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Travel Blogs from Vancouver, Canada
Alaskan Cruise 2004: Day At Sea
Woke up to fresh, clean, clear air on the balcony. It was chilly, but invigorating. We had breakfast and then a walk around the ship to get our bearings. The day was clear and wonderful with great weather. Praise God for answering our ...
The Gibsons in Vancouver
... in Vancouver, but it's sort of mid-season in places, so just be mindful of the price hike. We recommend the HI hostel in Vancouver, very reasonably priced, good location, and excellent free brekkie (a bit of a free for all, but hey, it's free so what ...
Having a Whale of a Time
Up early for another jog - did the perimeter road around Stanley Park which ended up being about 6.5 miles of very picturesque coastline! Got to Granville Island for the Whale Watching by 09:15. To go out and see the whales we were on a large 24 ...
Bear Aware.......
... , who is the project leader for the Wildcoast Project, which is located in the Clayoqout Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on Vancouver Island! So we met yesterday to discuss my dissertation/project how best that Bob can assisst me with data information and ...
Where To Next?
We have acquired a taste for the BBC. It is a refreshing change from CNN. British propaganda is more subtle and measured than its brash and sensational American counterpart. One night we were watching a fascinating BBC documentary on North Korea. The ...
Stanley Park and the aquarium
... us in circles. The wrong circles. Anyway we did finally get to them, and to Prospect Point to check out the fogged out view of Vancouver. Then we headed back home. Ally, Erik and River came over for dinner so I fought with mom to hold my new nephew for ...
Travelling Tales
... every major town), and yet the feeling of anticipation and giddiness remains the same. Our aim is to catch the 6:30am ferry to Vancouver on Saturday. From there, we'll take the high road to Whistler, through Kamloops, Banff, Calgary.... and then we'll ...
Port Hardy
... aus Prutz, Karin aus Kappel und meine Wenigkeit. Ich habe die 2 Tiroler am Faehrhafen kennengelernt, sie wollen auch nach Vancouver Island. Da die Chemie von Anfang an passte, reisten wir ein paar Tage zusammmen. Die Inside Passage kann ich wirklich nur ...
Kitchen etc.
Thought I'd post a few pictures. The first two is of our newly-remodeled kitchen and the third is a shot I took from near the top of Mt. Work. The second picture is a bit dark and all three are a bit soft as the batteries are weak in the ...
The count down begins
Dr. Bjorn from Plant Drive installed our vegi conversion, we have our bike racks, Wesley is checked and mechanically sound, and all the gear is ready to be packed. We are ready to go April 30th. For all you travellers that read this and plan to ...
Vancouver....eventually!
... good journey I have arrived in beautiful BC ! its getting on nearly 24 hours now so gonna have to sleep very soon !Vancouver is a little cloudy today but hopefully tofino will make up for that tomoro! Sorry bout the lack of interesting things to say ...
Vancouver - the final Canadian Frontier
My last uber-train journey in Canada ended up in Vancouver. I have never been so glad to get off a train in my life. So very glad that I decided to fly to San Francisco instead of the 22 hour train ride I was planning. I will return and see Oregon one ...
Rain!
It's been a little while since I posted an entry, so I thought it was about time to let everyone know I'm still alive! I feel like I've settled down a little bit in recent weeks, having now moved to much more comfortable (and cheaper!) accommodation. I ...
La maison
Bonjour, Quand vous lirez ces lignes je serai probablement a l'aeroport de Vancouver a attendre l'avion pour le retour a la maison. J'ai eu quelques peripeties pendant mon voyage de retour de Bali a Vancouver. L'avion a ete retarde de 4 heures a Bali et ...
Vancouver
... going on, they are building skyscrapers and they all look the same! Tomorrow night we are off to a Ice Hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche, going to be a huge game and the tickets are very expensive but if we are to do ...
So you wanna bike to Mexico...
Ok, so this all seems pretty real all of a sudden. We're on track to push off with those first peddles toward Mexico in basically one day from now. I haven't packed anything yet. With a goal in the organization as audacious as "nothing less than to ...
A working week
... my camera with me this time, so I'm posted a few photos of the bears at the top. They are still only babies, so are pretty small (apparently!). Anyway, I best be off, I've got a bit of work I should really do before tomorrow. Canada Kel, signing ...
Family Time
As this is a travel blog, I won't write much about our time at home. We had a wonderful visit with my family and enjoyed sharing so many great memories of our very special dad. ...
A Rocky Start
Well, our trip from Seattle to Vancouver was great; our trip from the airport parking to Vancouver was the trip from hell for me. We boarded the Airporter Bus to be taken to our hotel, Sutton Place. On the way there, the bus, without ...
China Town
G'day All, Well today sadly is the last day we have to tour this wonderful city of Vancouver it is a beautiful city and has a lot to see and yes as predicted it rained, so after a lazy breakfast etc we set off and walked down to Chinatown from the hotel ...
Royal BC Museum
We spent most of the day at the Royal BC Museum. They were exhibiting the "Titanic" and also had an IMAX film. The IMAX film was about the dives that have been made along with some of the history on the journey. There's something about this historical ...
Vancouver
... our cruise ship. Dad and Holly saw us off and next thing we knew we were aboard the Infinity, where the mimosa's were as plentiful as the gay men. The view leaving Vancouver was breathtaking, and I felt alive as we really began our ...
Victoria, BC
... to forget that this place is often gray and soaked with rain, though Victoria is known for having the best weather in Canada, eh. Overall, we're charmed by Victoria's lively downtown, active port, great selection of restaurants, colorful hanging flower ...
Time to settle down
... debating what we wanted to do after the trip and where we wanted to move 'home' to. We finally decided on Vancouver, Canada. Devin was born here and spent many summers in Vancouver with his Grandparents. I have always loved Vancouver ...
Visiting family and friends
... I left Australia that I might as well just make a week stop-over in Vancouver to catch up with some family and friends. Half the time I was in Kitsilano and downtown Vancouver with my friends and the other half I was in Surrey and Whistler with my ...
Bus-stops
... way. My flight is delayed and I spend quite a few hours there. Thanks again for the Ipod, Martin. When I finally get to Vancouver, Kristina and Björn (Swedish friends from Vancouver Island) are still there so we can get together in the bar, and after ...
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On Board - Eden Island
Not such an early start!!!! The boat is cruising between the coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island and has entered Seymour Narrows. There was a sighting of Orca whales which we could see out of our window and then at 9.15, we had a ...