Sandman; Sheraton; Travelodge; Westin; plus many others, all within a few blocks of each other.

If you stay at the right one you could be rubbing elbows with a movie star.

Vancouver isn't called `Hollywood North' for nothing.

Hope this helps, if not, write me back.

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`3/8/16

I have a sign on the highway near where I live and it says "no jaking".

Do you know what this means?

Many thanks,

Kathy

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To a trucker it means that there is a hill ahead, in the direction of down.

So be sure your Jaks (Jacobs Engine Brakes) are turned on so your brakes aren't overheated when you have to stop at the intersection, which is invariably, at the bottom of the hill.

To the government, and the citizens that live near the hill, it means that truckers should turn their jake brakes off.

So the noise of the jaks won't disturb their peaceful community.

The loud explosion that occurs when the truck load of air craft fuel can't stop for the red light at the bottom of the hill is acceptable, as it is not a daily occurrence.

NOTE:

Many motorists, and politicians, believer that Jacob's Brakes are simply a noise maker and are often a substitute for a horn.

Jacob's Brakes are what they say, brakes, made by the Jacob's Company.

Like the brakes on a car, they are used to slow down big trucks, and busses.

They are a supplement to the main braking system.

Some cities have put up signs, saying, `It is prohibited to use engine brakes'.

They soon find out in court that you can not tell a motorist not to use his brakes.

In B. C. the Motor Vehicle Act prohibits a peace officer from directing a motorist to operate his vehicle in an unsafe manner.

What could be more unsafe than telling a trucker not to use his brakes?

Often when a truck comes up behind a car a motorist will hear the roar of the Jake Brakes and hit his brake pedal, "Bark at me will you".

Then he wonders why his roof comes down on his head as the truck rolls over his car.

If a truck has his Jake Brakes on and you look in your mirror and all you can see is his grill, the last thing you want to do is cause your vehicle to go any slower because the roar of the Jakes tells you that the trucker is using all his braking power to keep from running into you.

Now you are going to tell me that many trucks run with out Jake Brakes.

Yes, they do, out on the prairies and in the states.

The next time you go to L. A., ask a member of the California Highway Patrol, "How many times a day do you see trucks flying down the Grape Vine Hill with flames coming out from his tires".

We have many more, and bigger, hills, in B. C. but truckers seldom flame out because they let their Jake Brakes bear the load rather than their mechanical brakes.

Next you are going to ask me, "Why are Jake Brakes so noisy"?

For the same reason that motorcycles are noisy.

The riders, or drivers, like the noise, or don't want to spend the money on a new exhaust system.

They run their vehicles with inadequate mufflers, or straight pipes.

Though bikers will tell you it is a safety feature, other motorists can hear you coming, the truth is, it ads to the thrill of the ride.

A truck or a motorcycle, equipped with proper mufflers, will purr like a kitten, even with the Jacob's Brake's on.

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`3/8/15

Hello-

Is there someone with the Rivera Bus company that goes back and forth from the Cancun Airport to Playa Del Carmen that I can write in regards to a customer concern?

We have used this service several times and have been quite pleased until this last trip and I wish to forward to them my concerns.

Sincerely,

MIke G

Professional Fire Fighter

REPLY

I have been searching in the web but couldn't find a website for Rivera Bus Lines.

You might try this message board. http://playadelcarmeninfo.com/forum/viewtopic/t-1910.html Playa Info.

Maybe some one there could help you.

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`3/7/25

hi there.

i am getting married and my husband -to -be and i have found your site very helpful. we are getting married in Tuxpan.

i'm hoping you may be able to help us,,,,

do you recall any of the following hotels: hotel sara Garizureeta #44; Mission Tajin carr a cobos KM 2.5; May Palace Benito Juarez #44

any info you may have would be very helpful as we are trying to plan it all from our home in California/

thank you for your time

sarah

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I am sorry. I never stayed in any of the hotels you listed.

However, if you read the previous letter, in this Guest Book, you will learn something about the May Palace.

Keep an eye on this Guest Book, someone might read your letter.

Also I found this message board, http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/message/5538/localities.northam.mexico.nayarit/90 you might want to try there.

I hope you have a good wedding.

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`3/7/25

I found your site on a random search on Tuxpam.

