Have you
ever eaten that annoyingly yummy desert known as Nanaimo
bars? Ever wonder where it came from? Well now you know! It
was something that the coal miners enjoied.
Nanaimo
is also infamous for it's Bathtub races which have been going
on for years here. People race across the Georgia Strait in a
Bathtub trying to get to Vancouver ahead of everyone else.
Places to eat, just
ask anyone who has ever been here. There just isn't any
shortage of places to eat. Places to eat after 12am... that's
another matter but before, you could spend a whole night just
deciding
This is a
picture of British Columbia, A province in Canada. This is
also a picture of where I live. If you cast your gaze to the
bottom left part of the coast you will see an island. That's
Vancouver island. Here, I shall show you a closer picture of
it.
This is
Vancouver Island. It's a lot bigger than it looks. It takes
pretty well a whole day to drive it's length. Nanaimo i in
the yellow part of the map for those who can't read it. yep
that's us. On the east coast of the west coast island. Other
places of interest other than where I live include: Victoria,
in my opinion is an incredible place. Very beautiful and lots
to do. Chemainus which doesn't even appear but is full of fun
things to see. Of course there are the famous forrests here
and the west coast is something that you shouldn't miss out
on if you are out here. Not enough space to mention all, come
and see for yourself!
This is
in the old part of Nanaimo. In the background is Nanaimo's
symbolic Bastion. It was the fort to defend Nanaimo a long
time ago against invasion. It would very much be concidered a
heritage building however it was moved a few hundred feet a
while back so is no longer "legally" concidered as
such. The appartment to the right there also bears the Coast
Bastion name. That anchor is HUGE... it's from a ship :).
This is
nanaimo Harbor. Boating is a magor even in nanaimo, so much
so that we hold the world famous bath tub races. This is a
really nice area to walk along with lots of nice little
shops.
These are common to see
in Nanaimo especially in the summer time. They are on most of
the lamp posts that look like this. What you do not know is
that most of these are done by school students. I had a
friend do one of these before.
You
probably have seen this ferry before whether you realize it
or not. The BC ferries have been in many movies that are
supposed to take place in New York and Seattle and San
Fransisco. Vancouver and the island area is a major area for
film production. You will need to take one of these to get
over here :).
This nice winter scene shot
was actually taken fairly close to where I work near
Wal-Mart. Winters here generally aren't that bad. The snow is
few and far between unless you are closer to the mountains.
We do have skiing on the island at Mount Washington and Maybe
a couple of other places, however I like Mount Washington
personally.
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