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well I took the plunge and went whale watching again: this time from Victoria with Ocean Explorations….400hp zodiac again.
Was hoping to see some Orcas, however there werent any in the area on the day – which was disapppointing, however I saw some Humpback whales and got some nice photos (most of which are now on the ‘kodakgallery’ site) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0aTtVY3lIU

had a beer with a couple of folks from the hostel last night – at the ‘sticky wicket’ pub in Victoria: was K, but had to queue at the bar….which was odd
This morning (14th Oct) I took the train back to Nanaimo to get a seaplane flight over to Vancouver, however for the first time since March, the planes were fogged in….typical!
so, it looks like another night in Nanaimo.

curiously, it was cheaper to get the 2.5hr train up here and pay for the flight than it was just to get the flight direct to Vancouver from Victoria………….course having the Student Union Card helped ;^)
<mental note for you prospective travellers out there: buy a NUS card off ebay for 4 quid…it’ll save you a fortune!>
Typically, the sea planes wer all fogged in at Nanaimo, so I had to spend another night there (so I had 2 hostels booked…thats another 9 quid Ive overpaid ;^) ) got up this morning and got the first flight back – EXCELLENT trip on the plane – I got to sit next to the pilot (theres only 3 seats and the others were taken) take off & landing were VERY smooth but the plane is soooo noisy – and of course I had a bad head again (out with another german last night) So Ive landed in Whistler now and will stay here tilll Thursday when I get my flight from Vancouver up to the Yukon
more pics later

Tags: canada, chuggy, island, nanaimo, orca, orcas, Travel, vancouver, victoria, whale, whistler

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