I was based there for two months while working on a geophysical survey back in the fall of '99. That was an interesting year. It was early October and had been raining a lot. The crew had rented a house (a four storey mansion, to be accurate) on a side street, but the bedrooms were full, so I was booked in to the May Palace. It's a plain, but clean and nice hotel, with a decent restaurant and friendly staff.

The rain continued. I set up my computer at the crew house the next morning and got to work with the staff: a couple Canadians, a couple Australians, a couple Chileans, and a Mexican.

And the rain continued.

The second morning after I arrived, I noticed water filling the street beyond the corner where I turned up to the house. It looked like a water main had burst. Later that morning someone came in and said the river had overflowed. He had pictures on his digital camera.

You have a picture of the Rio Tuxpam on your site, looking upriver along the seawall. That's what I saw when I arrived, but now the river was completely over the wall and spilling into the downtown streets.

The house, luckily, was up a hill and out of the water's path. We continued working. Heading back to the hotel at the end of the day, though, meant weaving our way through side streets, looking for a dry path. A slight rise in the road in front of the hotel was still dry, but not for long. The water continued to rise, bringing the river's current with it. Predictably, the power went out; candles were supplied to all the guests. The restaurant stayed open - they must have had a backup generator - but were conserving food (the flooding at this point was covering most of the gulf states of Mexico, making roads impassable and flying impossible). All they were serving was chicken. One guest at the next table asked for shrimp. The waitress took his order, and when it was ready, put the plate of chicken in front of him, saying "there's your shrimp!".

It was fascinating to watch the waters rise that night, peaking at probably two or three feet in front of the hotel, but much deeper elsewhere. The next morning, the rain had stopped and I ventured out. The street was almost dry in front of the hotel, but in many areas it was still very deep. Down a side street I saw a small powerboat acting as a water taxi. Several professional photographers were out taking pictures of this sudden and fleeting "Venice of Mexico", pictures they would later sell on the street outside their shops.

Days passed before the streets were passable again, weeks before most areas of the town fully dried out. But with the river waters had come silt and sand. The army was called in to shovel it all out, while very heavily armed police (municipal, state, and federal) kept order. I'm not sure how necessary such a display of weaponry was; people seemed fairly calm about the whole situation. The police certainly outgunned the army by a wide margin!

I don't remember how long it was before power was restored to the hotel. It wasn't for several days, possibly more than a week. That didn't bother me; I'm not usually bothered by much anyway.

Eventually a sort of normalcy was restored and we carried on our work. The Chileans had found a good place to eat: a vacant corner lot turned at night into an outdoor restaurant by street vendors. They put out tables in the lot, and you could choose from several carts. Usually, we had fried pork tacos. These were real tacos, very very different from what you'll find here. This was a few blocks west (upriver) from the main plaza.

Tuxpam is a fairly modern town, in a region that is relatively wealthy thanks to agriculture and Pemex. I did see one wonderful anachronism, though. While I was sitting outside a restaurant in the central plaza, a farmer rode up on a horse (or maybe it was an ass; it's been a while), with milk urns (what do you call those big silver milk containers?) attached to the saddle, rode up the street and stopped beside the window of the restaurant. Someone from the shop passed out a large container and the farmer filled it, then rode on.

I could say much more about my time in Tuxpam and the surrounding area, but I think I've already been too long-winded. For anyone contemplating a visit, I'd recommend it. The people there were very nice, the town was beautiful and exciting (compared to Canadian or American towns, anyway). Just don't go during the rainy season!

Cheers,

Rob

Sudbury, ON

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Fantastic story, and I believe every word.

When I was in Tuxpan, my friends showed me pictures of the flood.

Thanks Rob.

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`3/7/24

One of the best set of web pages, I've ever seen! I could spend hours looking at them.

We've been to Mexico 7 times Cancun, Cabo, PV, and Isla Mujeres. We absolutely loved the ISLA........

I really wan to go back. I am also looking at ZIHUATANEJO too. Just can't decide.

Which is your favorite place in Mexico and why?

I'm just curious because you said, "Before I left Canada I was told to go to Isla first. I said I would save the best for the last. I was right. After Cancun, Cuba, & Cozumel, Isla is the best."

I can't decide between Zihua and Isla.

Thanks, Ken in San Jo

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First, thank you for the compliment.

Secondly, I can't decide.

When I said the best for the last I was referring to my trip of Cancun, Cozumel, Cuba, and Isla.

If you haven't been to Zihua. you owe it to yourself to go.

Myself, I will go to both, again, and probably again.

