A 'relaxed but no time to ourselves' day as we head towards our cruise ship back in Vancouver. First an early breakfast and then onto the coach for the ferry crossing from Sidney over to Tsawwassen at Vancouver's Southern end. Some people are leaving the tour and we say our goodbyes before bussing right into the ship terminal to go through security, Canadian customs and of all things USA customs before boarding the ship. Impressions of the Volendam are very posit...

We're back in Vancouver (for the second time) which was the finish point for our Rocky Mountaineer train journey. We loved, loved, loved the train - Bill's trip highlight so far. We did the train trip on the recommendation of friends - thank you Robyn and Neale, Wendy and Dave!! Impressions of Vancouver; - A modern city with really interesting buildings - A picturesque harbour which is very busy - with cruise ships, freighters, tourist helicopter flights, seaplan...

After 14 hrs in the air we are again reminded just how far Australia is away from ........ just about everywhere. We quickly deplaned and collected our luggage to go through Canadian customs and then walked in a big circle to get back on the same plane, in the same seats for the next 4 hr leg to Toronto. (Kim's luggage was wet, and I mean wet from the condensation inside the baggage compartment). There wasn't too much sleep occurring on either leg really and we'...