my travels in pixels

Our house sitting on Vancouver Island is coming to a close. A big thank you to Cameron and Christine, we really have appreciated it. We met a lovely family next door who have taken us in like their own children and we have become friends with their children too. We even spent Christmas with them. We got to see some great renovation and property shows on HGTV which I am going to miss, it was the International relocation show gave us the idea to go to Mexico next winter! We have also seen some great movies and TV shows on Netflix, something we can't subscribe to on our measly 6GB per month of WiFi. The guys at the gate house said they are so glad we are leaving considering that we have been so much trouble! The weather is sort of starting to warm up, most days are around 10ºC. We have enjoyed our time here but have itchy feet to get back on the road again. I can't wait until I can complain about the sun waking us up early or it still being light when we go to bed, or that we are...

We have never been sure how long we have to leave the USA for, until this year. The first two years of travelling really didn't matter as we left for seven and five months each time. We had heard that Canadians had to be at home for six months for healthcare reasons but didn't think it was because they have to be out of the States for six months. Immigration say that you only have to leave the country every six months for a day. There are some people in Border Control that say the same but also say that is not what is being enforced. Ninety-nine percent of Border Control have their own made-up rule that states "you must be out of the country for longer that you have been in". In a nutshell, if you stay for six months, you must leave for at least six months, preferably longer. Coming back from Kenya we asked for a six month entry. We had been out for nearly a month, but had been there for five months prior to that. After a lot of page checking in our passports, i...