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`3/7/21

I found this while exploring links to my website.

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June 25, 2003

I was so inspired by this guy's page that I had to do something, somehow. Ultimately there is only one way to talk about the trucking industry, and that is from the heart, with conviction and absolute unflagging earnestness.

RUSH MY PASSPORT . COM A U. S. A. Passport - Within 24 Hours

Sunrise on the interstate highway system

Forty thousand miles of matte-gray asphalt arteries rutted

by big rigs that work their way up and down like diesel fueled blood clots

Beasts with fifteen gears and thirty tons of carrots in the reefer

Or five thousand portable radios or

Twenty-one tons of Cleveland Indians memorabilia

Driven by fearless, unstoppable men

Who know what it must have felt like to go on crusade across vast deserts

and lay siege to cities like Antioch, Damascus, Damietta

Kalamazoo, Portland, Wichita Falls

Sunrise on the interstate highway system

The sun crawling over the Rocky Mountains like a cantaloupe ascending

a church steeple all by itself

Through a kind of magic

Rolling on and on like eighteen wheels

And safety is our goal

This truck makes wide turns

Sometimes so wide they swallow up the whole country

Ten-four, that's a ten-four on that

Amen

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You can read more of her writings at

TAILORS TODAY

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`3/7/20

hi,

just read your site and it was very informative and useful.

i am going to shanghai next week to visit the place, and do some shopping.

i would however like to know if there is a good music store where i can get some music books for the flute and the piano.

i would also like to check on some musical instruments.

can you help me?

thanks.

lenny

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Glad you enjoyed my stories.

Music is not something I was shopping for so I don't recall any such stores, sorry.

Did you try the link to ExPats at the bottom of my Shanghai page?

I think someone there would be able to tell you.

Their URL is, http://shanghaiexpat.com/index.php

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`3/7/14

Thanks for the pictures of Hotel Lopez!

My favorite hotel!

Hey, do you remember if they have TV's in the rooms now? (Not for me - for my kids. I swear. :)

Thanks for the site!

What great adventures you have had!

Rock on!

Hasta luego,

Mary

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Sorry, I don't know. I didn't, but then I always take the cheapest room available and seldom get TV.

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`3/7/12

My husband and I are interested in taking our children ages 10 and 6 to Tampico or Tuxpan.

Which would you recommend and why?

Thanks for the help.

Andrea

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Andrea, I hope you read this, I accidentally lost your E, so I can't reply to you via E.

Although my answer won't be of much use to you as I have never been to Tampico.

I phoned a friend of mine who was there recently but he didn't offer much as he only went to the mall.

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`3/7/9

hi i was browsing your site today and wondered if i could possible link my site to yours.

my website is at www.2weeksaway.co.uk

i have just come back from cuba and i am currently loading up my website and building the cuba pages.

i wish to link some of my pages to your site.

please could you contact me to let me know if you would not mind.

kind regards

ken

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Yes, that would be nice.

Let me know when your page is done and I will put a link to yours, on mine.

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`3/7/5

do u know anything re "book miles" being in direct violation of wage and labor law re "book miles" being used to pay driver's wages ie:

PC Miler is city limits to city limits and cheats the driver out of some 10 percent of duly earned wages

thx for any info

Leecat7

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do u know anything re "book miles" being in direct violation of wage and labor law

Never hear of such a thing.

"book miles" cheats the driver out of some 10 percent of duly earned wages

Yup, and should be against the law. But I have never heard of such a law and I am sure no politician gives a dam. But you might want to write to the guy you voted, or didn't, for, the last election and explain to him what needs to be done.

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`3/7/3

Is the water safe to drink, or do you suggest sticking with bottled water?

Any suggestions on how to avoid getting diarrhea while in Zihuatanejo?

Nicholas

Greenville, NC

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As far as I know the water is not safe.

Most hotels will put one or two small bottles in your room each day. Others will have a large bottle in the lobby.

When I am away from the hotel I may have to buy a small one to get me through the day but normally I will refill the small one sin the lobby or buy a big jug and keep it in your room for refilling the small ones.

Best price on the big ones is the military PX (Open to the public.).

Drinking bottled water is the only precaution I took. I ate in amy cafe and never worried about it.

For more info see my travel tips. http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ti.html#up or http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/ti.html#wat.

