The last week or so from the slack one.... ;)
Right... well... its been a while since i posted and i seem to be leaving it up to Gem to do most of the work so even though she has written about the last few days i thought i'd put in my recollections...
Right, so first thing -
1. Naniamo... we had some fantastic company with the parents of a friend of Jesse who we stayed with in Vancouver. Convoluted but it worked. They were so accomodating as they picked us up, fed us some amazing food and provided us with a bed and stellar company for the night. They even took us to the bus terminal in the morning.
2. The bus ride... We got on a nice coach for the 7 hour ride to Port Hardy... then it was leaking fuel (better than one of the planes i guess) so we turned around and got on another coach - bugger - it was crappier... anyway, not an exciting trip but tolerable.
3. Port Hardy... wow... rain... lots of it... We sort of took the pedal off the metal here and relaxed in a hotel. We managed to spend a whole day in bed even. On Rememberance Day we went to the memorial service which was fantastic. Next stop... the ferry.
4. The ferry ride... we got on at 6pm, then got off and 3pm the next day... i'm so glad we had a cabin. Small beds but I fitted in fine so it was great. The current was a bit choppy for he first bit and well, it was dark already so we went to bed pretty early... then we got up when we heard the magic words.... "Last call for breakfast!" :) For some reason I thought the trip was 15 hours, but i guess 6pm-3pm is 21 hours so loooong trip.... but beautiful.
5. Prince Rupert... we got picked up at the ferry terminal by one of Satnam's (a friend of Gems she met in Sri Lanka) relatives... he took us to more relative and we got the full Indian hospitality... which ment strong tea and food... my god! so much food! And that dog! It was the fattest little daschund I have ever seen... it looked like it had cows udders!... it even got stuck on its back for a while like turtle :) Poor thing. After tea we started to head to Terrace but the roads were pretty icey so we stayed in Prince Rupert for the night... after a couple of Dram Buie (sp?) at a pub anyway :)
6. Trip to Terrace... we wandered round Prince Rupert for the morning which was nice and then started on the trip to Terrace. Apparently the trip is one of the 10 most beautiful trips in the world and it didn't disappoint... any pictures just don't do it justice. Even Satnam's "Uncle" said it was more beautiful than traveling through Kashmir and hey that scored a Led Zepplin song so it must be swanky... :)
7. Terrace... been pretty good weather here so far... some rain but on the whole not half as rainy as I thought. Satnam's hospitality has been more than we could ever have asked for and we have to thank him immensely. We have been on walks and seen First Nation Bands and eaten so much food (again), even Moose! Me and Gem have also been out on our own around the town where I got checked out by a girl in Staples... allll riiiight.... ;) We also managed to catch up with Quinton, one of Gems ex's, and we sat around and ate and talked... oh and drunk. This man makes his own wine, beer and moonshine! Vodka that actually tasted pretty good.... and was rather potent... well, that was until he broke out the good stuff from Alaska... 151 proof stuff. Actually hardly tasted at all which either is very dangerous or very nice... well that or it strips your taste buds on conact so you don't taste it at all! We also watched play, Nunsense which was very very funny, and loked at a few art galleries. On the whole, its been very good. Now we have a few days here before we head into Quesnel.
Speak more soon people... unless we can't get internet access in Quesnel.... *deep breaths... in... out*
Peace out.
Duncan.
PS and yes I know it is long but sue me... I don't have to live by my own rules... but I did make the font smaller so it 'seems' shorter :)
Right, so first thing -
1. Naniamo... we had some fantastic company with the parents of a friend of Jesse who we stayed with in Vancouver. Convoluted but it worked. They were so accomodating as they picked us up, fed us some amazing food and provided us with a bed and stellar company for the night. They even took us to the bus terminal in the morning.
2. The bus ride... We got on a nice coach for the 7 hour ride to Port Hardy... then it was leaking fuel (better than one of the planes i guess) so we turned around and got on another coach - bugger - it was crappier... anyway, not an exciting trip but tolerable.
3. Port Hardy... wow... rain... lots of it... We sort of took the pedal off the metal here and relaxed in a hotel. We managed to spend a whole day in bed even. On Rememberance Day we went to the memorial service which was fantastic. Next stop... the ferry.
4. The ferry ride... we got on at 6pm, then got off and 3pm the next day... i'm so glad we had a cabin. Small beds but I fitted in fine so it was great. The current was a bit choppy for he first bit and well, it was dark already so we went to bed pretty early... then we got up when we heard the magic words.... "Last call for breakfast!" :) For some reason I thought the trip was 15 hours, but i guess 6pm-3pm is 21 hours so loooong trip.... but beautiful.
5. Prince Rupert... we got picked up at the ferry terminal by one of Satnam's (a friend of Gems she met in Sri Lanka) relatives... he took us to more relative and we got the full Indian hospitality... which ment strong tea and food... my god! so much food! And that dog! It was the fattest little daschund I have ever seen... it looked like it had cows udders!... it even got stuck on its back for a while like turtle :) Poor thing. After tea we started to head to Terrace but the roads were pretty icey so we stayed in Prince Rupert for the night... after a couple of Dram Buie (sp?) at a pub anyway :)
6. Trip to Terrace... we wandered round Prince Rupert for the morning which was nice and then started on the trip to Terrace. Apparently the trip is one of the 10 most beautiful trips in the world and it didn't disappoint... any pictures just don't do it justice. Even Satnam's "Uncle" said it was more beautiful than traveling through Kashmir and hey that scored a Led Zepplin song so it must be swanky... :)
7. Terrace... been pretty good weather here so far... some rain but on the whole not half as rainy as I thought. Satnam's hospitality has been more than we could ever have asked for and we have to thank him immensely. We have been on walks and seen First Nation Bands and eaten so much food (again), even Moose! Me and Gem have also been out on our own around the town where I got checked out by a girl in Staples... allll riiiight.... ;) We also managed to catch up with Quinton, one of Gems ex's, and we sat around and ate and talked... oh and drunk. This man makes his own wine, beer and moonshine! Vodka that actually tasted pretty good.... and was rather potent... well, that was until he broke out the good stuff from Alaska... 151 proof stuff. Actually hardly tasted at all which either is very dangerous or very nice... well that or it strips your taste buds on conact so you don't taste it at all! We also watched play, Nunsense which was very very funny, and loked at a few art galleries. On the whole, its been very good. Now we have a few days here before we head into Quesnel.
Speak more soon people... unless we can't get internet access in Quesnel.... *deep breaths... in... out*
Peace out.
Duncan.
PS and yes I know it is long but sue me... I don't have to live by my own rules... but I did make the font smaller so it 'seems' shorter :)
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