Hi-Victoria

... its doors. The unwritten rule of the bar is that everybody should leave something behind, this can be anything but it seems the most common request for the ladies is to leave their bras behind! Kristina left a passport photo of me and the mini Fresian flag that Piet had given us in Medicine Hat. She wedged these under the Perspex protective cover of the table we were sitting at whilst I was distracted at the bar, so my 21 year old face will be forever in ...

After a couple of cups of BLACK coffee, Kathy sent me off with some sandwiches and fruit for my drive to Kelowna via the ferry from Tsawassen to the mainland. After the hour and a half ferry ride, I set out on the 5 hour drive through the Fraser Delta, the Cascade Mountains and then on to the ...

I thought I might write a bit of a summary for this years travel.
 
People often ask what was our favorite place, well its actually hard to say. 

 We like New England, but were a little disappointed with Maine, perhaps our expectations were too high. While its true that there is a huge population in the NE there are also plenty of places where you don't feel crowded.New Brunswick in Canada was depressing, it is a ...

... world, the construction of a new. Neat bark paths weave past them now, accessible to buggies and wheelchairs. Ropes and fences make people keep their distance, and everything is explained by helpful boards. This accessibility will widen the audience this forest receives, and hopefully make more people value it. But I preferred the other side, where the trails tended to vanish and the air of wilderness remained ...

... drei Frauen mitte fuenfzig, mit denen wir wohl das ganze Schiff unterhalten haben. Hauptthema war eine ihrer Freundinnen, die mit 54 einen 28jaehrigen Freund hat. Hatten mordsmaessig viel Spass bei dieser Diskussion und eine sehr kurzweilige Fahrt. Dafuer haben wir in Seattle im Parkhaus ungefaehr ne halbe Stunde Philips Auto gesucht! :-)

Gluecklich & zufrieden gings zurueck zu Philips Wohnung, wo das grosse Packen fuer HAWAII begann!!!

... welche an einem see vorbei kommt, damit ich meinem liebsten hobby (gewässer erkunden) nachkommen und der hitze entfliehen könnte. verschwitzt und voller vorfreude dort angekommen finde ich ein warnschild, dass die bakterienkonzentration zu hoch sei und ich doch besser eine badewanne aufsuchen sollte... nur leider gibt's keine davon im ocean island backpacker :o(

FAZIT: in victoria gibt's nicht die grossen sehenswürdigkeiten, dafür aber die 'grossen' menschen

... exit instructions -- "Yeah, that's right, you'd just throw it out the door and hop after it .... But we won't be doing that today." In minutes the 40 of us on the Dash 8 are clapping and laughing and exchanging witticism (many in French, as it turns out there's some kind of 9-member French band on board). It's only a 15 minute flight across Georgia Strait, but I get in a great discussion with my seatmate ...