Jerry the limo guy

Had a great night last night :) the hostel set up a meet and greet pub crawl and after a few drinks a few of us decided to go to time square at night. We hailed a yellow cab but a guy in a limo stopped as well and said he was taking the limo downtown to get it repaired... So for 25 bucks for all of us we got a limo ride through time square! Jerry the limo guy was a great host!






He even came back to pick us up at the end of the night. So a grand total of 60 bucks for all 5 of us there and back.
I'm not sure why I'm holding his belly in this photo :/ I don't think he liked it. Oh, and as we were driving back to the hostel he showed us strawberry fields and where Lennon was shot.





Should I talk about the bins?...
No, I shouldn't!

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Goodbye Toronto :(

...Hello NYC :)
I totally love new York city. It's so big and loud and over the top in every way!











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Hockey hall of fame

I do like my hockey and when I saw they had the hall of fame here I did get a bit excited :)







Lots and lots of pucks!








Ok, it's not actually the Stanley cup. Since the Boston bruins just won they get to keep it for 100 days. The actual cup only spends a couple of weeks here as it's touring the rest of the time



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Corn. Yum!

On the way back from the islands Stephen took us to this jamaican guy who cooks the best tasking corn on the cob! Seriously, the stuff he puts on it. Heaven :)







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Toronto. Beaches?!?

What a great, warm day. It was 30 degrees at 9.30 this morning. Oooft! It got pretty darn hot. We met up with Stephen again and he took us across to the islands to have a shot of his kayak. It's amazing that you can go from this:









To this:









in less than 15 minutes! Just a short ferry ride and you in a completely different world with nice looking sandy beaches.


















The islands are partly man made. When they were digging out the underground, this is where they dumped it all. Its a Great place away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I would even say its better than Stanly park with all these awesome beaches.









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Meeting kiwi...again!

Third time this trip we have met up with kiwi Willis. Great chap. We all watched the Canada day fireworks then headed into town for a wee booze up. The next day we headed to the steam whistle brewery. Toronto's local pilsner. A bit of hair of the dog me thinks!



Lots of free samples :)




Then it was off to the gay pride! Yup it's gay pride weekend and we went to watch the dyke march. All good fun!




You gotta support the pride.



Rainbow colours were everywhere!



The gushing grannies were a particular highlight



Dykes on bikes!





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We met Stephen!

We met up with stephen today. I haven't seen Stephen for years and it was great to met up with him on Canada day, especially as he is almost a Canadian citizen, just one more hurdle. He has been here for 8 years now and loves the place. I can see why :)
iPhones cameras are crap for night time or indoors but he is in this pic. He is going to take us to the islands on Sunday to have a go in his kayak. Looking forward to that!



The best thing about knowing a local is that they take you to less known but cool places. The Dakota tavern was one of these places. Really small bar but Stephens friend plays amazing piano. It was almost like something out of a western salloon with a guy playing a piano in the corner. Great night.







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