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Day 1: London Heathrow to Vancouver
We checked in at Heathrow Terminal 3 at about noonish for a 16:00 departure. Checked in smoothly and got seats together and made our way into the departure lounge to tour the duty free shops and get some grub.
Somehow I never understand how such a major airport such as Heathrow have such crap duty free shops. We was getting hungry and decided to go for a steak at TGI Fridays but was left with utter disappointment. They had three waiting staff and a queue 20 people long, 6 free tables and we was still waiting to be seated 30 minutes later. We decided to seat ourselves and the foreign waitress told us that we must wait to be seated, only 5 minutes before a group of Germans seated themselves pushed throught the group of 20 and get served. Anyhow we ended eating at O Neils where got seated and served food all within 10 mins.
After all the malarky above we made our way to the departure gate got on the Air Canada plane (Boeing 767). We found our window seats and enjoyed the hospitality by Air Canada. The flight was good, cabin crew was good, food was ok, on board entertainment ok, the seats were good. Before we got on the plane we had enquired about first class seats and it had cost £1800 each way. After we walked through the first class department into the riff raffs department we decided that the £1800 each upgrade not worth it.
After a twelve hour flight we landed in Vancouver. We met our tour director Bryce Jackson who escorted us to our hotel along with the others that came out on the same flight. The hotel was Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver. We would rate the hotel 3 star, quite nice inside, good views from our window as we were on the 17th floor, facilities included sink, fridge, microwave and coffee machine. We would be at this hotel for two nights before moving onto the next town.
For dinner we went downstairs to Roy's which was a steak and fresh seafood restuarant. We both ordered medium steaks, and they were cooked rare which is fantastic ideal for us. Vegetables and rice was nice. (When ordering the steaks Canadians version of well done equals UK equivalent of medium, Canadians medium equals UK equivalent of rare, Canadians rare you will get UK equivalent of blue). The food was of HIGH standard and decent sized portions. Being shattered from the flight we decided to have an early night and explore more of the surrounding areas in the morning.
We had to meet the the Tour Director Bryce at 9:30am in the hotel lobby. The hotel also have a free safety deposit box, which is held at reception.
Views from hotel window
The next day in Vancouver
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Day 1:
UK to Vancouver
Day 2:
Vancouver
Chinatown, Gastown, Grouse Mountain, Capilino Bridge
Day 3:
Vancouver to Vernon
Okanagan Lake, O'Keefe Musuem
Day 4:
Vernon to Banff
Glacier National Park, Yoho National Park
Day 5:
Banff
Helicopter Ride, Gondola, Sulphur Mountain
Day 6:
Banff to Jasper
Lake Louise, Columbia Icefield, River rafting
Day 7:
Jasper to Prince George
Maligne Lake, Mount Robson
Day 8:
Prince George to Prince Rupert
Skeena Train
Day 9:
Prince Rupert
Seaplane, Pike Island
Day 10:
Prince Rupert to Port Hardy
Inside Passage Cruise
Day 11:
Port Hardy to Victoria
Cumberland, Chemainus
Day 12:
Victoria
Chinatown, forbidden city tour
Day 13:
Victoria to Vancouver
Day 14:
Vancouver
Granville Island, Gastown
Day 15:
Vancouver to UK
and conclusion of tour
Guestbook
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