Wherever I go, there I am!!...

For the Easter holidays, I decided that I wanted to go and check out the place Vancouverites call ‘The Island’. It’s official name is Vancouver Island just off the mainland of Vancouver. A sea plane gets you there in 20 mins, a ferry in 1.5 hours. I was lucky to have a friend who used to live on the island who decided to go on the trip with me and thus planned our adventure. It started off with a sea plane ride to Nanaimo which took a mere 18 mins, the plane ride was great, a different experience with being on a tiny tiny plane with only 6 seats, we were all crammed in with no room to spare. I was fascinated by the scenery around me, along with the tiny hole that was in the window next to me, I kept placing my finger in the hole to get the sensation of the outside air, I also thought luckily we are not going up any further as this could pose a serious problem, either cracked window or lost finger!.

We arrived in Nanaimo and got our car for the weekend and proceeded to drive towards the coast to Parksville where we stayed at a new beach side resort. The weather was not great unfortunately with heavy rains, but the resort was beautiful and our room over looked the ocean, if only the weather would improve we wondered. The next day it turned beautiful, so my friend ADD and I took a drive to all the various wonderful areas such as Catherine Grove, Port Alberni, Qualicum, Fanny Bay, Comox and many other places, all beautiful and different. The following day we drove down to Victoria city stopping at various look out points along the way and visiting the famous hand painted murals which were very impressive and powerful.



We finally arrived to the capital Victoria early evening after a long day on the road, that night we went out and experienced the nightlife of Victoria which was fun and enjoyable. Our last day in Victoria was not a pleasant one as there was a huge rain storm which lasted the entire day therefore cutting short our sightseeing around the city, but the part thats I did see of Victoria was great and looked like a great little town with certainly a lot more to do than I had thought. ADD took me to the many places where she used to live and frequent. But as a result of the heavy rains, we were not able to do too much more and so we decided to take the early ferry back to Vancouver. The ferry ride was calm and serene, with gorgeous views all around, we arrived in Vancouver 3 hours later and thus ended my experience on the Island, I had a great time and glad I got to see how the other half lives but was happy to be home.

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