Glenrosa Farm Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Victoria
The Inside Passage & Vancouver Island
... it was also a very low tide so the skipper held the boat there for a few more hours than normal.
The ship pulled out at 8am under a clear blue sky with just a touch of fog hanging over the water and we sailed down the narrow passage - the Wrangell Narrows at a slow speed, twisting this way and that to negotiate the shallow pass which is 21 miles long, less than a 100 metres wide at a number of places, with over 70 navigational aids along it. There was only 20' or so ...
Victoria zonder orca...
... aangeschaft, want we blijven Ollanders hè? Hierna wilden we door naar Victoria, maar dat liep even anders. Een enorme file op de highway wegens een ernstig ongeval belemmerde onze plannen. Dan maar naar de eerste de beste camping. Maar ook hier werden we niet blij van… het leek wel een woonwagenkamp. Op naar de volgende camping, dan maar weer in de bush tussen de enorm hoge sparren. Lekker ...
So brittisch
... politischen Position. Und wenn das nicht schon genug Missachtung des Redners wäre, gehen ständig Leute ein und aus und ein Sekretär bringt laufend neues Wasser für die Anwesenden. Er kann aber immer nur ein Glas zur Zeit tragen. Ich könnte mir das Spiel den ganzen Tag angucken, fühle mich aber schlecht, weil die anderen Besucher in der Zwischenzeit einmal komplett gewechselt haben. Das bringt mir dann auch prompt einen Komentar der Security-Leute ein, als ich meine Tasche wieder abhole.
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Seattle Skedaddle
... the ride with the (as it turned out) unlicensed cabbie, I had managed to **** off almost every other legit driver. Ours was particularly vocal in his displeasure and so, to make restitution and pay penance, I was forced to sit through a sermon on the undermining of cab culture by hucksters and charlatans out to make a quick buck at the expense of righteously indignant, legal operators. Thankfully it was a short ride. I tipped our driver well, said 3 Haile ...
Plan
Well, here I am in my last few weeks in Victoria trying to make the most of it. I was planning on taking the bus across Canada and take 2 weeks off to do so. However, I need some time to find housing when I get to Ottawa so I decided to fly. I fly out on August 1rst at 11pm getting in Ottawa around 9am. Fortunately, I found a place through Kijiji and will be sharing a two bedroom apartment with a german guy who is in his last year at Carleton University in Political Science. I ...