Victoria

I went on a weekend adventure to Victoria this weekend just past. It’s so much nicer than Vancouver, not too big, not as many homeless people, much cleaner and the architecture is freakin’ amazing! It was big enough that there was tones of cool shit going down, plenty to see and do. Loved it.

Started my adventure off by being taken to a friend of a friend’s float home at Fisherman’s Warf for good times, good people, good food and good drinks. Super cute house, plenty of character (covered in unnecessary shit, loved it).

Spent the next day wandering around downtown, sussing out the shops and the buildings. Had a few beers in the sunshine, hell good. Walked along the beach. Super dooper. That night went to see Canadian dude Hawksley Workman and his band play. It was in this church, super good sound, good view, and good music.

Next day it was a bit rainy, so we went on a drive and checked out Hatley Castle, where the kids in xmen studied, pretty damn cool. Castles are the bomb. Went to French beach, it was raining and cold though. Went to Mount Douglas as well, super good view of Victoria.. again, raining and cold though. Perfect end to the weekend, ordered Chinese food, got some beer and watched honey I shrunk the kids.

Ended my trip with a train ride from Victoria to Courtenay. Can say I’ve been on a train journey in Canada now. Whoo hoo!

Only about 3 weeks left on the mountain, gonna be pretty sad to see it go. Might even be tempted to do another season here next year. Not really sure where to go or what to do next. Either work at a kayak rentals joint in Campbell River, an hour North of Courtenay, move back to Vancouver and work at Stanley Park again, or head out east and live and work in Halifax. Whatever I do, I wanna travel around the east side of Canada July/August, go to Burning Man end of August/start September, then probably head back to Oz after that.