Monday 25 April, 2005

We are going on a summer holiday

More of good news bad news on the driving license department: I got my learner license, but the catch is that I can only drive if another person who has a BC license sits next to me in the car. It's starting to get very clear to me why I should have done this while my old license was still valid... I just need to pass that driving test real soon now so I can become a real person and a driver. Not that I really really need it right now, as we don't have a car - but it seems to me very much like leaving things until the last minute just complicates my life unnecessarily. Gee, what a revelation.

Our little mini-holiday on the Island is shaping up - the current plan is to leave to Vancouver Island tomorrow morning, arriving in Nanaimo early afternoon. From there we'll rent a car (and I won't be driving, for a change - yay!) and drive to the other side of the Island to Ucluelet and Pacific Rim National Park to see the rainforests, giant trees and whales. We'll spend two nights there and drive to Victoria on Thursday where we spend the last night, exploring Victoria on Friday and coming back on the ferry that evening.

Dispite being 30 and going on holiday with my parents - which might sound grim to some people - I'm really looking forward to this little trip. I'm hugely exited about seeing the "real Pacific Ocean" (and not the peaceful inlet we have here) and the ancient forests there, and I've always wanted to see whales in the wild which hopefully is finally going to happen. I should be able to blog using my Flickr account, as long as I have coverage on my mobile, which actually doesn't means most of the Island - it really is a wilderness out there.

Posted by kolibri at 25 April 18:46, 2005
Comments
# 1 - Rel Fexive (on April 26, 2005 01:20 AM):

It is amazing how much difference being to drive can make to getting a job. Or not so amazing, I suppose. But it does make a difference, so this comment is not entirely pointless.

Maybe.


# 2 - Chu (on April 26, 2005 06:59 AM):

Oooh, the trip sounds delightful!

Please bring back a lot of photos - that way I'll be able to share the things I wanted to do as well, like whales and the "real" Pacific.

Travel safely, all of you!


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