Ah...you did the rail!
Beautiful way to see the country in comfort...
Yea...Van is a great cosmo-city...one of the best...but it's still a city...got its probs with homelessness...violence...increasingly unbearable (to my way of thinking) traffic congestion...but that appears to be everywhere there is pop density nowadays...mind I think a traffic standstill of more than 5-10 min is unbearable....and if you can't get to where you want to be inside an hour ...there's a problem..Lived in metropoli ...loved it for what it was...the diversity...the energy...shopping .....but reality is I'm outback, wilderness and country to the core.
Can't stand not hearing birdsong, frogs and crickets...
Can't stand not going for a daily hike in the bush...
ah well....
Anywho...if you are ever planning to go out to Vancouver Island again ...tell me...and we'll have you over for a weekend to chillax.