Also check the Zihu. message boards. http://www.zihuatanejo.net/wwwboard/ and http://www.zihua.net/messageboard/

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`3/6/26

Hello Lee,

I'm not sure if we've met, my name is Wendy and I work at the Trev Deeley Motorcycle Collection. Fran�ois, who also works here with me gave me your business card and told me to check out your website.

You've done a fantastic job with your site. \

Thank you for the exposure!

Fran�ois also told me to let you know if there was anything that needed correcting. I came across a few things that perhaps you didn't know or haven't had time to change:

I am sad to say that Trev Deeley passed away March 28, 2002. He had just turned 82.

There is no longer a store in Whistler, it has been gone for some time, at least over a year.

We also no longer have a full time technician that works at the Collection. When we moved from the other side of the building a couple of years ago we said goodbye to the restoration facility. Fred Pazaski and his nephew Leo Ruswick work from home on any projects we need work done on.

The Steve McQueen Triumph is actually a 1963 not a 1968. Our brochure incorrectly identified this bike, we wanted to see if you were paying attention. It is not one that we own, it is on loan from Del West (and he was paying attention).

Thank you very much Lee, for all the time and hard work you've put into your website. Fran�ois and I hope to see you soon.

Keep up the great work!

Wendy

Collection Attendant/Detailer

Trev Deeley Motorcycle Collection

Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada

REPLY

Thank you for your praise and your corrections. Only by receiving corrections can I keep my website accurate. (I have made the changes to my story)

Thanks again, Lee.

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`3/6/15

I enjoyed the photos and the story way of telling about Zihua. My favorite place for the past 30 years.

Good to read about it.

Don't even know how I got to it, but glad I did.

Carol

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Glad you enjoyed it. It has been moved. The new URL is http://www.leespage.ca/h/tra/me/zih.html

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`3/6/11

Lee,

You have a great site.

I hope that you are able to help me. I am looking for a copy of Trev Deeley's autobiography. Do you know who I would contact - if not you, of course! -to get a copy?

Now on to your shopping site -

Maureen

REPLY

Glad you enjoyed my website.

I have forwarded your E to the Trev Deeley Motorcycle headquarters, info@trevdeeley.com .

The book is not an autobiography but is about Trev Deeley.

It is called `Motorcycle Millionaire'.

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`3/6/7

Hi Lee,

you poor thing - on the search for the world's greatest lasagna.

I live on the Gold Coast, Australia, and every summer - make it my mission to find the best Caesar salad on the Coast.

I can sympathize with your baked problems as Caesar salads seem to turn up differently everywhere and with strange ingredients in them.

In the end I gave up and learned to make my own.

I have a good lasagna recipe.

Michelle

REPLY

Me too, but I'm a terrible cook.

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`3/6/7

I think you are a compulsive bullshitter who will talk to who ever will listen.

However, your articles are very well written and interesting.

You are living life the way you want and am glad you are my friend.

Paul

REPLY

I resemble that remark.

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`3/5/2

hola un saludo,

vi vuestra pagina de Zihuatanejo , curioseando por Mexico,

veo que es un lugar muy hermoso y tranquilo , trabaje varios a�os con un mexicano alla por mi tierra Mallorca, y me hablo muy bien de Mexico de sus playas de su vida no tan ajetreada como por aca, quisiera visitar

mexico,pero los vuelos son muy caros y al desconocer el pais hace que el viaje resulte casi imposible antes de realizarlo , aparte que no encuentro tarifas en internet vuelos de compa�ias mexicanas que operen en Europa para concertar boletos Mi ilusion es conocer Mexico , y pasar unos meses con vosotros de encontrar trabajo en hosteleria seguro que os visito solo para saludar y decir hola en espa�ol

saludos from Mallorca

sebastia

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

I saw your pagina of Zhiuatanejo, curioseando by Mexico, I see that is a tranquil and very beautiful place, work various years with a Mexican one alla by my land Majorca, and I speak myself very well of Mexico of its beaches of its not so hectic life as by aca,

I wanted to visit mexico, but the flights are very expensive and al to do not know the pais does that the trip turn out to be almost impossible before carrying out, aside that I do not find rates in internet flights of compa�ias Mexican that they operate in Europe to arrange tickets

My ilusion is to know Mexico, and to pass some months with you to find work in hosteleria sure that I visit you alone to greet and to say hello in Spaniard

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`3/4/30

Every once in a while I search the web for pages that have pictures from Wuxi and your pages on TURTLEHEAD ISLET & FAIRY ISLAND came up in searches ( http://www.angelfire.com/my/shonspg/w/t.html and http://www.angelfire.com/my/shonspg/w.html#tanw )

Would you mind if I linked to them? Since you have some pictures of WuXi and surrounding area.

