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I don’t like
early mornings, so I can’t say that I was overly impressed that our 5am shuttle
didn’t actually turn up until half an hour later, as I could have had an extra
half hour in bed. We got to the ferry the required two hours before
departure; quite why we had to be there that early, just to then sit in the
harbour for a couple of hours, I really don’t know. OK, OK, I know, I’m grumpy
about early mornings! Enough of that,
onto the post.
We had opted
to take the daytime ferry, despite the early start, because it travels up the
Inside Passage, which we understood was a rather lovely journey. And it was
indeed good scenery, albeit a lot of it quite similar, with lots of rugged, tree lined shorelines.
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
Clearly though, I wasn't nearly as impressed as the man sitting at the next table, who was telling his younger companion, probably his son, that “You can’t get
scenery like this anywhere else in the world.” I can only assume that he doesn't travel much, and has never seen images of Norway, for just one example. I resisted pointing this out to him though, and contented myself with just rolling my eyes and muttering to Nic instead. Thinking about it afterwards, I can't decide whether to feel happy for the guy because he believes that he (thinks that he) lives in a uniquely beautiful place, sorry for him because he obviously hasn't seen the other similarly beautiful places, or frustrated by him appearing to be so ignorant that they exist!
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
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In fact, we
weren’t too badly behaved with our breakfast, so it wasn’t the end of the
world. And we were OK for lunch, as we had our healthy salad. The problem came
at dinner, when having been told by a regular user of this ferry that the
restaurant buffet is excellent, we decided to give it a go. This was a mistake
on so many levels.
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
The food
selection really wasn’t good for me, so my choice was limited to some pretty
tasteless and very fatty slices of beef, some very dried out rice, and a
combination of over and undercooked vegetables. I did have a cup of soup which
wasn’t bad, but of course I added a slice of bread to that, which was naughty.
Nic was happier with his meal – he had more choice, and he assures me that his
food was better quality, but it wasn’t very diet friendly.
The problem
was, the one part of the buffet that genuinely did look rather inviting, was
the desserts. By which time, I was still hungry, and now I was grumpy too, so I
threw the diet out of the window (or should that be porthole), and filled my
plate with apple crumble, chocolate cake, chocolate mints, a lemon cakey thing,
and goodness knows what else. Nic was no better, and we both ended up stuffed
and feeling rather guilty! Oh well.
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Food aside,
it was a long journey, but it was at least a pleasant one, and I spent quite a
bit of time out on deck watching for whales. There were quite a few along the
way, mostly too far away to get any decent view of anything other than the jet
from the blowhole, but there were a few that were close enough to see the fin
and the tail fluke.
We arrived
in Prince Rupert at about midnight, and shared a taxi to our hostel with two
others who were also staying there.
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
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| The Inside Passage, British Columbia |
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