As Americans living on the Gulf Coast brace for the arrival of tropical storm Issac, a few British Columbians are also battening down the hatches there. Richmond's Pat Heslop and his wife are among a group of RV travelers in Florida. He says they're riding out the rain and wind in a campsite near Juno Beach. "The biggest thing is really heavy … [Read more...]
Brace for transit crunch
September 6, 2011 by
If you’re reading this on transit, chances are you’ve already become intimately acquainted with the people around you. Get used to it. As students return to school and summertime vacationers dust off their briefcases and head back to work, TransLink is bracing for its busiest stretch of the year. “It’s what I call a harmonic, or unharmonic, … [Read more...]
Brace yourself for shopping at a Chinese market to avoid being overwhelmed
July 16, 2011 by
It’s great fun for the savvy shopper. Do haggle—with histrionics at the seller’s first asking price but with a polite, positive attitude throughout, and never with finger pointing (use your whole hand instead). Fodor's Travel Wire … [Read more...]
