We started the day with a swim – well we are on Waikiki beach and it would be rude not to! Then around 10.30am we headed off to walk about 45 minutes to the Honolulu Museum of Art. I suspect

A lush valley …
We hired a car today from a small car hire place down the road from the hotel. There is no digital or photographic record of this car as I have destroyed them all. The reason? The car was a white

Hawaii three-o
So – just to complicate things, we are now in Hawaii, but not on Hawaii. We are actually on the island of Oahu, but this is in the US state of Hawaii. The island of Hawaii is actually the easternmost

Across the wider sea …
The second of two travelling days today. Our flight to Honolulu was not until 5.10pm, so we spent the morning wandering around Kerrisdale, the local suburb closest to our B&B. A nice area, though some of the houses did look

Across the narrow sea …
Today was the first of two travelling days. We set off around 9.45am from Ladysmith and Tony and Gwen kindly dropped us at the ferry terminal in Nanaimo. There was an extra ferry on this morning, so while we were

Around Ladysmith
Today we opted for a quieter day – a tour around the places closer to Ladysmith. We started by heading down to the Kinsol Trestle – just inland from Duncan. This is a wooden trestle bridge north of Shawnigan Lake.

Round the Island (Day 2)
We stayed overnight at Port Renfrew – a lovely spot overlooking the bay. from there we set off west a short distance to a spot called Botanical beach Provincial Park. We had timed getting there for low water as it

Round the Island (Day 1)
Given a good forecast for a couple of days, Tony and Gwen offered to take us off on a tour of Vancouver Island. Well actually the tour was planned to be just a small part of the south of the

Hope to Vancouver Island
A day of travelling today. We set off about 9.30am to head to North Vancouver and drop the car off. This should have been an easy run – under two hours, but these things rarely go to plan! We managed

Heading to Hope
Mainly a driving day today. We set off around 9am and headed back on the Crows Nest Highway. After a stop at Deadwood Junction (a very nice cafe) in Greenwood for a coffee and butter tart (!) we carried on