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... how much she hated bio! As it turns out, she aced the course and now proclaims biology to be interesting....all's well that end's well.<br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br>We arrived in Nanaimo around 10h00, got gas and a few grocery items, then hit the road for Bamfield via Port Alberni. It took us 90 minutes to traverse the gravelly, pot-holed, wash boarded, dusty, narrow-bridged, logging road at 50 or ...

... trips to Edmonton and Toronto in the last month for work and I've been insanely busy with work for our big annual awards dinner, which was only last week, and training my replacement Lucille during the busiest time of the year, so I was putting in long days.<br><br>Pascal generously took the BCTIA team, minus Pamela who was unfortunately sick, out for a day of sailing on Howe Sound, just off Vancouver. (See Sailing on the Sound entry).<br><br>The rest of ...

... Tuesday night we headed to the Vancouver Art Gallery partly for the Rembrant exhibition but mainly for the acronym, very cultural I'm sure you'll agree. Learnt all kind of stuff about art. Did you know for example, that Rembrant cant draw dogs very well? Thought not. And on Saturday we hit EAT Vancouver, a cool little food festival. Being British we just mooched around trying anything that was free, so I cant say I really discovered any local delicasses. However we did try Sake and ...

... photos of stuff eg stood with a policeman, eating sushi, in the library etc. Actually this does sound lame doesnt it? Oh well, beats sitting in your room rocking and crying. 1st prize won 3 pitchers of beers. We came 2nd. We got diddly. - Couple of American guys moved in to my room over the weekend. Met them on Friday night when they thrust a bottle of Sambuca into my hand and demanded I drink it. I liked those guys ...

I wasn't planning to put in an entry so soon but YVR has free wi-fi. Who am I to pass up Cannuck hospitality. I noticed some problems with the inventory entry thaat I am having a hard time fixing on the n800. A netbook is looking better and better. By the way, My packe weighed in at 21.4 pounds. Not to bad. I hope my back appreciates the minimal wardrobe changes. I expect my bunkmates over the next few months wont.

... mornings experience) we were certainly ready to head on. Caught a bus from Waterfront Station, (whilst we were there, the nice security man let us in to an unmarked door which led to toilets, thank goodness, because Brad doesn't know what it's like to wait). For all the reasons above, they do not have 'public toilets'. It's a 'secret'. Interesting. Anyway, we got to our destination Granville (as in Granville Island). Neat little place ...

... own Lambchops hand puppet for sale. After the tour wrapped up our quad of campers grabbed some food from the Market and were there just in time to actually see a Professional Street Performer do his magic trick act and I will tell you this it was a really entertaining show to say the least. We then made our way back and spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the Seawall of Stanley park and we even got to a point late in the afternoon ...

... was now ours. Now we needed Insurance so we could get number/licence plates and use the vehicle. Vehicle Insurance in Canada is compulsory and the main component can only be purchased via the Government Insurance system. Insurance was the sticky thing - relatively easy to get but they wouldn't accept that we had had no claims on our insurance in the last 8 years even though we had documents from State Insurance that ...

During the evening we hosted a farewell/information evening at Rhizome Cafe on Broadway in Vancouver. Over 70 friends and family members came to say goodbye and hear our plans for our trip to Guatemala. It was a wonderful evening and we are grateful to all the well wishes from everyone. Thanks to Lisa and Vanetta @ Rhizome for hosting our event at their great cafe.

What a way to begin a vacation! Mike surprised me with a flight over the Southern Gulf Islands- a brief overview of the islands we might visit during our vacation on Tiara's Dream. Amazing! In one hour we flew from Saturna, the southern most island, to Gabriola, the most northern in the southern Gulf archepelago ...