Halifax 44:34.65N 63:30.95W
Lotus
Fri 8 Oct 2010 22:38
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With all the delays that had taken place while we
holed up for hurricane Earl, we were really pleased to be heading back out into
the ocean for a fast passage direct from La Have to Halifax. This had, for along
time been our Northern most destination and somewhere that John had heard of
long ago, with historical and nautical connotations; we had high hopes.
Unfortunately the reality was a little disappointing.
Halifax is a large, semi industrial city with signs
of recent urban decline, although the central water front has recently
undergone some redevelopment - great if you like touristy shops selling
absolute shite! We had hoped for some history and high culture (but we
didn't even get haute couture) expecting old wharves and similar waterfront
buildings. We set off on our search, which ultimately proved fairly
fruitless; the only thing of historical significance that we came across was the
oldest pub in Halifax where we were rewarded by the most expensive pint
that we have bought in all our travels, with the exception of
Martinique,(robbing cheese eating surrender monkeys as john's mate Jim and
homer Simpson would say) Once more the shopping was good and we were
seduced by the prospect of this being the last major centre of population (and
therefore many malls) before we returned back to the UK for the winter (
that is except New York, Boston and Baltimore John cries!).
Despite our slight disappointment we did spend a
pleasant few days and it had been good to reach this northern outpost after many
months travelling. it was now time to head South on our return to the
Chesapeake. We had experienced incredibly good weather with blue skies and
temperatures in the 80's- this had been unseasonably mild and we wanted to
make some progress to warmer climes before the weather turned
nasty.
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