Blogs from Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 14

Hierbij wil ik jullie verwelkomen op mijn eerste ooit geschreven blog en jullie hebben ook nog de eer om het te lezen. Bij deze ik vind het leuk dat jullie dat dan ook met een genoegen doen. Hoop ik dan;). Ik ben vorige week donderdag (12 nov) vertrokken vanuit Nederland naar Seattle. Mijn vlucht vanuit Amsterdam was een uur vertraagd vanwege mist in Frankfurt. Gelukkig haalde ik uiteindelijk toch mijn aansluiting en zat ik op tijd en in het goeie vliegtuig op weg naar Seattle. Daar aangekomen en nadat ik door de immigratie en alles was gegaan stond ik onverwachts sneller dan gedacht oog in oog met Sandra. Eindelijk weer de hereniging waar we al naar uit zaten te kijken. Tranen vloeide en was ook moment van stilte. Hoe fijn kan zo'n moment zijn..... Nadat ik ... read more

10 days till ma and I take off for Thailand! We're damn near counting the minutes. -Sara... read more

We got up Friday with the intention of heading to Victoria, provincial capital of British Columbia. Once we got our collective act together, it turned out to be too late to catch the ferry from Port Angeles, which is the shortest route. Further research revealed that if we drove to Anacortes, we could catch a boat that went through the San Juan Islands to a town near Victoria, so we headed north. The trip through the San Juans was very scenic, including a couple of stops at some of the islands. It was a fairly lengthy ride, but we ultimately arrived in Canada and made our way to Victoria. We drove around a bit, found a room for the night, and started off to see the town. It proved a hit with all three of us. ... read more

I have now bought my greyhound bus pass which allows me 60 days travel anywhere within Canada and the USA so following that i got a bus to Victoria on Vancouver Island.....with a different bus company. The method to this madness however was that greyhound go to the north of the island then down to the south where Victoria is, so the journey would have taken a ridiculously long time (the island takes about 7hrs to go from end to end) where as the other company, who i got 25% off with due to the pass i bought with greyhound took me straight here. There was an hour and a half ferry journey involved which turned out to be pretty interesting as they did a nature talk on the deck of the boat about some of ... read more

This post has photos, but unfortunately they dont bring you up to date. So much bizzle has happened, with no posts.. so, it would take a wee while to write it all down. I made it to Victoria. Last day was 130+ kms from Hope through Langley to Tawassen. I received my first official puncture in 7000 km on this particular kind of tire, Schwalbe Marathon Plus's, right smack in the middle of Langley, during the hottest part of the day. It was tough. Since arriving to the open arms of my mom and eating her copious amounts of baked goods, I spent time with my brother Harrison, my Dad, my youngest brothers Steward, Andy, and Darien, my step-Mom Sue, my sisters Natalie and Angelena. After 3 sweet weeks on the coast, I've finally left, likely ... read more