Picturesque, peaceful Victoria

Being Sunday, peaceful yes. Picturesque, hmmm not sure on this one as yet, as downtown Victoria has a lot of grey-buff looking buildings which seem to be trying to create a Victorian type seaside look. Not too sure that it's worked.

A place where they've heard of the "big one" but just couldn't care less. Where most homes have a recycling 'room'. Where most locals do not leave home without an umbrella and a pair of sunglasses. Anything above 5c is thought to be warm, anything above 25c is, well, far too warm.

BC's Museum is regarded as the best in Canada. We bought a combi ticket which included a showing at the Imax cinema which is housed within the museum. Screening first, to watch Born to be wild. True to form it was total brilliance. Imax technology giving it the umph that made for even bigger smiles but none bigger than when the voice of oscar winning Morgan Freeman delivered the opening lines, what a voice, what a narrator! The film documents orphaned orangutans in Borneo and elephants in Kenya. We can't recommended it enough. A must see....

http://www.imax.com/borntobewild/

The museum was also great. In the entrance you're met with John Lennon's Yellow Submarine Rolls-Royce Phantom V standing proud within a ring of 'keep kids young and old off' ropes. It's modified so the back seat folds into a double bed. There's a telephone, fridge, TV (Sony no less), custom sound system and a loud hailer installed in the front. Sounds like a perfect camper but at $1.4 million maybe not.

Through unique galleries, the museum showcases the human and natural history of British Columbia. Authentic artifacts and specimens are displayed in highly realistic settings. The afternoon just passed us by as we wandered round the 2 floors.