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Becoming Vancouverites

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We arrived in Vancouver international with a surreal homecoming feeling. The similarities to Wellington airport followed us from the plane to the door. Water features, Wooden carvings and birds hanging from the ceiling all brought a smile to our faces. We really couldn't believe how much it felt like NZ. We jumped in a taxi and headed in the direction of the Airbnb which was to be home base for the next 6 nights.  On our first full day we met up with Kane a friendly kiwi face id met at uni - a real good bugger. He asked if we were up for a bit of walking we both nodded and so proceeded a private walking tour around the whole of down town. We visited Nelson the Seagull for the best coffee we'd had abroad. We walked along the waterfront, to various beaches and busy spots within the city. The stroll lasted 5 hours (4 hours longer than what we had expected when we first nodded our heads), But it was so cool to get crash course on Vancouver Downtown. Mils and I knew that we were g...
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'Pretty much the coolest city we have been to in America'

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Helloooo everyone. We have safely arrived in Vancouver and have been loving every second exploring this beautiful city hence the delayed post about our final destination of San Francisco! San Fransisco - we think it should be renamed to 'pretty much the coolest city we have been to in America', a slightly long city name but we think it has a nice ring to it haha. We stayed at an awesome Air B n B in a area called sunset district and were hosted by an awesome couple called Bethany and Luke. They even left chocolates and vegan treats for us to enjoy along with a sneaky bottle of red (ski was pumped) and their best suggestions of what to do in San Fransisco. Ski and I said hello and shook hands. We must have looked like silly buggers as we both tried to shake hands at a distance due to the fresh off the campsite smell we had acquired.  Its fair to say the first things we did at San Francisco was have a shower. 1st full day at San Fran involved an early get up to go and exp...
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