I have a couple of pages on Wuxi and do a Wuxi list on Yahoo. My daughter is from there. We adopted her in 1997.

Matter of fact today is her 7th birthday.

Along with her I've some a cross about 70 or so adoptive families (the reason for my web-pages and the list I have).

I always like to share what pictures and info I found about our children's home town in China, because as our children get older they will want to know more about Wuxi and China as well.

Thanks for your time.

-- Jim LowAry father of Melissa Mei-Li Shan-Xia

Wuxi Pages:

http://www.Wuxi-US.org

http://www.lowary.org/wu_photo.htm

Melissa's adoption story: http://www.lowary.org/story.htm

China Memories http://www.ChinaMemories.Net

REPLY: Thank you for your E.

I am glad you enjoyed my pages.

At the current time I am rebuilding my website and the URL's for those two pages will be changing.

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`3/4/24

I'm planning a trip to the area, leaning towards Barra de Potosi.

Yours has been the most helpful page so far!

Should I have any questions, would you mind if I bounced them off you?

Thanks again,

Carmen

REPLY

leaning towards Barra de Potosi.

Me too. I didn't see enough of it yet.

helpful page so far!

Glad to help.

I have any questions,

Any time. Also be sure to check out the message boards for Zihu. (Links at the bottom of my Zihu. page.)

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`3/4/20

Hi!!

My name is Jose and would like to thank you for the opinion you have about my home town ( Tuxpan, Ver. Mexico).

Surfing the internet I found your site by accident and read a little bit of it, enough to feel "La nostalgia".

I was born there 39 years ago but on May, 1992 I moved to New York looking for a better life, I been living here since then, and I really miss my home town.

Nothing compares to it.

Once again, thank you!!!

And I hope you have the opportunity to continue visiting my home town and if you ever need a place to stay while you are there, let me know and I would help you on any way.

Jose Felix A.

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`3/4/6

Hello,

me and my girlfriend are going to Tuxpan for 1 week in Early July.

Can you tell me some things to do.

What to go see and whatever advice you can give me.

Thank you very much.

Joe B.

REPLY

Tuxpan is not a tourist attraction, for foreigners.

The main tourist attraction, for Mexicans, is the beach.

On the street to the Playa, near the Eastern end, you can find a dive shop and arrange for some suba diving.

I am told, one should take one of the small boats across from the market, or you can cross over the bridge.

Apparently there is a nice museum over there, as well as more stores, and, in the summer a large fair.

And don't forget El Centro on Saturday night.

Wish I was going with you.

Enjoy.

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`3/3/8

Hi;

You have a very good site and information.

Have a good day

Lic. Florencia R. C. Puerto Morelos Quintana Roo MEXICO

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`3/3/7

Hello,

I have seen your pages on the web. & I would like to state that you have great quality information that helps out on all of the aspects of travel to the various places that you have been.

Please keep up the good work.

The purpose of my message is to also ask if you could tell me what are the best dive shops in Cancun to get a cheap dive tour for two people, since we are going down to Cancun this June and we will be on our honeymoon.

We would like to do some diving down there as well as Cozumel.

I know that you mentioned the dive shop Sea Friends over in Isla Mujeres but could you point me out to some good dive shops on the other two places.

Thank you for your time and effort into making your pages as good and beautiful as they are.

Thank You so much,

Lazaro.

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Thank you for your compliments on my site.

I didn�t go to any dive shops in Cancun or Cozumel but if you were to check out these message boards and post your question I am sure you will get lots of friendly advice.

For Cancun go to, http://www.cancun-aquasports.com/cjbin/index.cgi And for Cozumel got to, http://search.caribbeanmag.com/discuss/cozumel/wwwboard.html or http://www.cozumel.net/

Enjoy your holiday.

Lee

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`3/2/19

Hi

My name is Garry McC.,

this is my partly restored harley, its a 1930 C 500 and that's about all I know about it.

Im living in the middle East, Dubai.

I picked the bike up in England about 18 month ago from a vintage bike shop in bitz.

Anyways anything you could tell me about it would be greatly appreciated, I would love to get it running and if you know of any spares for sale.

Thanks Regards

Garry Mc.

