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Victoria
Travel Blogs from Victoria, Canada
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Hi everyone, we are leaving on November 8 To South East Asia. We will be returning on March 16. The plan is to visit Bangkok for 2-3 days and cross into Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and back to Thailand. If we have enough time, we would love to go to ...
Victoria 2
... 09/07 We woke up this morning and drove China Beach, which is located 45 minutes outside of Victoria. While Amy took the dogs on a trail run, the boys hiked their kayaks down to the beach where Craig taught ...
Season finale
... ended with a huge bang!!!! Well, I had quite a tight connection between my flight from London landing, and my flight to Victoria taking off. So, I was the first person off the plane, pretty much running to the baggage claim. Unfortunately they had made ...
Victoria
We stop off at our dear friends, Steve & Lorna (more recent Calgarian refugees) for a wonderful night of frivolity and cameraderie. Then onto the ferry away from the ocean paradise and into the middle of the country to visit ...
The power of one
The plane to Vancouver is packed, and for whatever reason, I can tell it's a fun crowd. There's something in the way people flop into their seats which just seems more happy than a usual plane. And then Dee, our stewardess, starts talking. People like ...
Island visit
... door to that was a Chinese and we couldn't resist it though it proved a bit of a disappointment. Wednesday 6th October - Sidney - Victoria We finally made our bus trip today to the 'world famous' Butchart Gardens (we hadn't heard of them either but ...
A Full Day Whale Watching Trip to Victoria
... with beautiful houses, we saw some seals lying around and were able to spot some orcas. After 4 hours on the sea we arrived in Victoria. I was a little bit worried, as I have forgotten my sunscreen at the hotel. As I have feared I got a sunburn in my face ...
Victoria - The Return - Part 11 of 12
... . My travelog: VICTORIA with 13 blogs describes the charms of this city. If you like flowers, also from last year's blogs: VICTORIA Blog: No. 9 Barbara's Flower Shots VICTORIA Blog: No.17 Butchart Gardens - Photos to Make Winter Go By On Friday, with ...
Victoria - Vancouver Island
... , was on the internet quite a bit and read my Anne of Green Gables book. Of the sites I did see, Beacon hill - a park in Victoria that has a lot of different areas, a pond, fab flowers and lots of ducks. Mile Zero - well - the other end of the ...
An unexpectedly handy stop
To complete the trilogy of places on Vancouver Island we went to Victoria, which is the capital of British Columbia. It's a nice enough place I suppose but there's not a lot to it. We bumped in to the Scottish couple from Nanaimo and after finishing ...
Canada (Calgary-Banff-Okanagan-Vancouver)
... viewing point at the top you looked down onto Lake Louise and the Chateaux and in the opposite direction to the mountains and the Victoria Glacier. As we were leaving the peak thunder ripped through the air and we feared the worst, only to realise as we ...
Awesome scenery on Vancouver Island
As I said, we took the first ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. It was a 90 min crossing, however, between the required getting there early, the loading, the crossing and then the unloading and Canadian Customs, it took almost 5 hours!! I think, since ...
The Greens in Victoria!
... for a familiar face... Dave greeted me with a big smile! It was already dark but Dave took me on a brief tour of downtown Victoria before we made an appearance at an art exhibition... I'd never been to an art exhibition before - so not even an hour ...
Mexico: 23 Destinations - The Epilogue
... ) During the year we moved from Prince George, British Columbia to Victoria, British Columbia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Time Reader? ......here is the ...
After Mexico: What Now?
... according to Canadian Business Magazine we are not badly placed right where we are because among destinations in Canada and the United States, Victoria, British Columbia, where we presently live, is rated No. 1. ...
Mean Victoria : (
... to the UK to show my proof of address... Anywayy, i got thru, i think the guy at customs was just being a Biatchhh, Victoria is just that....very victorian :P, hehe...not the aussie way, but the old building style way. There is the super english ...
Victoria
... and Tia. Kelly and I went to Butchart Gardens which is 20 hectares and one of the main tourist attractions of Victoria. The gardens were established in an old limestone quarry about 100 years ago and were magnificent. The flowers were so ...
Victoria: happy/hobbling homecoming.
Well, we've finally come full circle and made it back to Victoria. We all had a great weekend coming home and seeing our friends/houses/families/dogs. Starting on Monday we collected data around town for the first three days at some smaller ...
Movie Day
... girl by any stretch. After going our separate ways earlier in the day, Veronica and I met up to attend another film at the Victoria Film Festival, this time it was The Freebie, a film about a married couple giving each other 'a night off'. I'm not ...
45km durch Vancouver Island
Der meist gehoerte Satz des ersten Morgens ins Victoria: "I'm sorry guys, I'm so sorry"!!! Die Bedienung im Hotel ist beim Fruehstueck ein wenig durch den Wind - keine Ahnung, was die den Abend zuvor getrieben hat, jedenfalls kriegt sie nix auf die ...
HONG KONG - Why a Videoblog?
HONG KONG - Why a videoblog? I have been blogging for a long time. It is time for a change. What better way to demonstrate new creativity than in a travel videoblog! That means I will be writing a lot less and expressing myself in a new medium. To ...
In Search of the Elusive Paddle
Lara made waffles for breakfast... and piled my plate high... it was like "haha, let's see how much loky can eat until he bursts!" It seemed like only hours ago I rolled into bed because of my potato challenge! I love this place! Dave, Lara and me ...
Countdown till takeoff......
A month to go and we are still planning, organizing, and getting our butts in gear... ...we'll be ready... .........we have to ...
Chapter one the plan i travelled up the ...
Chapter one, the plan I travelled up the Indus thru Pakistan in 1994 with Susannah and our 3 year old, Oliver. We saw all the sights. We slept in the cheapest places with the best atmosphere. We met wonderful Pakistanis and made lifelong friends ...
On the road again
I didn't expect religious conversions when we went to India in 2002 and I was right: we remained the same, whatever it is. I didn't expect to have our pictures taken far more often than we took other people's...but it happened. I didn't anticipate seeing ...
Victoria
Happy Birthday to me. Up bright and early to check out and head for Victoria on Vancouver Island. Walked down to catch our bus to the ferry - BUS STRIKE. Fortunately it was the other company - so we got away and caught our lovely ferry trip across to ...
Canada - Day 3
... meal and have had a long and fruitful day which began at 5am!! Birding began at Observatory road, just north of Victoria. What a fantastic spot! Bushtit, Dark eyed Junco, California Quail, American Robin, Orange crowned Warbler before we got through ...
The start of our tour around Canada
... Bay: Great little town but a little on the quiet side...caught the ferry to Nanaimo. Nanaimo: Sorry we didn't get to see much of the town...caught the bus to Victoria. Victoria: Our most favourite place so far...beautiful...I could live ...