Great segment. I flied Van to Vic return twice a week for 2 years and HeliJet is the only way to do it. No hassles that come with driving/ferries or using YVR and YYJ. Always on time, great customer service, the best pilots and awesome aircraft. See you next week Michael.
Hi Mike, my wife and I went to the Pendray this spring and we throughly enjoyed it, although your take on “tea” was unique! Cheers. I don’t know where you’re going next, but I guarantee I be there with you.
Helicopter flying is awesome. I had the chance to do it in Maui and several times on New York Helicopters between airports. Yes they are loud but the views are sensational. Thanks Mike - again
Michael it’s great to see you fly over our family home in Stanleypark. Remember your time looking after our home in the park. You did a wonderful job looking after our home. Looking forward to seeing you soon. David and Normande
Taking "Afternoon Tea" is one of my favourite things to do as a little luxury - and this restaurant looks lovely and full of character - and the menu looks pretty nice as well. Vancouver's already on the 'one day I'll get to visit' list, so I guess taking a helicopter across to get cute finger sandwiches is now on the list as well. As an aside - was this maybe filmed in November? ;|D
Traditionally high tea was a Scottish early dinner. Served between 4 and 6 and with bread, a cooked substantial meal , for example fish and chips and sausages and mashed potatoes, and of course tea and a cake afterwards. This is different to afternoon tea, with is usually cakes and sandwiches and scones. I remember having high tea in the 1970s but never seen it being served since. Hope you enjoyed it. 😄😄
Your helicopter ride from Vancouver to Victoria for high tea looked awesome! I have fear of flying but seeing how safe the pilots are before take-off eased my mind. I would love to do this trip one day!
LoL....a pilsner beer in a China teacup ! The helijet looked a cool way to travel. I still haven't plucked up the courage to ride in a helicopter yet, but I am hoping to......one day ! 😄
Supporting you as always Mike. Don’t like to sound too critical, however are you planning on travelling further from Canada again? That was our favourite content from your channel and what drew us in
Another awesome video. Well done as usual. Although I couldn't tell if you liked the cucumber sandwich or not. 🤣 thank you for sharing your adventures and your positive vibes.
MIKE. A Super Cool idea for a DownieLive Video. Love it !! Helijet really are great corporate neighbours and work hard for us regular folks, The view from up there is so breath taking. I enjoyed the tour and the behind the scenes Helijet hanger Pre-Flight stuff bigtime !!! LIKED and SUBSCRIBED
I've stopped in Victoria many times (a port on the Alaskan cruises) and always enjoyed the place. The information gleaned from the helicopter ride is certainly worthwhile and good for both cities. Thanks, Mike!
Stumbled apon your video about taking your mum to Utah. And loved it! Now, just going through all your vids because I want to go across country via train myself. Except from California to New York. I want to do it for 30 days. That way I can get off and take pictures and enjoy the different places in the country. But, I also like you're going to Alaska! Which is a place I want to visit as well. I love winter and that's on my bucket list. Oh and I have 2 pair of Vessi shoes!!! So, that was a nice surprise to learn of them being a sponsor of the video. Just bonuses everywhere for me! :D
What better place for High Tea than in a Victorian house in Victoria? The helicopter ride looked very smooth. Another commentor noted the ride is $300 each way, a bit steep, but a bargain compared to $700 one way from Manhattan to the Hamptons.
Well yes back in the 1970s new York Los Angeles and San Francisco all had helicopter airlines now all gone except three Hong Kong sky shuttle , Copterline finland and helijet canada
So glad you came to visit us again in Victoria. As a long time resident, though, I have to say that the only time I have been to high tea is when visiting with friends from out of town - LOL!
If I come to find out that you're related to the Great Gord Downie. I wouldn't be surprised at all. He was an uplifting figure while also bringing attention to the plight as well as the greater identity of the first Nations people of Canada. It's admirable and generally cool how you've done a lot for them (in the way you go about doing it.)
Much like the seaplane airline in Vancouver, I'm so used to the helicopters downtown that it didn't occur to me that it might be a bit unusual to have an airline like that.
Always a great video. It would of been nice to know the cost of an average flight. I also wanted to mention I tried the laundry sheets, great stuff. Thank you 😊
@@DownieLive I try to use as little plastic as possible. I even use bamboo toothbrushes and they work great. When I was very young my grandmother use to wrap presents in cloth flour bags. So I made my own and have used the same bags for the last 35 years. There's so many things people buy just to throw away and it's shameful!
