To say we are a tad behind in the blog writing is an understatement, but hang in there guys, only 3 weeks left, thanks for sticking with it! We arrived by ferry to Victoria, a very "British" part of British Columbia. We stayed in a funky 1970's motel which I got for a bargain. We visited the museum and also a kind of model village called Minature World, which had bizzare dioramas of things like "Custers Last Stand" alongside "The Sev...

A small town, we had the whole 31 bed hotel to ourselves. Not much going on here, we spent the night in the local bar watching the Canucks (ice hockey) again with the locals. We were just hanging around waiting for the ferry, which left at 6.30pm on Sunday to sail the Inside Passage to Prince Rupert.  Now let me tell you a bit about BC Ferries...we were getting on a new ship, The Northern Adventurer, which replaced the last one that sank on this very ...

If I EVER mention going whale watching again, will some one please beat me round the head with a large stick?? We booked, it was cancelled, rescheduled for the next day and headed out to open choppy sea (next stop Japan) to spot the gray whale. The first half of April is, and I quote the guide book, "...the best time of year to see these magnificant creatures make their migration up the coast....often with young calves..." so as you can imag...

Well, we sure landed on our feet this time,a catered chalet for 12 and we are the only ones here for the first 4 days. Absolute bliss !!! Andy & Julianna were our hosts, they cooked breakfast and dinner for us every day and did the washing up !! The skiing was brilliant, 3m of snow and hundreds of different runs for us to navigate. The weather was cold (-15) but the forcast was warming up towards the end of the week. Day 5 and our little piece of heaven was...

People say it always rains in Vancouver, well I don't believe them !!! We have had lovely weather since the day we arrived. We stayed in the Urban Hideaway, a beautiful little guest house right in the center of the city. We decided (as the weather was sooo good !!) to walk around Stanley Park, it took us all morning and we only did a third of it but we did manage to see the totem poles and quite a lot of the sea wall. We also spent half a day on Granville Isl...