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| University of Victoria
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| More bunnies, like the day before.
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| Sidney by the Sea
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| The wide, clear expanse of water that is Haro Strait.
| It was a clear, crisp day and some sailboats went out to enjoy it.
| Some nice artwork in the Art Gallery by the Sea.
| More of the Art Gallery by the Sea.
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| Beacon Park, adjacent to the dock where I took the previous pictures.
| Sidney by the Sea had many cute statues on benches throughout the town.
I particularly liked this one.
| Another statue.
Someone else had already put flowers in the man's
hands before we found it; although I like it, it wasn't our idea.
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| Lunch at Maria's Souvlaki
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| Maria's Souvlaki, where we had lunch.
| My lamb souvlaki was good and exactly what one should have a right to
expect when ordering souvlaki. I like how both the bread and the lamb
were warm. By the way, it had lots of tzatziki sauce.
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I liked Di Yin's falafel as well.
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| More Sidney
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| A seagull. Excellent.
| A 360 degree panoramic movie of Haro Strait, as seen from one of Sidney
by the Sea's docks. Yes, the clip just goes on and on, but that's
because there's a lot of water!
| A seal sticks its head above water. Kudos to Di Yin for spotting it!
I love my super-zoom camera.
| A different seal, I believe. You can see its whole body.
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| Ferry to Mainland
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After snaking around islands near the Haro Strait, we see the wide open
Strait of Georgia before us.
At left, mountains are faintly
visible in the distance.
| We passed a small, solar-powered lighthouse with a guy relaxing by it.
| There were some houses dotting the islands. I took a picture of one at
random. This was probably a little larger than average.
The
people who live here must lead an interesting life so far from
civilization, markets, shops, etc.
| A taller lighthouse and compound near the entrance to the Strait of
Georgia.
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| Another view of the same compound.
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| Eating in Richmond
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| "Excellent Tofu & Snack Ltd.", a store in Richmond that specializes in tofu.
| Soy pudding. We added ginger-sugar syrup to it. Di Yin liked the
freshness of the tofu.
| Fried tofu from Parker Good Foods, in the Parker Place food court.
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| Dinner at Delicious Cuisine
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| Delicious Cuisine, where we had dinner. Di Yin spotted this restaurant
while we were driving a few days earlier and translated the Chinese name
to Top Eccentric Chef. At that point, it went onto our list of places
to eat.
| Inside.
| Another side of the restaurant.
Those of you who can read Chinese
and have an image viewer with a zoom button can read the menu on the
wall (in the full-sized image).
| The printed list of specials.
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