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| Day 12 - Cowichan Native Village in Duncan, Victoria Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06:15am | Keep quiet no-one will know. Dozed for a while until Mary got up and went for her daily fact finding mission - to the hot tub. |
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| Cowichan Indian Village | Going to Duncan today to see the Cowichan Indian Village. Again, due to lack of proper signs, we took a delightful but uneventful detour via Cowichan Bay.
Found the place eventually, having stopped for view over the bay and islands, and spent a peaceful 2 hours plus soaking up the history. Very good multi media show and some totem poles, native carvings etc. We even had lunch at around the right time! I was persuaded to have the Indian Herbal Tea - not bad at all. Mary bought a Thunderbird and a Hummingbird - both made of wood and carved locally. |
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| 3pm-ish Shopping Again | Back to Victoria (stopping for photos at one place we had missed) and the great shopping expeditions. I bought 2 pairs of shorts, so did Mary. The girls bought beads and earring-making stuff.
5ish - Got the washing done at the Laundromat but no drying 'cos taking too long. Will do it tomorrow when we get up (Laundromat opens at 7am) |
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| 7pm-ish The Continuing Search for Food! | Found somewhere to eat - 4th floor Eaton Square. Loads to chose from - Subs, Icecream, Greek, New York etc few! Manchu Wok was chosen $25 the lot. Mary also managed to buy a top. Whilst I was waiting for them, talked to (well, was talked at by) a South African Black and a Moroccan, both talking Arabic, French Canadian (& English for me) Girls were impressed! |
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| Back to Base and a sorry tale | Back to base with pop, wine and Nachos. No corkscrew so had to send out for it. Maid brought one! On my own now after Cable till 11.
Oh yes, I forgot. This morning Lucy announced that not only had she left her towel in Jasper, but also her new jeans and a necklace bought in Banff. This necessitated a long distance call to Tekarro Lodge, who had found it (and Katie's CD that Lucy had been listening to!) They agreed to forward them to Vancouver to our hotel there - taking our Visa number for payment. We then had to ring the hotel in Vancouver to warn them - no problem!
(Lucy has taken some stick over this today)
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