Through my travels I’ve taken several helicopters. Two of the most memorable (but definitely NOT cheap) were … (1) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai … which is really the only way to see the Na Pali Coast and considering 3/4 of the island is inaccessible by car. Jet copter with stereo headphones playing Bach sonatas and drop dead gorgeous scenery as you hover over waterfalls and shear mountains/cliffs and (2) the Grand Canyon, Arizona … landed with special permission BELOW the Canyon rim on Native tribal land for a champagne wicker hamper lunch (we didn’t leave so much as a sliver behind as to respect/protect the land). Both were AWESOME and I highly recommended but bring your bank account because neither are cheap. 😉👍🏻
@@DownieLive onto ep 4 of the trip across Canada. Yours and wills videos are my favorite train videos you both got me hyped for my trip from Portland to Chicago to Cleveland to Toledo to Columbus Ohio on august
Thanks for the discount code for a pair of Vessi. I bought a pair and I really love wearing them. Thank you very much for introducing me to this awesome shoe company. I might get another pair. I love how light and comfortable they are.
I've flown on a helicopter airline in Nepal before. It was an old Mil Mi8. Extremely loud, very bumpy, and there was all sorts down the middle of the aircraft, including some chickens in a coop. On the return flight, it was a load of oranges.
Hi Michael it’s great to see you fly over our family home in Stanleypark. Remember your time looking after our home in the park. You did a wonderful job looking after our home. Looking forward to seeing you soon. David and Normande.
as a person who loves taking the helijet this video was great, i usually go to Vancouver but i have not yet gone vancouver-victoria, i heard rumours they will be adding a seatlle link and that they are adding an fully electric helicopter
Great posting! I alway like your subjects and adventures! I have only been in one helicopter and that was only for a very few minutes as it was not a pleasant experience, some of the motions were comfortable. Thanks for posting!
You never cease to amaze me with the variety you pack into your videos. Those Vessi sneakers look really cool and I'd love to see you redo that walk around the shoreline of Vancouver again in these. Wonder if you'll have blisters and more this time. You picked a great weather day (not) for the helicopter flight but perhaps the rainy atmosphere provided a real test to the integrity of the vehicles and their operators. High tea looks great and the venue - wow! Reminded me of an old mansion in Hobart, Tasmania, that was operating as a motel during the 1980's. On that occasion I was travelling with an English visitor and he was suitably impressed. Now, Mr.Downie, I do hope you worked off all those calories when you got back to Vancouver. Looking forward to the next surprise you have for us followers. Oh! Does it have something to do with Orca Whales? You let the cat out of the bag during this clip. Anyway, enough for this Aussie senior citizen for this week. Cheers!
Love Victoria! It is the closest big city to where I live in Port Angeles, WA being only 20 mile ferry ride away across the water. Seattle is 60 miles but a much longer trip involving lots of expensive gas and an expensive ferry.
Just flew harbour air doing the same thing and the convenience of fast, downtown to downtown centres of BC is a great option vs the slow, out of city ferries. Great vid as always - keep 'em coming!
I have always wanted to do the Helijet to Victoria! I am definitely going to make this a goal of mine......not getting any younger so need to do it soon! Perhaps I'll try for a sunny day, thank you! Lol. Love afternoon high tea! I have a cousin in Victoria so I'm sure she will know where to go! Oh and I've been meaning to buy some Vessi's so this might be a good time with the $25 off code! Thank you Mike!
Oh, the helicopters are so cool! I hate flying in airplanes. And while I'd still be a bit nervous, I think helicopters wouldn't be quite as terrifying for me. Maybe because they don't fly as high and you can more clearly see what you're flying over? And maybe because if you crash you might have a better chance? I don't know. But I would like to try a short flight to see how I would do. Okay, I'd probably still close my eyes at points. But I think I wouldn't hate it as much as I do airplanes. That manor was beautiful!
Private pilot here, pretty sure they also go around the long way to the terminal because of arriving aircraft into YVR, otherwise helijet would go right through the busy aproach path.
If ever you went to Victoria for high tea, that's where I would have expected you to go - and maybe dressed to the nines as you were on the last leg of your train trip. IDKWYGNBIKIBTWY.
