Ferry trip from Victoria Vancouver to Seattle - US of A!

Wahoo crossing the border, my first time in the US of A!

The ferry ride from Victoria to Seattle takes 4 hours - there was a special deal $85 usd return ticket, which wasnt bad considering that if you went one way only it would cost the same. Saying that though it only costs about $30 cdn by bus, but i am sure not half the fun. Who would pass up an opportunity to be seasick!!

Well the first 45 mins was abit choppy but thereafter you are travelling down Puget Sound which is mostly flat so very pleasant.

The first sites of Seattle!

Had lunch on the ferry, one of the things they gave me was a tub of apple source um so where's the roast pork to go with it? apparently they eat it like a pudding, just like that, strange!

Seattle the home to coffee shops, Amazon.com and Microsoft and the birth place of Bill Gates to name but a few, definately interesting, Microsoft are not the top earner though, Costco is. Costco one of those mega retailers that rule the world and fill the environment with plastic, yep they are a cross between Makro and Game, but they do have great stuff, geared to part you with your money!

Amazon.coms head office, this building is an old military hospital up on the hill overlooking Seattle.

Luckily for me i am travelling on my british passport so dont need a visa to go into the states, but they have these lovely green cards that are so confusing, i had to fill it in twice before i got it right, somebody did warn me about these bloody things, ah well. I always get abit nervous at customs, as because i have a backpack they always appear more suspicious of me and seem to give me abit of a hard time, getting into Canada was even more of a nightmare, but i got in eventually!

After arriving in Seattle and hooking up with my host family who are great, still managed to fit in an organic market which served wholewheat organic pancakes, yum!

See more about Seattle in my next post.