Travels With A Trilby

Bussing to Edmonton. Fairly standard, though I did spend the first leg of the journey on Greyhound Express.
Leather seats.
More legroom.

Victoria, a small city perched on the edge of an island. About two hours from Vancouver by the deceptively named ferry. You can buy iPads from the vending machines and drop a few hundred dollars on silk blouses. Quite a ferry.
They say everyone who is rich enough to leave Ontario goes to Vancouver. I'm not sure who goes to Victoria then, since I could have happily dropped my food budget for the day on a frozen yoghurt. The city was beautiful, surrounded by the sea with distant...

Vancouver, where to begin? Possibly one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited. The place is a miracle of diversity, with a bustling downtown district, national park, miles of beaches and a vista of the mountains all within convenient walking...

Now, trains. Not the most exciting of prospects, but by golly trains are the way to travel. Decent leg room, air conditioning and less enforced physical contact. The train to Vancouver would take about two and a bit days, travelling through Jasper and...