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On Monday 8th May I flew to Vancouver in Canada, to be with my girlfriend, Paula. The beginning of a rather different kind of adventure! We lived in a nice apartment in the smart and trendy Kitsilano suburb of Vancouver. The beach was across the street with views of English Bay, downtown and the mountains in the distance. Being right next to Kitsilano Beach and only a ten minute bus ride in to downtown, we were in a perfect location. Kitsilano also had a good selection of cafes, restaurants and bars.<br/><br/>

2000 Travel Diary (Part 2)

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On Monday 8th May I flew to Vancouver in Canada, to be with my girlfriend, Paula. The beginning of a rather different kind of adventure! We lived in a nice apartment in the smart and trendy Kitsilano suburb of Vancouver. The beach was across the street with views of English Bay, downtown and the mountains in the distance. Being right next to Kitsilano Beach and only a ten minute bus ride in to downtown, we were in a perfect location. Kitsilano also had a good selection of cafes, restaurants and bars.

Our first trip in Canada took us up to the Rockies for a long weekend, 25th - 28th May. First we drove for about 5 hours to Kelowna in British Columbia, where I got to meet Paula's mother, sister and brother-in-law. From Kelowna we continued for a further 5 hours up into the Rockies and on to Field, BC, where we had reservations for the luxury Emerald Lake Lodge. Paula had won the stay at the lodge at a company golf tournament!

Emerald Lake was pristine and surrounded by evergreen trees and snow capped mountains. We checked into the rather comfy cabin and then went down to the lodge for a light supper. Afterwards we retired to the log fire in our cabin and indulged in some smoked oysters and a good bottle of red wine. Traveling can be tough! The next morning we enjoyed a very pleasant hike around the lake before beginning our return trip to Vancouver.

Our next trip was to the "Land of the Midnight Sun". On the weekend of the summer solstice we took a two and a half hour flight north to the city of Whitehorse. Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon province and is at a latitude 61 degrees, about the same as the Shetland Islands in the UK. In Whitehorse we picked up a rental car and began our drive north to the Canadian Arctic. First we drove for some 500km on the fast sealed and paved Klondike Highway up towards Dawson City. Just before Dawson City we filled up with gas and turned off onto the ...