Stanley Park Cycle Ride

Posted on by September 16, 2023

Rather than do the usual visit in a big city of streets and shops we opted to hire cycles and tour around Stanley Park for the day. It was awesome!

The hotel gave us a voucher and we were a 14 min walk from the cycle hire place where we picked up bikes with baskets. We followed the cycle paths around the Sea wall and it was great fun.

We cycled 17.87 miles in total starting at 11:15 and dropping the bikes of at 16:15 – so 5 hours exactly. Stanley park is huge and we got lost a couple of times but the cycle paths are just fantastic and really easy to ride on. What a great and different day.

My Apple Watch tracked our journey

Shangri-La Indeed

Posted on by September 15, 2023

We’ve stayed in the Island Shangri-La Hong Kong Island, Shangri-La Singapore and now at the Shangri-La Vancouver and we have to say this one is just awesome. With a massive hallway, entertainment room, bedroom, bathroom (with the biggest shower ever) and balcony, this hotel is something else to round off our Canada trip.

Food this evening was at the Keg just opposite the hotel, with a fantastic surf n turf, before a late night trip to the 24 hour gym (to work off those calories).

Shangri-La is HERE

A Mother of a Place to Find

Posted on by September 14, 2023

Greetings from Whistler, apparently they did the olympics here once

Whistler is HERE

On the way up here we got burned by a crappy little car as well

Breakfast of champions and healthy to boot

Next stop Whistler to Vancouver and the Hotel Shangri-La via a Harley store of course

Squamish

Posted on by September 14, 2023

What a funky little town, the type of place we love, a single Main Street nestled between mountains with spectacular views and nice eateries. this place has the feel of Austin, Pinochet, Tonopah (all in Nevada) and Williams Arizona.

Sushi again tonight and then a chance to sit and people watch before retiring to the sweat box hotel.

The houses HERE start at CA$800,000 for a 2 bed 1 bath studio, up to CA$2,000,000 for a 3 bed house with 1 acre of land

Mnt Habrich

Posted on by September 13, 2023

We are currently sat atop Mnt Habrich in the Stawanus Chief National Park sitting 2,904ft above the Howe Sound.

The gondola ride is amazing as are the views at the top and the freaky suspension bridge which Mrs Fogg was really spooked on as it sways when you walk.

It’s really tall HERE

Nanaimo to Squamish

Posted on by September 13, 2023

Today will see us leaving the wonderful Bates Motel on the Lake and taking another ferry this time back to the mainland and civilisation (boo). On the way back we will stop for a cable car ride HERE

Where The Hell Are We?

Posted on by September 12, 2023

So this is the cheapest hotel we are stopping in at a paltry £170 for the night (yup Canadian prices are astronomic). This place, resembling something from a 1950s slasher set, has the ricipshonist wiv clip inglish, “do you have a restaurant on-site” “No Fuud”, “is there anything nearby?”, “vend macheen”. Ok so she ain’t that bad, but not far off.

“Where is the hotel room”, “secund floor, around here”, as she just waves her arms in a circle. Up we go in the lift to find our room, let’s look at the guide to find room 214!!!!!!

Wished we hadn’t stopped AT THE BATES MOTEL

And when you find your room, there’s a nice sticker on the door

Tofino to Nanaimo

Posted on by September 12, 2023

A drizzly start from Tofino on the 150km route to Nanaimo where we will bed for the night. We’ve already had to pull off at a surfers beach in a howling gale and now we had to stop at a tourist info shed that in Mrs Fogg’s words was “rubbish”.

And last night was sushi at the Tough City Sushi with an awesome array of sake, yum.

Satnav says “turn left in 134km”.

It’s raining HERE

Sun in Tofino

Posted on by September 12, 2023

A lovely 2 night visit to Tofino on the edge of the Pacific Rim National Park. It’s a quirky, hippy type of small town full of surf shops and non surfing tourists!

There is pretty scenery all around us and some superb sea food. It’s even been warm today which we did not expect.

Tomorrow we head back to Nanaimo for our last night on Vancouver Island