Blogs from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

Kelowna is the third largest city in BC. It is two hours away from Kamloops, also located in a semi-arid ecosystem. Kelowna is famous for its award wining wineries. During this trip, we visited the Mission Hill Winery and a Kangaroo Farm located near Vernon. The purpose of our trip was to see a neighbouring city in a similar geographical environment but with a different economic focus. Through observations, I found Kelowna very tourism dependant city, and in the suburban regions, it is also agricultural and forestry based. The people here are similar to the people in Kamloops, demonstrating a lot of characteristics of a true Canadian. The cultural diversity in these two cities are similar, I find them to have great opportunities to develop into bigger cities in the future, as Vancouver becomes more unaffordable. ... read more

Geo: 49.8868, -119.497Today we flew from Kelowna to Calgary with a short layover before flying onto Gatwick, London, England aboard WestJet Airlines. We were delayed leaving Calgary due to an electrical storm in the area. Our flight was not full so one of us was able to snag three empty seats and sleep most the way! WestJet is pretty basic; it offered no meal service unless you purchased it, plus you had to have your own tablet or rent one to for entertainment. The plane was pretty old and tired. Otherwise, the flight was uneventful. ... read more

Hello again! Well this update is about my time in Kelowna, where I was for about a week. This entry wont be too long as I was enjoying relaxing and not doing too much (or anything much) in the sunshine. First thing I found was that it was HOT! I arrived into Kelowna at 9am off another over night bus, and it was already almost 30 degrees. In my new hostel I met some lovely new hostel friends and had a very deep conversation about life and the universe and the conversation continued along that team. Now even though most days were at least 32 degrees I did go exploring and I found some wildlife, and I climbed a small mountain. However I didn't take too many photos, as I went to the beach most days ... read more

Encore une journée qui commence plein soleil, tenue d' été de rigueur. Apres un copieux petit déjeuner, départ pour Kelowna. 50 premiers kms sur une belle route de moyenne montagne, de part et d' autre des prés, comme c' est la période des foins, avec toutes ces odeurs. J' en prends plein les narines, surtout avec le toit ouvert. Pus tard je bascule sur la vallée de l' Okanagan, mais surtout sur son lac, qui s' étire sur environ 130kms. Vous allez penser que je radote, que je deviens gâteux, mais la encore quelle splendeur, sous ce beau soleil. Comme je suis sur une voie a grande circulation, a la sortie de Vernon, comme souvent, je m' engage sur une petite route, au plus pres du lac. Et comme d' hab la madame du GPS se ... read more

September 10, 2013 - Kelowna I feel like we're flying through our time here in Canada, which is worrying. I’m not sure any of us will be ready to go home. We’re getting very used to the routine of enjoying different places on a weekly or more frequent basis. We’ve been especially lucky this week with the weather being as good as it is combined with the fact that it’s so quiet here. It will be difficult to leave and I’m just glad we booked the 5 nights here. Apart from the flying insects that is. Those we will be glad to leave behind! (It's always handy when you have one little annoying thing that makes leaving a tiny bit easier!). Today we explored Kelowna, a pleasant little town on the edge of the Okanagan with ... read more