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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 7h

Has Canada not heard of induction stove tops?

We are in our 12th and final self contained accommodation of our Canada trip, and not one place had induction stoves. In our recent stay in France, Spain, UK 2 out of 3 properties had induction stoves.

These old heat ones are sooooo slow to heat up.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 9h

Ski lift lines in Niseko on a pow day are the exception.

The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 9h

@ryanbiddulph.bsky.social hey Ryan - I didn't know you were over here.

How you doing?

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 11h

Today was a travel day, we drove the 200km from Courteney to Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island. A beautiful drive through mountains, forests and lakes. We arrived to more perfect blue skies and calm waters. Seems much more laid back over this side of the island.
#TravelAddicts

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 17h

All across the public wharves and jetties in British Columbia we have seen these free to borrow life jacket stations for kids. Always stocked up as well. Great initiative.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, I see. A little too much belief in her fellow Facebooker fantasy spreaders 🫠

I'm glad she is enjoying the food!

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 18h

Food looks great. Did your mom like it?

I've been trying to interpret your comments on your mom - is she like a really anxious person that loves / needs her distractiosn, or is she a bit 'alternative facts' and you are trying to distract her from that?

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 18h

Beautiful!

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 20h

a close up of a turkey 's face with a yellow beak

ALT: a close up of a turkey 's face with a yellow beak

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 20h

It was brisk 😃 - we to wear everything warm we had. But it was beautiful.

The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely! They are the best!

The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

The skies stayed blue all day and there was virtually no wind. When we came down from the mountains we enjoyed a late afternoon stroll around Comox in the sunshine.

#TravelAddicts #Autumn

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

After a little while, the frost on the ground cover melted off revealing the beautiful colours of the alpine meadow.

#TravelAddicts #VancouverIsland

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Our morning hike started at 1100m elevation with a very chilly -2°C - overnight there had been some snow and the boardwalk were crusty, the fields were frosted and the ponds iced up. The sky was blue, sun came out and it was a gorgeous day.

#TravelAddicts #VancouverIsland

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

😢

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Oh cool. We used to live on the Goldie. Burleigh Heads is one of our favourite places on the planet.

Have a great time.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Lorikeets are such fun, noisy, playful trouble makers! That's a great photo.

These two wanted to see what I was up to when I videoed a bunch of them and somw kookaburras hanging out.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Ah that's sad 😔 - but I'm sure it will warm up for her soon. Canadians seem, at least from an outsiders perspective, quite cold to start, but warm up over time.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Some early morning ice crystals on the bridge hand rail.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Churches in Iceland can be a fantastic photography project. This is my favourite one:

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Cool! Next time...

a picture of a fluffy cat with a caption that says actual footage of me trying to make sense of life without coffee

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

Bruges, Ghent, Brussels. Didn't make it to Antwerp that trip.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

A fun read. And sums up the parts that always amuse me about Columbus, that he never set foot on mainland North or South America, and to his dying day still held onto the belief he discovered a western route to the East Indies. Not such a great man to venerate in my opinion.

Jonathan - The Royal Tour @theroyaltour.bsky.social · 1d

You can read my opinion of Christopher Columbus below. Suffice to say: happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

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Santo Domingo and the Legacy of Christopher Columbus - The Royal Tour

This is, without a doubt, one of the ugliest monuments I’ve ever visited. The Faro a Colon, or Columbus Lighthouse, is a masterpiece of brutalism, a $70 million towering edifice of cement, visible fro...

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RamblynJazz @ramblynjazz.bsky.social · 1d

Join me on the easternmost section of my epic Cross Canada Road Trip in Newfoundland! From colourful houses to serene waterfronts, every stop is a new memory. Check out the full journey here:

#TravelCanada #TravelAddicts #vanlifeCanada #CrossCanadaRoadTrip #TravelBloggersCommunity #TravelBlogShare

Cross Canada Road Trip: Newfoundland Routes

Ten blog posts. Thousands of kilometres logged. We’ve driven from the misty, mountainous shores of the Pacific (a lifetime ago, check out Road Trip Routes Through BC) across the vast Canadian Prairies...

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad & Ying @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 1d

We enjoyed exploring around from St John's - Signal Hill was a great walk from talk, and Quidi Vidi Villave was a charmer (and I love saying that fast 😀).

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