Archive for June, 2007
Nanaimo: just keep driving
We left Victoria this morning to head for the wilderness. Or at least Englishman River Falls provincial park. it’s a very pretty campground with some very, very large trees and on this day it’s almost completely empty. We had our choice of nearly 125 sites before we settled on #87. We stopped in Nanaimo for [...]
Frommers redeemed: Royal BC Museum is Excellent
The Royal BC Museum, nestled between the legislature and the Empress Hotel, is an excellent destination for people wanting to learn more about Vancouver Island and the West Coast of Canada. The first level describes the natural history, focusing on the coastal wildlife (from grizzlys to elk to sea lions) and ocean life (from sea [...]
Someone call Frommers!
Just had a wild 40 minutes at the “under the sea adventure” in Victoria’s inner harbour. It was recommended in our usually spot-on Frommers guidebook. After walking onto what appears to be a small houseboat and ponying up 30 bucks, we descend a long dimly lit staircase to the undersea “natural acquarium” where we can [...]
Looks like we made it…
Sitting at the HI Hostel in Victoria after a long travel day. The trip went fine, got the van no problem and found the hostel without a hitch. Just like world travellers… We had a chance for a long walk around the inner harbour. Robyn wss fascinated by the Empress Hotel and wants to draw [...]
The Next Great Adventure
Sitting in the regina airport waiting to board a flight to Victoria. We’re off to tour Vancouver Island. I’ll post the odd update but otherwise, talk to you in July!
Canada – Costa Rica Highlights
Found Some! Costa Rica Goal (Centeno)– what you don’t see is this all started from a really tight free kick which went off the wall but the Costa Rican’s kept the pressure on: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAlOYbAToTU] First Canada Goal (De Guzman): [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF1_G5ROkYs] More replays of the first goal: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKfd1-nLmKU] Second Canada Goal (De Guzman): [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4VRWeRLJvQ]
Great start for Canada at Gold Cup
OK, I’m only posting this to draw your attention to the excellent Footie Fool blog. It’s fantastic — he follows Canadian soccer better than anyone. But, did you catch the match last night? What a stunner. Costa Rica played really well in Germany last year so I didn’t expect much from Canada. Once Costa Rica [...]
Google Maps Has Transit Info
I’m a winter bus rider and one of the things that bugs me is how tough it is to get transit information. Yes, our city transit authority has a web site but it’s touch to navigate, with a user interface that was poor in 2002, let alone today. But today I read that Google Maps [...]