Is Victori

ia changing |

imto. Disneyland north?

IF A STATUE can look amber, the one of Captain

Cook facing the Empress Hotel in Victoria has every right.
better description.\, :

Perhaps puzzled i is a

What on carth has happened to
our provincial capital? When did

‘dignity and good design sell out to :
~ shelter in the, interior courtyard it

Disneyland?

_A friend and I visited Victoria a a
; couple of weeks ago, determined .
to be TOURISTS.

Just like any other British. Col-
umbians, we'd both: been to Vic-
toria many times ‘but never’ as
honest-to-God tourists and we felt
it. was about time. After - all,

*
cellence). :
Market Square didn’ t escape us,
and we > were grateful for: the

_ provides. ‘

If there had been: the clang of a
‘trolley I'd have\been reminded of
parts of San Francisca, another ci-
ty that’s sold out: to a.company
called ‘Ye Olde’’.. °

tourism is our second largest in- ~~

" dustry and we ought to be’ con-*

cerned citizens once in a while. ,
We found plenty to be concern-
_ ed about. 2:

Victoria has all the dignity ofa ans

aging - charlot in’ a mini-skirt: The

. entire downtown ‘area; particularly <> |

around . the * parliament: buildings’
_and the Empress Hotel; is clogged
>. with tour buses, - horse’ carts’ and.
bicycle ‘taxis': competing for.

“"” everyone’s attention, particularly if’,

‘Meveryone'’: has a camera’. strung:

= probably ° be back
with his hand’ out,”

c~, with the ‘misfortune to > have his of- :

be: able’ ‘to compete with the:
sits Lake: City is:

aR i

‘canoes from the Arctic to, Cape Hom. -They

‘Barbara McCreadie

days in‘advance. *.:,“°
: We'l had been. told’ that. the

Byery, now-and then: we, got’a look |
a what real: Victorians should look

* Bad

_ I" ve never seen one quite like it
-— imagine a creation in mauve

. pleated organdy with tiny flowers

“pinned: in . strategic “locations:

it.

ees
%

My friend. knew of a bar, some:
where in the downtown area that is :

said to be the oldest in town.

She swore the. place had never :

been dusted’ and that spiders and

-things. dropped from the ceiling. .

Well, why not? ;

By this time. _my_ feet felt like

quitting and a bar: isn't. the worst
choice to resi. We found it — Big
John's .:in
Hote] on Douglas Streets...
You'll never ..see another | quite
like .it.. A’ hole-in-the-wail, : the

owners have . spared nothing too 2
make this the tackiest, joint onthe | |

continent: aoe

‘The wails | are -, papered with
business cards . and autographed

emoney. cote

a Somcone . has. stolen the rubber -
chicken that used to be dropped on:

unwary drinkers, but: the - rubber

_ fly hit ourstable “with accuracy.

», patrons, are reprimanded if, they.
_» don't throw. the ‘shells on the floo :

“Shore, I know enough to: keep: my!
* mouth shut so-that: Vdon't have'to

“on the top of any visitor's list, but: ;
= Since I've just let the. cat out

I'd like ‘foreign visitors to sée its,
: al: iHistory sec ions ‘

and Varlun Kruger are alive, well, and paddling their.”
are now in, greenest

wettest | South America. Tilley Endurables is.funding this lag of
their, incradibte j journey. :

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