Month: April 2005
Sara’s husband Craig
- by Mark
Craig eats for Canada and drinks in their Olympic team. I went out with him once to play pool and still had a hangover 3 days later.
Read MoreThe first bear we saw.
- by Mark
Spotted this on the way to port renfrew Marina, from a rickety looking bridge over a creek.
Read MoreMark cooking and eating crabs fresh.
- by Mark
We had caught our own crabs but someone gave me these two. The first time I ever ate fresh crab, and I cooked it myself.
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Some thoughts I’d forgotten to mention along the way. We were travelling along the road to Gold River when Barney mentioned that the toilet was smelling. An instant later the whole RV stank, as if the toilet had exploded and made the air inside the vehicle almost unbreathable.As I looked for somewhere to pull over…
Read MoreThe crab we caught
- by Mark
Barney caught this one using the homemade crab line that uses a nut for a weight and a spring clip to hold the bait which was a chicken leg. Later we caught 4 in one haul and they scurried about the dock. They were big enough to eat but we dont know how to cook…
Read MoreMy homemade antenna
- by Mark
I needed the antenna again to connect here. I dont know whose network it is but it is super fast 11Mbps. I saw how to make it at http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/
Read MoreMy homemade antenna
- by Mark
In Victoria, which is the best city we have visited so far, I needed a wireless connection but all the networks at the RV park were too weak. I made this antenna from a chinese wok skimmer, a bent strip of wood and a usb wifi dongle. It increases the signal by about 50% but…
Read MoreBamberton before disaster struck.
- by Mark
Wendy’s fire. She had much more success with the fire than me. Im following Ray Mears advice and it doesnt work. She beat me at crazy golf too, the bandit!
Read MoreBamberton before disaster struck.
- by Mark
Salmon steaks, would have been nice if we had eaten them.
Read More- by Mark
We are on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Ucluelet. this place is great, it has just the right mix of touristy stuff and actual industry based on fishing and logging.Tomorrow we are looking at this business which is for sale for $CAN 1.5Mwww.pointwestcottages.com/which is expensive but has a substantial income with it we…
Read MoreParkesville Mini Golf and RV park.
- by Mark
We spent $25 to camp, which included firewood as well as the usual hook-up stuff of electricity, water, cable tv, sewer etc. We spent $45 playing golf and riding on some bumper boats, which were like dodgems in a swimming pool, but they also had a powerfull water spray so you could soak the others.
Read MoreParkesville Mini Golf and RV park.
- by Mark
We stayed in the grounds of a castle haha! We were driving past and the kids demanded we stay here. Actually it was fantastic and had a great view of the ocean although we had to pay $1 extra for it. We were the only customers here, although the golf course was busy.
Read More- by Mark
Are Canadians friendly? Let me describe what happened to us yesterday on 3 occasions. 1. We bought some stuff in a dollar store in Nanaimo, and when paying we got into a discussion with the assistant and described what we were doing etc. She was genuinely interested, wished us all the best and asked us…
Read MoreWe stayed at Butlins Mexico
- by Mark
The resort was all inclusive and we met with my parents as well as all the Canadian relations. It was like being on a cruise ship run by an american Butlins, with stacks of eating and drinking but none of it Mexican. The beach was fantastic though as it was on the Caribean, and the…
Read MoreTulum Mayan ruins
- by Mark
About 20 miles from the hotel were the Mayan ruins of Tulum which are on a cliff top. These Mayans traded by sea with the Cubans until the Spanish conquistadors finally squished them only 500 years ago.
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