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Vancouver Island, A Provincial Backwater? No Way!

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August 31st 2006
Friday 25th Aug Jumped on the 254 bus (3.25CAD pp) to out of the city to Horseshoe Bay (you can't miss it, it has the destination printed out on its forehead) to catch the breathtaking 1.5hr ferry journey (11cad pp) across to Nainimo on the East shore of Vancouver Island. From here we caught the Tofino Bus, an express bus that brings you south ... read more

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more