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Old 02-16-2006, 08:33 PM   #43
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Some pics from Vancouver Island

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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't travel much, but my favourite places are right here in Canada. I love Vancouver Island. Victoria, Tofino, Bamfield, and Qualicum are all nice. I also like interior towns too, like Nelson, Trail, and Fernie.

Montreal rocks too.
I wholeheartedly agree, it's a beautiful country we live in, from a tourist's perspective anyways without all the politics and the daily grind slaving for the taxman. The Vancouver Island is one of my favorite retreats in the world. Now I'm not a pro like Neeper but I'll share a couple shots, heavily downsized and compressed, from my el cheapo Pentax haha:

This was May 2005 when I blew my season tickets $$ during the lockout on a week out on the coast.

Pacific Sands (www.pacificsands.com) Cox Bay, Tofino: (I was in the one second from left)



View from my balcony:



Same thing at night:





Looking inside (http://www.pacificsands.com/accomm_twobrvilla.htm):




Hockey? What hockey? How can you remember any troubles in life when you're waking up to this every morning?




Nanaimo, this is where I want to retire, in those condos, facing the water:

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