Ramada Nanaimo Inn

... br><br>I'm not sure exactly what Frank has planned for me. He generally requests that WWOOFers stay with him for at least a month, and was looking for someone with cooking experience. I don't have time to spend a month with Frank, but I can cook, so he took me on. I hope that I'll be in the kitchen, learning some local recipes, but I'll have to wait and find out. Everything will unfold as it should.<br><br>That feels like enough rambling for one day. <br>James<br>

... no fail' and everyone else was getting 98%s on 'hard' and 'expert'). <br><br>Then after the gang had gone to bed, Sue, Richard and I shared photos like true seasoned travellers- theirs of Mexico, mine of the slightly less exciting Vancouver Island but I don't think I bored them too much! Before I knew it, it was 11:30pm, so I hit the sack and yet again slept like a log. <br><br>The next morning (sorry guys, this is going to be an all-in-one kind of entry: persevere, we're nearly ...

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 least on this trip. The highlight of our day was a visit to Butchart Gardens. Julie, you were right - wonderful! The day couldn't ...

... for about an hour. Noisy sea planes and car ferries are coming and going on a regular basis, plus a variety of pleasure boats. If you are ever in Nanaimo be sure to have lunch at "Penny's Palapa". It has delicious gourmet Mexican food. The restaurant floats right on the docks with outside seating which makes for a very enjoyable view. The place itself ...

... my left hand to let go of the bridge but my body didn't react. My left hand held fast to the bridge. Our jumping guides were amazing at their jobs. One of them began to talk to me about the jump. He assured me that I was safe and that everything would be okay. He told me that no one had ever been injured in a jump at this park and he promised not to let me fall. I told him that I wanted to believe him but I was busy being terrified at the moment. At this point my arms began to go ...

... highway dotted with numerous traffic lights which slows the travel time down). 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 signs and distance signs are in kilometres here! We arrived at the campground in Nanaimo at about 6pm.

... to order an egg salad wrap. Which was also, very nice. Then we drove on down Vancouver Island (which is evidently bigger than NZ) to Comox to briefly visit Henri's mother before arriving in Nanaimo in perfect timing as my cousins Del and Ella Haylock had just arrived back from their group hiking morning. Henri continued on - he was hoping to get to Reno by Wednesday evening. Del's great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers and one went to Canada ...

... It was hours and hours of ripping cds. Alynn agreed to help out with the dance music and my dad forwarded a new external hard drive to him, which caught up with us in California. This by the way is the single best excuse I have for not blogging while we were in Arivaca. I was all consumed with getting the music ripped again after purchasing two new externals myself. I copied all my cds after several days of work and then made another copy just to be safe. The ...

... haze that I expect to be around 24 hours a day, probably not, but if I do, this is where to go to hear about them. At the moment I am in Vernon, which is possibly the anti-bangkok for me. No rainbows. No liquors. Not even a temple, unless you count my house which Im pretty sure just doesn't cut it. After speaking to my friend Pete who is on some beach in Malaysia right now, it turns out that I am going to ...

I'm waiting for Shuttle to Airport. Forgot to mention that while on plane, due to pressure changes..when I opened my bottle of cream up, it splurted out and made a mess! No I see why sealing things in Ziploc bags is a good idea. I also plugged my digital camera into the wall with the adapter, and it works! Technology is awesome. No need to convert voltages, camera is good everywhere. Well, better go. Carolyn:-)