Blogs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 63

A long bus trip and ferry ride to Victoria today. Victoria is a town on Vancouver Island which is a few hours off the coast of Vancouver. Nothing much of note here, not sure why we have two nights here instead of an extra day in Japer, but I'm sure they have their reason. Monetary ones, probably. Yash and I went whale watching in the morning though and managed to spot quite a number of whales around our boat, jumping, diving and doing all sorts of whale-type things. Yash and I also managed to stack quite spectacularly on the deck and I'm still limping a bit from that, always a good way to end a trip, no doubt. There's not a whole lot to do in Victoria, despite our tour leader Rika's proud proclomations. Another Fairmont ... read more

Hey all, I have probably seen most of you by now, but I thought a little update would be a good idea. I'm back at home, right into the old life, except I can't stop partying and not worrying about a thing. But this last week has been so much fun, besides the fact that I thought it's supposed to be summer here! It's been so good to see the fam, and all my friends, even though I've already driven up and down the island twice and to Campbell River and back. But it's all worth it because everytime you see someone you love it just might be the last! And my family is so, so, so amazing, and my friends well, you know who you are...whether that is good or bad, you'll never know!! haha! ... read more

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Town's buzzing - entertaining day, lots going on - harbour festival (which charged admission fee - everyone who knows me will know that im a tight ass, needless to say we didnt go to that one), Jazz fest & various other Canada day entertainments. We didnt do much other than people watch (cheapest option) followed by chilling out at the Jazz fest which was wicked as it was outside and it was a beautiful day. Getting a sun tan whilst listening to jazz def recommend that one, as our Auz friends would say AWESOME. Evening time was different, while the city was getting geared up for a big-style celebration (and we MEAN BIG STYLE - check out the photo below), we decided to indulge in nachos !! It wasnt just nachos with cheese, it was layer ... read more

So I’m just killing time at home waiting for this trip to get started. I’m running the odd errand here and there, but they are things I could have wrapped up a week ago and could be ready to hit the road at a days notice. Unfortunately I have a few more days until it’s time to fly out, but with no work or any other commitments I’m feeling fairly bored and impatient for my trip to start. On the plus side my visa for China arrived today. I knew it wouldn’t be a problem as I planned out enough time to get it processed and returned before I needed to leave. Some uneasiness, however, had set in as it was the last true obstacle before this trip became a reality. But now that it’s ... read more