Day trip to Vancouver island

Overnight I was awake a lot soothing a sore throat that has appeared out of nowhere ,with water and tea ,so I was knackered this morning. Not ideal when faced with a 13hr coach trip
The YWCA is well placed and the collection point was only round the corner.
The journey to Vancouver island was a coach then ferry then coach .
The driver never stopped talking, giving information and trying to crack jokes...despite him I managed to go to sleep on the coach, and on the ferry ⛴️ 😴
Our 1st stop was the Beauchart gardens that had once been a quarry ,but as the stone ran out the owner filled in the area with soil and plants...
I had some lunch and a short mooch round...I'd spoken to 2 people from Macclesfield getting off the coach and 2 more from Glasgow.
We had 2hrs at this place ,it was too long in my opinion
We moved on to Victoria on Vancouver island which is absolutely lovely ..it has a great vibe...I much prefer it to Vancouver itself...If i returned to Canada I'd go straight to Vancouver island and not bother with Vancouver itself.
Unfortunately we only got an hour and a half here i didn't feel like mooching about and was disappointed that the hop on hop off bus would take the full hour and a half we had, meaning risking being late back for our Coach..It would have been a good way to see things. Personally, I think 1 .5hrs for the garden is sufficient whilst 2hrs for the centre of Victoria would be better .
Anyway, I got an ice cream and sat at the side of the Harbour for most of the time we had
Although not feeling great ,I am glad I've been as people talk about,Vancouver is nice but the island is lovely and I concur 😊Read more