A week in Toronto

I was on a business trip to Toronto last week, officially from monday to wednesday and then i decided to take extra 2 days off personal time to move around the city. Thankfully weather was unusually warm and made my weekend worth, back in California it was cold and got back to normal before i head back, so in a way, a good trip for me in every respect.
On my last trip to Buffalo i got to see Niagara from US side, but i heard it better from the other side of the border, this time i get to see that and i need to admit, yes it is. The real fall you get to see from Canada, other than u can take the maid of the mist and get closer, but thats the only view u can get of the fall from the south.
Second day in downtown Toronto, i took a bus tour to figure out things of my interest for saturday and visited CN tower, all 3 levels. Saturday i spent doing my favourite thing, biking around central island. Took a ferry to central island, which is the biggest of all the islands in Ontario lake and rented a bike to cover most of it within the short day and it indeed was the best part of the whole trip.

Otters the Dogs of the Ocean

One of the best thing about Monterey bay is its rich ocean life. From Otters to Seals to to Sharks, everything moves in that small part of the bay and thats a big reason i go back Kayaking every year, year after year, through the same small stretch around Monterey bay aquarium.

This year was particularly better for several reasons, first, the tides were high, which made the takeoff easy, the waves were high and choppy, that gave the ride extra swing, like hopping on the back of a camel. The currents were strong towards the beach and made the forward journey 5 times harder, means more workout for the upper body, on the contrary, i didn't had to paddle at all on my way back, the current took me to the shore :)


The best part of the 2 hr session were the Seals and Otters, they almost made a show as if they were waiting for us to get in the water. Form back-flips of the seals to mama Otter chasing its baby and tossing on her belly, time passed like I wasn't there for more than few minutes. Otters are as much fun to watch as Dogs at home and I am pretty sure they like humans too.


I get amazed to think that 70% of this planet is water and with billions of species, i haven't seen more than maybe 100 species of life that lives here. Life is so short and there's so much to do, and with that, let me get back to bed and prepare myself for my adventure through the next unknown.