Dear Garry.

I know 100% of nothing about bikes. But I will pass your E on to the people at the Harley

museum and Trev Deeley the Harley dealer.

I'm sure they will be able to help U.

Thanks for reading my articles page

Lee

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`3/2/16
You sure put a lot of time and effort into it - it looks and reads very well.
Thanks,
Peter A.
Sergeant
Operations NCO

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`3/2/8

Subject: atv tour

Please supply any information about atv tours . I have 2 teens that would like to go while on cruise stop.

See my story and pictures on my Cozumel page.

I thought it was an excellent adventure for anyone of medium to good health. And well worth the price.

Though I have never operated such equipment the instructions are thorough and the pace is slow, so it is quite safe.

The only unsafe one was me. While everyone else went around a puddle I went flying through. The water hit the exhaust and the, resultant, steam hit my bare leg.

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`3/2/8

Hi

- do you know anything about the "Ice Train" Frozen Lake driving fuel to camps in the North country?

- thanks P.W.

Not sure which lakes you are referring to, the North is very big. I have driven over ice, rivers, and lakes.

There is an excellent book, unfortunately I forget the name, that tells about the ice road across Great Slave Lake, every winter. All supplies for the North of Yellowknife go up from Hay River by truck across the ice.

I did a search at www.webcrawler.com and found these.

http://www.arcticharvest.com/Phototour/nwt/nwt1_9.asp

http://www.rtl.ca/hauling/body_hauling.html

http://www.infonorth.org/html/transportation.html

Hope they help.

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`3/1/10

Hi!

I have no idea how old your page is, but I went there looking for info on the old Polar bears who were in the Stanley Park Zoo for many years, specifically their names.

On the page , I noticed the following:

1) I don`t think the top picture is of any place in Stanley park; looks much more like California, Hawaii, or Florida to me!

2) I think your historical note is also a bit off; prior to 1886, the Park belonged to the Government of Canada, and prior to that to the Colony of British Columbia and the Royal Navy. It was largely intact, consisting mostly of "old growth" trees, due to the Naval connection; it was a forest reserve specifically set aside for the cutting of masts, spars, and timbers for RN sailing ships.

At least, that was my grandfather`s story, and it appears that way in several "authoritative" histories of the City. (I also inherited from him a walking stick made from the wooden wreckage of the SS Beaver, the steam side-wheeler belonging to the Hudson`s Bay Company, that sank at Prospect Point (Stanley Park) in 1888.)

Hope this helps! --

(Go Fish!)

D. Gibson

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(Reply)Took me awhile to come across it, forgot I had started that page. It`s not very old, just barely started.

1: (Reply)Actually the picture is Varadero, Cuba. Must have used that page as a template.

2: (Reply) I believe it still belongs to Ottawa. Vancouver Park Board rents it for $1.00 a year on a 100 year lease.

Quote from the Parks Board Page ( http://r.searchhippo.com/r3.php?i=1&q=canada+b.c.+stanley+park&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.city.vancouver.bc.ca%2F ) In 1886 Vancouver`s first City Council made a momentous decision by petitioning the Federal Government to lease 1,000 acres of a largely logged peninsula for park and recreation purposes.

I believe it had been logged for the timber to build the trestle which carried the train past what is now Canada Place, to mine the coal from coal harbour. However, I don`t believe, the mining never took place.

The Park Board told me that it had been logged 3 times before they got it. There were many houses built on it, some of them in use today as; storage, offices, and residences for Park Board equipment, and staff.

1865 Captain Edward Stamp logs 100 acres around what is now known as Brockton Point providing a clearing for settlement.

I also found this website which gives a good, short, history of the park. http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/stanley-park.asp

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`3/1/5

Hi

i am from Germany.

The Pictures from the Grand View Garden are beautyfull

Best wishes four your New Year, in Februar 2003,

your sincerly

Wilfried S.

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`2/12/22

Hi, I found your site very interesting and before I pose any questions of detail, perhaps you could just give me one small bit of advice.

My wife and mother want to travel to the Far East on vacation and are not seasoned travellers, per se. Is Shanghai safe and easy for an active 78 year old woman to visit along with my wife?

Appreciate your assistance.

Many thanks and regards from Cape Town, South Africa.

Also, wishing you a merry Xmas and a happy New Year.
Thanks,
Ray from Cape Town, South Africa

Reply:

In my limited experience, I would say yes, as safe as any travel can be. The big problem is the language, there is little usage of anything other than Mandarin, and Shanghainese.

