Commuter traffic I wouldn't mind?
Commuter traffic I wouldn't mind?
Great pictures knowhowe, thanks for posting. I wouldn't mind going there myself. It looks amazing.
D.
Indeed. Those float planes were everywhere, taxis of the skies. We got one down from Vancouver to the island and got ferries back, which was cheaper but no less enjoyable. Smallest aircraft I've ever been in (except a microlight), the views were stunning...
They can land on the smallest stretch of water, this shows how they just slot in among the boats when mooring...
If you're looking for a really special holiday, a combination of Vancouver (direct flights from Manchester), the Rockies and the 'Discovery Islands' is definitely it. Beats the crap out of the Med.
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It's the same all up the Pacifis Coast. I was in Alaska, and they use them to go to the shops. I hitched a lift on a few of them. I thought militarry flying was hairy. Jeez, them guys just don't give a hoot. They were the worst flights I ever had.
'Cept for a crazy Russian in Venezuala. If he's reading this, you scared me to death you b4stard.
Too right. I think scaring the **** of tourists brought a bit of interest to their working day.
The place they landed and took off from in Vancouver was nuts, dodging boats and canoes as a matter of course...
This is Vancouver Harbour's equivant of the Mersey Ferry- these water taxis are the titchiest little public transport craft I've ever seen..
Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls-
http://www.chesterwalls.info
The Liverpool Gallery-
http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/liverpool.html
The Chester Shop
http://www.thechestershop.com
Chester & Liverpool Guided Walks
http://www.chesterwalls.info/guidedwalks.html
Thanks KH, I'll bear that in mind. It looks really amazing. I've done the US rockies, but you can't see the backdrop against the water like that. I've been up in a similar plane [De Havilland DHC-6 Canada Twin Otter] in the Maldives. The pilot was so laid back and chilled, flying without shoes, and commentary all the way. Nice job.
Great pictures BTW.
D.
...harbor was way more crowed than anywhere in the Mersey...
The water taxis in Victoria, just like the Vancouver ones, where everywhere like you say, float planes of several sizes seem to be taking off or landing every few minutes and lots of smaller pleasure craft around. By comparison, Victoria Airport where I landed (no floats......) was quite calm.
Here is a more traditional shot of the Empress hotel I took in July this year, with one of the water taxis behind the canoes. One of the several seaplane jetties is just off the picture to the left.
More pics near Cortes island to follow...
Great pictures guys. Excellent views.
I took this one of the France when she was coming back to Dunkirk from her States run in 67. A beautiul looking ship,sad that she had such a short commercial life,
BrianD
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`FRANCE` of the French Line,
Launched May 1960, and maiden voyage in January 1962 and used on the Southampton, Le Havre, New York run.
In 1975 she was laid up in Le Havre on the "Quay of the Forgotten," I saw her there when she had just tied up and the crew had a strike and a `sit in`, but to no avail.
In 1979 the Norwegian Line bought her and she was redone as a cruise ship instead of a Liner and renamed `NORWAY`.
In 2003, 8 men were killed in a boiler room explosion in Miami and she never cruised again. She was renamed Blue Lady for the one way journey to Alang in India and run ashore there, despite a great attempt to save the ship and moor her in St Nazier where she was built. In 2008 she was scrapped.
She was the longest liner in the world until the `Queen Mary 2` was built. She was 315 m. and QM2 is 345m.
Nice one Captain.
I was doing the Canadian Rockies along the Ice Field Parkway around the Athabasca Glacier on my way from Banf to Jasper.
An American tourist said to me `What a fantastic sight`.
I said `Yes but the view is spoiled by those mountains, if they wern`t there we could have a better view.`
The American looked at me and said, `What are you ? some kinda nut?`
I guess he didnt have too much of a sense of humour.
That's typical, who was it said that we are seperated from them by a common language!! They have never quite mastered sarcasm either.
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