Blogs from West Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 3

I'd always wanted to check out Bowen Island, so was pleasantly surprised when Kenny booked a night over there. Only 20 minutes on the ferry from horseshoe bay meant a nice short journey there. The island is a real little getaway from the daily hustle and bustle and our b&b was a real little hidden gem. The island is tiny and explored pretty easily. Our accommodation was overlooking Kilarney lake, so we went for a wander around the lake, enjoyed watching the humming birds drink water from outside our room and the eagles soaring over the lake. The village was a tiny street, but the restaurants were pleasant and buzzing, and there was a seafood festival in the restaurant we ate in. Sunday morning, after a delicious organic breakfast in our b&b we decided to head ... read more

DAY 6: Sunday 18th April 2010 - JASPER / TRAIN (by Darryl) Gee this train travel is great, its very relaxing - I could stare out the window all day (and I have), the scenery is spectacular along this leg of the trip. I’ve taken so many photos of rugged mountains capped with snow, fir trees, iced over lakes, boulder rivers etc that would keep a calendar company going for a few centuries! They’ll probably look all the same when I look at them later but nevermind. I’m typing this on the train as the boys sleep, and Sarah reads her book, but back to the start: This morning we decided to feed up large and have a big breakfast at the Hotel restaurant - to keep us going for most of the day. Buffet for ... read more

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 8:09pm Hola, bonjour, hey everyone! Finally settling in to life here in vancouver. Things are so different! Kilometers, celsius, loonies, and toonies are some new things that I'm learning about. And yes, people say "eh" a ton. I already say "for sure" but mine is more valley girl ... read more

Rainy Monday Today was a pretty uneventful day. We got up early (7am is early for me) and David put his stuff together and headed to the Canadian Passport Office to renew his passport. It only took a couple hours to get it done and should have it ready by Thursday which is great since I'm flying on Friday. Good timing. The weather was quite terrible so I went back to the room to get some laptop time and work on the blog as you might have noticed (shout out to Vincent for his help). The upside of all the rain is that D got to test his Arc'terix jacket and it works real good. He was dry the whole way...can't say the same for the jeans though but that's another matter. By 1300 the rain ... read more

Hello! So I haven't written one of these blogs in a while, maybe it's because I haven't had a reason to since I stayed at home for the summer, but fear not! I am on the brink of my next trip! I'm actually flying away in about 6 hours to Bangkok, Thailand via Hong Kong and will be traveling around SE Asia with my friend Max for 4 months. Sadly this means you'll be hearing a lot less from Peter in these blogs, he's off to the 'real world' of work and school, and I get to have all the fun. Unlike the epic Eurotrip with Peter, this one features less countries and a lot less plans. I'm flying into Bangkok and I have 2 days of exploring before Max shows up and then the plan ... read more