My flight, arrival in Vancouver and bus to Penticton

After saying my good bye’s I got my flight from Glasgow at 2:30 to Vancouver via London Heathrow, I arrived in Vancouver at 6:35 and got the bus to Downtown, were I walked to my hostel, which turned out to be in a bit of a bad area, but I was so tired I just wanted a bed for the night!

Woke up very early due to jet lag and got ready to go to my orientation with BUNAC, I had a few hours to spare so I wandered around downtown for a couple of hours getting my bearings before going to the SWAP orientation. The orientation wasn’t very interesting, but I applied for Social Insurance Number, which I must have before I can start work and got information on opening a bank account.

My friend Fiona from Inverness who has been in Vancouver for 5 weeks now came and met me and we spent the day together, wandering around Downtown, we had lunch and then we went to her apartment for the evening, I stayed over there before heading to Penticton in the morning!

I got the Greyhound bus from Vancouver to Penticton, it’s a 6 hour journey through the Canadian Rockies, it’s a very scenic route, there is even snow still lying in the higher parts! My Aunt picked me up from the bus and we went home to play on the Wii, wow that is an energetic game!