Went Victoria on Wednesday till Friday!!! It’s a long long journey there! To save some money, we decided to take public transport to Victoria! So instead of a 3 hour journey using Pacific coach line which will cost us approximately $71 dollars for return fare, we took 4 buses in total + a ferry ride. Haha… and the total cost of that is $30!! Initially we though the ferry would be those we take to Batam, where all you can do on the ferry is to sit there and look outside the window. But BC ferry is huge! It has arcades, café, a buffet restaurant, gift shop, and viewing deck! Looks like a mini-cruise!
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After reaching Victoria, we checked into Hi-Hostel Victoria, and we ended up staying in 20 pax dorm for the girls, and 44 pax dorm for the guys! The guys decided to hunt for a better place to stay for the second night, and we found a hotel that cost us $27 per night with breakfast! Not bad at all, compare to $18 per night without breakfast and breathing in the same place with 20 other people!
Went walking around at Market Square…very peaceful… Victoria is even more peaceful than Vancouver…their downtown is like areas around UBC…. Slow paced…with not many people walking around…Market Square is suppose to be a flea market, but we were there on a weekday, so nothing was there… took some pictures and walked around…
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At night, we went to take some pictures at the Parliament house (Victoria is the capital of British Columbia) it does look very different in the day … in the day, it’s majestic and serious looking….at night, it’s magical like Disneyland…haha…
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On the second day, we went to the Craigdarroch Castle, a castle built by the wealthiest men in 18th Century in Vancouver then, he built this castle in Victoria but never get to live in it in his lifetime.. he passed away before the castle was complete, and his wife and kids then stayed there and take over this property. Sad life huh…
It’s a beautiful castle, but kind of creepy at times when it’s kind of dim and with pictures of the family hanging around in the house. Sharon and Julian played the piano at the castle, created some liveliness in the house.
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After the castle, we went to the Royal BC Museum, look through the sections on animals, environment and some pre-historical animals, on the 3rd level it’s about human history, and I did not complete the walk as it was too creepy with weird statues staring at me. Haha… The others went for IMAX theater while I decided to walk back to the hotel to catch a nap.
On the last day, we went to a park, can’t remember the name of the park…haha…but it’s a nice quiet park, with a few ponds, lots of ducks, nice purple flowers, the world tallest totem pole, the beach and some fat seagulls…
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February 26, 2007 at 1:49 am
lbluewindl
Serene!!! the park is damn nice!!! I love the field of flowers!!
wah glad that you’re not mugging ha. Congrats on getting the top score for your test!!
February 26, 2007 at 6:09 am
somethingboutrenes
hahaha….thanks thanks! hahaha….