5 outta 10 :)
i'm getting lazy, so my update will be an excerpt from an email to my dad. it might be a bit out of context since my dad already knew abt my trip, but my blog readers didn't. it's better than no update at all.
"Came back yesterday [Tuesday] from a trip which took us to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. So now I've seen 5 of the 10 provinces! It was a pretty exciting trip, but most of the time it rained, which was a bit disappointing. We didn't go to any of the cities, and in Nova Scotia we were up north, so nowhere close to Halifax. [This reference is there because my dad wanted me to visit someone in Halifax.]
In New Brunswick, we went to the Bay of Fundy which has the highest tide in the world. 50-foot tides come into the bay, twice a day. When we were there, we went all the way to the water, and saw the tide actually creeping in. It was a really cool feeling, but kind of hard to explain! [Insert is the bay at the village of Alma, which is where we saw the tide come in.]
Other than that, we saw the Cabot Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands of Nova Scotia, which is a beautiful mountainous/coastal drive in the north of Nova Scotia. If you Google (Images) 
Cabot Trail, then you can see some pictures of the road. It was absolutely stunning, but it was raining and cloudy most of the drive, so it was a bit sad. There's also places along this route from where you can go whale watching, and I really wanted to do it, but since the weather was bad, and we didn't have a lot of time, it wasn't possible this time. Maybe next time when I go to Nova Scotia or somewhere else on the Atlantic (or Pacific for that matter), I'll try to go whale watching.
The last interesting, yet scary thing, is that we saw a moose in the middle of the road on the drive back. Because it was at night, we didn't see it until we were about 5 feet close to it, and then had to swerve to avoid hitting it. The moose is one of the largest animals I have ever seen! It was at least about 10 feet high and was standing smack in the middle of the road, and didn't even move when the car braked and we went by it! It's extremely lucky and thanks to Allah, we are all still alive to talk about it. However, this is not for you to worry about because it was really something unpredictable, but only letting you know of this huge part of the adventure. All in all, it was an awesome trip!"
i guess the email mentions nothing about accomodation...talked to my dad about that on the phone today, actually...but basically we camped at night wherever we could find a campsite when it came time to call it a day. we spent a night in each province, and two nights were spent driving from and back to toronto. the night in PEI, we got totally soaked in torrential rains, and the night in nova scotia, we stayed in the tent in a thunderstorm! the first night at the fundy national park, we barely made it before they closed registration. it was basically a driving trip, but lots of fun. sad thing is, upon my return from the trip, i learnt about some seriously unnecessary drama going on in dhaka re: cousin's wedding. probably not worth mentioning on the blog because it has nothing to do with me, but i'm just kind of upset by the whole fiasco. just have to really wonder what ppl are thinking.
finding it terribly hard to concentrate on work, but that's not new!
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