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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Kazakhstan or Bust!

We just got our first visa! Sebastien and I both have shiny Kazakh visas in our passports courtesy of the Kazakh embassy in Ottawa.


Just a few more to go - six to be exact! We're going to apply for our Russian visa in Ottawa next, then send our passports along to Washington, D.C. to get our visas for Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Perhaps not surprisingly, these countries don't maintain an embassy in Ottawa. Once we get those back, we'll apply for our final two visas (which are only valid for 3 months from the date of issue) for Azerbaijan and Mongolia.


Here's hoping I didn't mess up on timelines and we get all of them before our flights leave in July! Fingers crossed. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Aeroplan Charitable Pooling!

Do you have Aeroplan points sitting in your account that you are willing to part with? Why not donate them to Team Canuck the Dots? We'll put them towards buying our tickets to London and back from Ulaanbaatar! Any extra points will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which uses Aeroplan points for all of their travel.


To donate, follow these simple steps:
1. Go to: http://beyondmiles.aeroplan.com/eng/charity/53 
2. Click on "Donate now"!
3. Simply log into your Aeroplan account and choose how many points you want to donate to us!


We need approximately 250,000 points for our flights. 


Thanks in advance!