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`2/12/16
Greetings:
I think that you missed the point when you `saw` Cardenas. I lived there for five months in 2000, when I did research for my Master`s degree, visited again in late 2001 for two weeks and will be back there in 2002. The town has approximately 90,000 occupants, many of them employed in the tourism industry. This is where they live. There is a thriving commercial core area and there are many industries located in its economic environs. These include an oil refinery (between Sta. Marta and Cardenas), a paper plant, and a rum factory just to name a few. There are also many small industries including a milk processing plant, an ice cream factory, a ceramics plant and so forth. There has also been a building boom on as many people are relocated from Varadero to Cardenas. Many of the boarded up buildings are under construction, Cuban style!
Cardenas, along with the rest of Cuba has struggled under the conditions of the Revolutions, American Embargo and withdrawal of Soviet economic aid. Still, had you looked a little closer you would see that what remains is a thriving town with people who every single day demonstrate their ingenuity for getting on with the business of life. Many do earn or get most of their dollars from foreigners and this is why the town (that you admit has few tourists) can support more than a dozen dollar only restaurants and about forty dollar only shops! The poor people in Cuba do not have access to dollars and therefore cannot support such an economy. Cheers and have a great day.
Catherine F.

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(REPLY) I admit I`m not sure how much of Cardenas I saw. I was driven up and around many streets for an hour which only gave me a general idea of the town. I never saw a commercial district but saw many empty and boarded up buildings, stores, houses, and factories.
I didn`t include the oil industry as it is on the outskirts of Santa Martha , a good distance from Cardenas. As well I am told it is not a refinery, but a storage facility. All the refining is done in Venezuela.
I tell about it in my Santa Martha story.
The only paper and rum plant I saw were many miles away, to the West of Mantanzas. (Pictures can be found in my La Havana story )
Had I looked a little closer, I would have love to, and will, when I return to Varadero.

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`2/12/15
I see that you run a web site on cuba, and since this was the first time I was going to that island, thought I would ask about Oil. It seems to me that oil would smell if it was refined close to Veradero. Is this the case?? Should I select a place to visit at the far end of the beach resort?? What would you suggest. I was hoping to leave for Cuba in early Feb, and come back in march sometime.
Thanks,
Scott from Ottawa

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(REPLY) I was told that the oil is actually refined in Venezuela. The crude and the refined products are stored near Varadero, just East of Santa Martha.
I rode in an open cab past the storage facilities, and enjoyed the smell. (Those of us who were raised around the refineries in Edmonton like the smell.) It brought back memories, of pleasant summer days when the neighbour`s roof was being re-tarred, and of driving tank truck in Northern Alberta, hauling crude.
I stayed at the hotel that is closest to Santa Martha and would have noticed the smell if it had been there. The breezes come from the East, bringing fresh salt air from the Mar Caribe.
Enjoy your trip,
Lee in Vancouver.

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`2/12/11
The Cuban Flag was first raised in Cardenas in 1850 not 1945
Joseph M. R.

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`2/12/10
HI FROM DOWN UNDER
GREAT SITE
Kerry & Christine G.

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`2/12/7
I saw your web page, I�m really think that its great!! You give the correct information to people who wants visit our beautiful island and we appreciate your work.
Best regards
Karen

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`2/12/7
I was just admiring your Puerto Morelos web page
Russ Farr / scuba instructor/web master for the dive shop Almost Heaven Adventures located in Puerto Morelos
http://almostheavenadventures.com

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`2/12/5
Some of your info is really great and i like the way you write
Loks

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`2/11/28
Dear Lee;
I have just spent an enjoyable hour cruising your web site on Cuba and Mexico. Thanks for the great pictures and humerous dialogue. I have passed your web site on to other family members interested in Cuba. I found your site on the isla-mujseres.net message board.
My husband and I have travelled extensively in the Yucatan many times since first visiting there in 1984. We go every year sometimes twice a year. We have also been to PV, Acapulco and Ixtapa, but the Cancun area is the best. The ocean is by far the most beautiful in CC. Four years in a row `95 `96 `97 & `98 we stayed on Isla Mujeres for 2 months at a time.
Thanks again.
Dana G.

