Royal British Columbia Museum Victoria

We arrived into Victoria on a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon. On the drive from the airport to our Downtown hotel, you could appreciate why this was called 'the Garden City'. After checking in, and dropping our bags, we hit the town, Lonely Planet Guide (our trusty Bible) in hand. We strolled hand-in-hand along the harbor front, taking in the sea …

We started off just walking around Vancouver and then realised that we should have bought the museum tickets from the hostel because we can get them cheaper there. So we head back to the hostel and buy the tickets. YAY, tickets.

Detouring a little, we stopped in at a travel store (can't remember what it is called but it is on Douglas st) …

... of Victoria is a pretty fascinating mix of european fur trade/colonisation stories mixed with the history of the first nations people. The Royal Museum of British Columbia was well worth a visit, just to get to grips with the history of the place. They ...

... beautiful artworks and jewellery there and we got talking to a few locals about their work.  Next we went to the Royal Museum of British Columbia, which has interesting exhibits about BC's history and wildlife. There is also a great section on ...

... ham sandwich for lunch on the harbour front outside the famous Empress hotel (Wikipedia it). After this we went to the Royal museum of British Columbia which featured among other things, stuffed animals, totem poles and a replica BC town.We learnt about ...