Butchart Garden Canada

The Butchart Gardens is easily called a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, situated near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The beautiful floral gardens receive more than a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown. Several bronze statues are displayed in the gardens. Several bronze statues are displayed in the gardens.In 1977, Ian Ross's son Christopher introduced firework shows accompanied by show tunes on summer Saturday evenings. During the Winter, lights and seasonal decorations adorn the gardens along with an ice-skating rink in the Waterwheel Square.

The gardens are a must see whilst in Victoria and are tremendously accessible to travellers with disabilities. The map sets out the paths of travel that avoid steps for wheelchair users. Most of the Garden's paths are level, wide and smooth. The Sunken Gardens must be accessed via the far end near the Ross Fountain, though the lookout and rim path are accessible. The Japanese Garden is easy to get to from a path just to the left of its main entrance. The gardens are well laid out and affords the opportunity to spend two to three hours with family and friends. The Butchart Gardens is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Canada and the most visited on Vancouver Island. It is a eye-catching garden and one that is well worth putting a minimum of two hours aside to visit.

“Godafoss” World’s Most Majestic Waterfall

If you think waterfalls are a dime a dozen, feast your eyes on Godafoss or the Waterfall of the Gods. Although it's worthy of a thousands images extreme weather makes it hard to shoot even one.The Goðafoss waterfall of the gods or waterfall of the goði is one of the most magnificent waterfalls in Iceland. It is to be found in the Mývatn district of North-Central Iceland at the beginning of the Sprengisandur highland road. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters. MS Goðafoss, an Icelandic ship named after the waterfall, was carrying both freight and passengers, and it was sunk by a German U-Boat in World War II, resulting in great loss of human lives. Most of the Photographer had similar experience to took a marathon drive to get there and capture  incredible waterfall caked in ice. It would be frozen and getting down to this viewpoint required a 30 foot downhill slide on our backsides only to be greeted by the sever spray from the cascading fall. With the temperatures at -15C you could get one frame off before having to spend 5-10 minutes cleaning the gear down of frozen spray only to try again.

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Spectacular Godafoss Waterfall, Iceland from Intrepid Berkeley Explorer on Vimeo.