More views from the Zodiac while bear watching on the Claroquot Sound near Tofino, Vancouver Island

Beautiful British Columbia

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July 29th 2005
Vancouver Our first night in Vancouver was in a lovely new hostel located on top of a booming bar fit snugly between adult stores and greasy pizza places. At least the pizza was good. After checking out in the morning and lugging our bags down to the ferry terminal we discovered that Canadians are almost as paranoid as Americans. Because of the threat of terrorism they did not offer a ... read more

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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