Vancouver Island -- Victoria

2 weeks ago(18-19/09/2009), my friends and I travelled to Vancouver Island. Guess how long we spent on travelling time? After sitting sky train for 1 1/2 hour and bus for 1 hour, we finally reached Tsawwassen Bay = ) Gosh! It is really far away from SFU = (. Guess what, we still need to take 1 hour cruise to reach Vancouver Island. And, from Swatz Bay , it took us 1 hour to reach Victoria!! In total, we spent 4 1/2 hour to reach our destination! It is just like a trip from Penang to KL....

Picture took at Tsawwassen Bay = ) Nice View!

Luckily the cruise is fun and big! This is the first time I sit such a big cruise. There is arcade rooms, restaurants and souvenir shops! Wow! And, we can even watch channel TV in the cruise = )Ha ha! Besides, the transit system in Vancouver is really different from Singapore. It is more flexible and friendly.Here, the bus driver can change the bus route when it is needed. On Friday, on our trip to Tsawwassen Bay, because of too many passengers, the bus driver decide to split into two buses , so that all of us can fit in the bus. It is so considerate = ) Then, the bus driver has a mic which he can announce the places when we reach and can talk to the passenger, just like a traveller bus and the driver is the guide = ) So fun!

We slept in International Hostel on Friday night and it is the first time to overnight in hostel during vacation. I don't like hostel because certainly, it is unsafe to leave your luggage in the cupboard and sleep.

We woke up at 7.30am on the next day and start travelling around. No doubt, Vancouver is a beautiful island with breathtaking scenery. We went to the expensive Emperor Hotel, the beautiful Legislative Building , Royal London Wax Museum and had our lunch at Fisherman Whaft's.We share a Fisherman's Sampler which include half of steamed crab, mussels and 'ham' and fish n chips among 3 friends. It is worth buying and the food is delicious = ) Yummy!! The mussel is big and fresh!

After a yummy lunch, we went to Butchard Garden, 1 national historic site of Canada, which has been built over 100 years. The Garden started in Waterwheel Square and then the Sunken Garden, which link to the Rose Garden and the Japanese Garden. Later on, we walked to the Italian Garden and reached Star Pond.There is plenty of beautiful flowers in the Garden. There are different colours of roses : red, yellow, white, pink, orange.... When we walked into the Japanese Garden, the feeling changed. The atmosphere turns green with lots of bonsai, small hut and stoned pathway.


Undoubtedly, Victoria is a prefect place for relaxing and honeymoon. The lifestyle pace is slow and thus we can enjoy every moment of our life sitting or lying on the grass enjoying the beautiful view of the island.