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In response to "hey Bery - how is public transportation on Victoria?" by Guy

Victoria is a City. Vancouver Island is almost twice the size of Israel.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Sep 8 '09, 16:13

Victoria has decent transit, although sometimes it can be tough to get out to buchart gardens (but there are ways).

Bus rides are $2.25 canadian, and you can get a "Transfer" that is usually good for a second bus.

Getting up-island ... take a car. There's a bus as far as duncan, but the schedule is for commuters. There are vans that can take you to Tofino for surfing or whatnot, they're probably pretty affordable, but then you have to get around in the town ... you're probably more comfortable with hitchhiking than I am, but I would just take a car (renting one might be cheaper than taking one on the ferry, but more complicated).

Could also rent scooters, but in the fall ... there will be rain to contend with north of victoria.

http://www.bctransit.com/regions/vic/ (www.bctransit.com)

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you are a wealth of information. thanks! -- nm - Guy Sep 8, 16:19
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(I know the subject comes across as pretty condescending, but I wanted to counter the "Around the island" part of your IM :)) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 16:14 2
- The subject line doesn't take into account the size of Israel changes like every thirty minutes either. -- nm - Qale Sep 8, 16:15 1
  - well, this is true. Wikipedia lists it as either 20,000 or 22,000 square KM right now (for obvious reasons). VI: 32,000 sqkm -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 16:16

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