Category Archives: travel

Proving that the art of postcard writing is not dead…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Helen

I still can’t quite get over the magnificence of the Rockies, and get my thoughts and impressions into coherent sentences. In the meantime here is a postcard.

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Prince Rupert to Jasper, finally heading east

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Helen

We were incredibly lucky with the weather throughout our time in Prince Rupert. It rains, on average, 288 days of the year and on the morning of our departure we got to witness exactly what nature is capable of up … Continue reading →

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Prince Rupert

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Helen

Situated at the end of the Canadian train line and at the foot of the BC border with Alaska Prince Rupert feels incredibly isolated. It might also be because regardless of how you arrive, or where you’re coming from, it … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo to Port Hardy

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Helen

I’m writing this from a lovely hotel room on the marina at Port Hardy. We have a great view from our room that overlooks the bay and we can see small fishing boats moored up in the marina below. We … Continue reading →

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Leaving Vancouver, heading west

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Helen

We left Vancouver rather inauspiciously by bus. It felt strange to be making this big step in our lives simply by walking a couple of blocks and getting on the same bus as Mike has taken to work for the … Continue reading →

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