In all the reading I had come across during my research for our trip to Canada I had seen one or two mentions of the Royal BC Museum, usually accompanied by a comment something like “worth seeing”. I hadn’t seen anything else on the museum, or read any other opinions, so I had put it … Read more
During my trip to Canada and the USA I was in and out of Vancouver a few times, which gave me the opportunity to stay in some of the different hostels in downtown Vancouver. Here are my Vancouver hostel reviews, including which I think are the best hostels in Vancouver, BC. For all the hostels … Read more
During my recent visit to Canada we did a road trip from Vancouver to Calgary. The first stop of the trip was Kelowna, chosen because it is the hub of the Okanagan Valley wine region. We had only one afternoon to spent in the area, and chose five Kelowna wineries for wine tasting during our … Read more
Our trip to North America was coming to and end. We had just finished up an amazing road trip from Vancouver to Calgary, and now we were getting on a plane to fly back to Vancouver. We had a bit over 24 hours until we would board our flight to head home to Australia. We … Read more
After our weekend in Seattle we were back in the car for another road trip – this time we were off to Calgary. I had a hard time putting together the bones of this part of the trip, because there is just SO MUCH to see in this part of Canada and I only had … Read more
On our arrival back into Vancouver from our cruise, we docked at about 7am. It took until about 9am for us to disembark, and another hour or so before we dropped off our luggage at our hostel. Our plan was to head out and explore Vancouver some more for the day. We were checking out … Read more
After a few days in Vancouver, Bailey, Simon and I were off to Vancouver Island. We decided to go the public transport route and in the end I was glad we did because everything worked like clockwork and we saved a packet! We went by train, bus, ferry, then another bus and all up it … Read more
It’s time for the next adventure. A new country, a new continent even. This is the first time I have been to North America. Over the next few weeks I will be visiting a corner of Canada and a small part of the US. I am starting in Vancouver. It’s a pretty long trip from … Read more