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Nanaimo Slideshow
Top Hotels in Nanaimo
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Coast Bastion Inn Nanaimo
114 reviews -
Howard Johnson Hotel Nanaimo Harbourside
51 reviews -
Best Western Dorchester Nanaimo
82 reviews -
Days Inn - Nanaimo Harbourview
33 reviews
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Best Western Northgate Inn Nanaimo
39 reviews
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Ramada Nanaimo Inn
34 reviews
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The Grand Hotel Nanaimo
55 reviews
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Inn On Long Lake Nanaimo
37 reviews
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Bluebird Motel Nanaimo
12 reviews
Nanaimo
Travel Blogs from Nanaimo, Canada
Home, Away from Home!
This is a top pick! I made it to Vancouver Island. I have my trailer parked in my sister's yard and since they just moved here last week they are still in the middle of unpacking and I do not have wifi access yet. I will update my blog asap when I can use my own ...
Serendipity!
This is a top pick! "--- you don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ...serendipitously." John Barth, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor I've turned into a movie addict. Well, not quite, ...
Wednesday 20 August
This is a top pick! ... We had decided not to take the RV over as we were only going over night to visit my Aunt Jo-Anna and Uncle John who live in Nanaimo, and as we were intending to stay at their house we had no need to go to the hassle of driving the RV across. We ...
Travelling Tales
... parents, and then back to Jersey and Devon. Upon touchdown in Toronto in late August, we plan to take our motorbikes back to Nanaimo through the States, just in time for work/school to start. So during this summer holiday, I've decided to continue to blog ...
Beautiful Nanaimo
... roof!) Then we took the kids to a big playground by the ocean, in Parksville, which they really enjoyed, before driving back to Nanaimo and watching some baby deer happily grazing on someone's front lawn. We had KFC with Auntie Sue & Uncle Kurt (or PCF ...
Vancouver Island
19th -27th Oct We took the Harbour Lynx Ferry across to Nanaimo (the second biggest city on Vancouver Island). We stayed at the Painted Turtle Guest House - which was a very clean and welcoming place to stay (but beware the pubs/clubs empty at 2am and ...
T-Minus 3 Days Till Take Off!
Hi everyone! I have created a travel blog for my trip to Uganda, which I will try to update regularly while I am away from May 3rd-June 27th. Hopefully I will be able to upload pictures as well so you can see what I am up to. I want to thank everyone so ...
Preparations
In preparing for my travels to Turkey, I have put together an online travel blog that will be my online travel diary. I want people to be able to keep in touch with me and find out how my trip is going. This is the best way for me to keep everyone up to ...
Thanksgiving Canadian Style
This afternoon we all had a wonderful catch up with Fred's Auntie Sue & Uncle Kurt, and also his cousin Kurt Junior. We arrived at their place at about 1pm, and stayed on for a Thanksgiving dinner - attended by 22 people! We met lots of first cousins, ...
on the road again soon!
testing... we will be revving our engines in a couple of weeks, eastward bound.. on whatever piece of ashphalt that will get us to Ottawa. ...
home at last
We have arrived in Nanaimo, British Columbia, CANADA, and are settling in nicely. It's our 3rd weekend here already and we're loving island-life so far. After a couple months of non-blogging action, I thought I would continue on my previous site, ...
Exploring Nanaimo and Area
... It was warm and sunny when we arrived, about mid 20s and no humidity. We stayed at the Painted Turtle Guesthouse in downtown Nanaimo, very close to the harbour. George Wassef was first to arrive and then Tinker and I checked in around 2:30 ...
Von Nanaimo bis Victoria
... den Seegang von der Strait of Georgia zu spueren und waren froh, dass wir die Ueberfahrt nicht vorgenommen haben. In Nanaimo angekommen hiess es mal wiedre putzen, aufraeumen, einkaufen, Internet besuchen, duschen und waschen. \ Als Gerwin dann gegegen ...
Encounter with seals
... us standing outside the doors of the dive shop before 9am. Unfortunately it didn't open until 10 so we decided to walk around downtown Nanaimo looking for a bathing suit for me. The dive shop is very close to the harbour so it seemed like a good place to ...
Defying Death
... town on the highway that would take us ninety miles along the coast of Vancouver Island and on to Victoria. Fifteen minutes outside of Nanaimo we arrived at WildPlay Park. We arrived forty-five minutes early and we were okay with that. I was not in a ...
Mount Finlayson Hike
... who asked "what took you guys?" He had thought we was closer to the top earlier in the climb. After taking in the scenery from 414m we descended and headed to Nanaimo....for yes a Nanaimo bar..!!!! Then back to Sydney for the ...
Nanaimo, Tsawwassen, Seattle
... isn't a ferry from Campbell River. That would have been devine and saved us a lot of drive time. Our departure time form Nanaimo is 10:15. No stops along the way, so we pull in with 25 minutes to spare. Nice little harbor and terminal. The ...
Going to Canada, ay...
... We felt like right wallies when following our streets & maps guide, we couldn't understand how the road signs were saying '95' to Nanaimo, and the streets & maps was saying '50'...then we realised that streets & maps was in miles, and all the speed limit ...
In Nanaimo
Vicky Swan is picking me up from the Painted Turtle Guesthouse on the corner of Bastion and Commercial, overlooking the water, at 4 or 5 p.. today after she finishes work. We are then going to her place in Nanoose ...
Island hopping
... in storage and then packed a handy easy to carry bag for a cheeky sidetrip. We jumped on a bus and then a ferry across to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. It's maybe not the best time for a visit, but I'm here so I've got to see these places anyway. That ...
If it's Wednesday, it must be Vancouver Island. .
The absence of rocks outside our balcony tells us the tide is in and it's time to move on . . . well, tomorrow morning anyway. We took a drive down to Victoria today, the capital of BC - a very busy place. We've decided we prefer nature to cities - at ...
Purgatory: Nanaimo
... Tofino. Then we drove to Ucluelet and walked the "Wild Pacific Trail" and walked around town. Then we drove to Nanaimo. We had a reservation to take the ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver on Saturday at 8 AM so we had looked for a place to ...
petit recul
Petite mise à jour rapide . Après avoir visité Victoria, nous sommes retournés à Nanaimo pour prendre le traversier vers Vancouver. C'était une autre journée magnifique. Après avoir visité Esquimalt et Royal Road, 2 anciennes possessions ...
Vancouver Island
... we catch up for a beer then. Ma: You bet. So at 10.15am I meet up with Ma and Renata taxi services in Nanaimo and we went off for some action and adventure. Ma asked if I was up for some Bridge Swing and Zip line action. I said Yes. We ...
Day 16 - Nairn Falls to Vancouver Island
... missed out on Vancouver city centre, we had great views of it from the ferry. After a couple of hours we alighted at Nanaimo, which was a bit of a rough town, but our campsite was on the edge of the town and set in a great spot overlooking the ...
Days 62 to 64: Powell River to Nanaimo
... less than 200 feet from us....Magical! We ffnd a landing spot at 8:45pm and call it a day...13 miles total...not bad for a late afternoon start. Day 64: tday we paddled 10 miles to Nanaimo...seeing some cute racoons on the island across ...