First few days in Whistler, B.C.

Well we arrived safely in Vancouver and had a very uneventful night in a very cheap motel and the next day picked up a hire car and drove the two hours up to Whistler. Have been here for a couple of days now.
Yesterday was beautiful - we went hiking around a lake (19.61km apparently) and were in singlets and shorts it was so warm. The town itself is quite artificial, and very expensive but we are managing to stay within budget thanks to the kitchen in the hostel where we are cooking all our meals. Living out of a bag is ok still, although we have not been here long enough yet to run out of clothes...

Today it has been raining but we just got in the car and went driving. Was really nice to get outside of Whistler and get a sense for what Canada must be like for most people. Apparently, not everyone in Canada lives in mansions, we drove through a couple of Indian reservations and the very clear poverty there was quite shocking after the opulence of Whistler. Also I think the scenery was more stunning, not that Whistler is anything to sniff at! This whole region is breathtaking, crystal clear lakes, surrounded by dense forests and backed by snow capped mountains. The hostel sits right on the edge of a lake and the view from the dining room really is something else.

Jeremy is already beginning to talk like a Canadian, dropping phrases like "for sure" into conversations. I'm just waiting for him to start talking in the accent...