Day 56 18/5/06 - Canada

Duncan -> Chemainus -> Nanaimo -> Vancouver -> Richmond

Highlight

• Chemainus is home to the "World Famous Murals", meaning there are murals all around the towns, on walls and buildings. We were there at the same time as some Chinese tourist group, who all insisted on posing in front of the murals one by one and taking a photo of themselves. We were waiting for them to finish before we took some photos, but gave up waiting after 15 minutes. There is also a great walk past unique houses to the sea.
• Nanaimo is "Harbour City", we went for a walk along the harbour foreshore, where there are the fish & chips and fresh seafood shops right on the water, apparently much like Fishermans Wharf in Vancouver.
• Another lunch stop at the chain store, I'm beginning to think I might be able to try them all... this time at Dairy Queen for burgers and fries. I only had a little bit of the food, but the verdict is... way too salty and no taste... I guess I still don't like fast food.
• Vacation over, back to Vancouver on the BC Ferry, while listening to more stories about Slokky's childhood. A favourite: Slokky got picked on by a girl in kindergarden in HK, who used to pinch his thighs and steal his hankies. However, as soon as he moved to Oz, all the girls at school loved him. They used to pick up stuff he dropped all the time.
• Went to our 1st all-you-can-eat Japanese tonight. As you can imagine, it's very popular with the Asian set. It's pretty good, you actually order from the menu what you want and they make it fresh. Canadians sure like their sashimi cut really really thick. And the verdict? It's good, especially for a all-you-can-eat kinda place, but nowhere near as good as Japan.

Food

• Dark chocolate bun (1).
• Almond Croissant (2).
• Maple and cranberry biscuit.
• Chocolate chip and nuts biscuits.
• Pretzel roll.
• Multi-grain roll.
• Chilli dog.
• Mixed bag of cheese snacks.
• All you can eat Japanese: sushi, sashimi, salad, BBQ, tempura, grills, noodles (which of course nobody actually eats) and dessert.