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`2/11/28
Hey there,
saw your post on the message board for Isla and read your Cancun trip report. well done by the way. Just wondering the price of the `jungle tour`. I`m not much of a `tour` gal as we usually take the local transportation and avoid all kinds of `tours`...BUT, we are bringing down 3 `newbie` couples to Isla and have tossed around the idea of the jungel sea trek thru Aqua tours...is that this same one? Anyway, just wondering what the price range is and how long the entire day lasted. Thanks muchly,
Darcy P. (ms isla)
Alberta, Canada
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> Hey there, Darcy from Alberta,
your Cancun trip report. well done by the way.
* Thanks, not done actually, only the two sidebars, was thinking of working on it today but got sidetracked on doing one for Vancouver.
Just wondering the price of the `jungle tour`.
* Sorry, have searched all my receipts and haven`t got it.
I`m not much of a `tour` gal as we usually take the local transportation and avoid all kinds of `tours`.
* Usually I do too but thought I would splurge the last trip, glad I did.
> jungel sea trek thru Aqua tours.
* Not sure, they have so many names, but any kiosk on the street will have it. Just don`t pay what they first ask, start to walk away, say you`ll think abut it, watch the price come down.
how long the entire day lasted.
* Not a whole day but it kills the whole day what with transportation etc. Easily doable on a day trip over from Isla. Take the combi into Cancun from Puerto Juarez for $4 and the Hotel Zone bus from down town for $6. $=Pesos.
Lee from Vancouver.

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`2/11/27 Particularily enjoyed your Cuba report and pics. And needless to say, all the Mex destinations as well. Great reminders of places I`ve been, and places I would like to go! Miz Tortuga

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`2/11/12

Lee, I really enjoyed your site,

.I read the whole trip report and looked at all the pics.
It is was great, the first I`ve read that actually made me feel like I was there.
Thanks, esmekai

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`2/11/12

Hi! I am from Varadero and lived there until I was ten years old. I currently live now in Miami. Your web site brought many beautiful memories of my beloved Cuba. Back when I was there in 1979 there were a lot fewer hotels and Varadero was wild and virgin. The sand was even whiter than now with crabs and iguanas roaming freely specially beyond the xanadu area towards punta hicacos. The ice cream place still existed but I do not think they served nestle back then although I loved their ice creams. Nightlife was still there and music was always playing from loud speakers in the hotes and parks. The beach was lined with australian pines and there was plenty of seagrapes to eat. I hope to also go back one day.

Albert T.

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`2/11/10

We winter on n. Padre and have been thinking about driving into Mex. but have heard it`s a risk.
Is there a road south of Brownsville and is it passable and safe?
Wife and i are in early 70`s and can`t handle any problems.
Do you have any idea what the US/MEX rate of exchange is?.....
Thanks for the review and pictures.....John

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Is there a road south of Brownsville

You cross the Rio from Brownsville to Matamoros and follow 180 South. Be sure to go through customs and declare everything. If you don`t know Spanish at least try a few words. They will appreciate the effort and things will go quicker.

We crossed at McAllen into Reynosa and took 97. The two come together just North of San Fernando.

and is it passable

I can`t vouch for the stretch north of San Fernando, but South of there had just been paved, 2 years ago now. Local traffic will fly by, but maintain the speed limit, the locals may not get stop but you certainly will if you exceed the speed limit. And watch out for speed bumps. The signs say TOPE. They are found every 50 feet in some villages and in front of houses in the middle of nowhere. They are made of large rope, or small pipe, and you have to crawl over them, or wreck your car.

and safe?

We were advised to travel only during the day. We left just before dawn and drove to Tuxpan, arriving shortly after dusk, 12 hours.

During the trip, especially in in the early part, we passed through road blocks, one by the army, one by police, one by both. Be sure to have all your paper work in order. We were waved through fairly quickly and weren`t approached for bribes.

Wife and i are in early 70`s and can`t handle any problems.

Shouldn`t be any. Mexicans, on the whole, are friendly courteous people who believe in old world values. A pleasant `Buenos Dais` or `Dais` to a stranger will produce a smile and a reply.

Do you have any idea what the US/MEX rate of exchange is?..

In most places it is 9 to one. Many business will accept US money but it is more polite to use a bank machine and get Pesos, Using a bank machine will give you the current rate at your bank back home, or you can find a Cambio and exchange.

In Cancun, and on Isla Mujeres, it is cheaper to use US currency as most stores will give you a 10 to 1 value.

.. Thanks for the review and pictures

You are welcome.

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