Going to Victoria for high tea alone is a pretty flimsy excuse for a helicopter ride. I don't see any point in going to Victoria unless you are going to explore the downtown area plus stuff like Butchart gardens. Any of the 4 and 5 star hotels in downtown Vancouver should be able to cover your high tea needs just as well.
Great Video way too short, wish more cities esp in Australia would do this but because it's really costly to fly in a chopper your flight would be $400 plus Aus one way for 40 minutes...this is only way I can fly without getting motion sickness and would love this service
Helijet is a pretty cool operation but if I had the choice I’d take the Harbour Air seaplane service. It’s generally not as expensive (though hardly cheap) and taking off and landing on water is even more fun than rotary wing departure and arrivals. The seaplane base in Victoria is better located too.
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Thanks again Vessi! Use my code DOWNIE for $25 off each pair of your Vessi shoes! Free shipping to CA, US, AUS, NZ, JP, TW, KR, SGP.
Great shoes but a little pricey at $200 maybe one day
Great segment. I flied Van to Vic return twice a week for 2 years and HeliJet is the only way to do it. No hassles that come with driving/ferries or using YVR and YYJ. Always on time, great customer service, the best pilots and awesome aircraft.
See you next week Michael.
Glad to hear you enjoyed them as much as I did. Thanks Richard.
Hi Mike, my wife and I went to the Pendray this spring and we throughly enjoyed it, although your take on “tea” was unique! Cheers. I don’t know where you’re going next, but I guarantee I be there with you.
Oh my gosh. I melt every time you say "I dont know where Im going next, but I know I want you there with me". 🥰
Helicopter flying is awesome. I had the chance to do it in Maui and several times on New York Helicopters between airports. Yes they are loud but the views are sensational. Thanks Mike - again
The helijet is my fav way to get to the island. Good snacks, wine when you wait. Then your up and across in no time
Michael it’s great to see you fly over our family home in Stanleypark. Remember your time looking after our home in the park. You did a wonderful job looking after our home. Looking forward to seeing you soon. David and Normande
Always wanted to go on the helijet and now you have inspired me to do it. And I might even do high tea. Thanks Mike!
Thanks Mike. What a great adventure and place to have tea.
High tea without the tea 😂😂😂
Vessi sounds like you would definitely need in an area that deals with the monsoons.
Or in Illinois, where we get rainy seasons then amazingly hot summers.
The higher you go, the more majestic the scenery is, as fast as a seahawk but safe. Making me fall in love with helicopter viewing very much...💖
Taking "Afternoon Tea" is one of my favourite things to do as a little luxury - and this restaurant looks lovely and full of character - and the menu looks pretty nice as well.
Vancouver's already on the 'one day I'll get to visit' list, so I guess taking a helicopter across to get cute finger sandwiches is now on the list as well.
As an aside - was this maybe filmed in November? ;|D
We don't call it the Wet Coast for nothing! ;)
Traditionally high tea was a Scottish early dinner. Served between 4 and 6 and with bread, a cooked substantial meal , for example fish and chips and sausages and mashed potatoes, and of course tea and a cake afterwards. This is different to afternoon tea, with is usually cakes and sandwiches and scones. I remember having high tea in the 1970s but never seen it being served since. Hope you enjoyed it. 😄😄
Another Saturday, Another exciting video by Michael Downie which is always great fun!
Wow! A Helicopter/Jet Looks like you are having too much fun!!
Mike, taking friends out for Afternoon Tea is absolutely THE most sophisticated social event of any friendship 😉🇬🇧.
The views between Vancouver and Victoria are very nice. Never used Helijet but took the seaplane instead.
Your helicopter ride from Vancouver to Victoria for high tea looked awesome! I have fear of flying but seeing how safe the pilots are before take-off eased my mind. I would love to do this trip one day!
Mike another great ambassador vlog for Canada I’m so looking to try via rail again g
LoL....a pilsner beer in a China teacup !
The helijet looked a cool way to travel. I still haven't plucked up the courage to ride in a helicopter yet, but I am hoping to......one day ! 😄
Safer than riding in a car I kid you not go you will love it
Supporting you as always Mike. Don’t like to sound too critical, however are you planning on travelling further from Canada again? That was our favourite content from your channel and what drew us in
Aaron and Christiano are the perfect foil to the chaos we see sometimes 😂
Reall enjoy these local Vancouver region videos. Keep em coming! 🙂👍🏽
Here in Cornwall we have a regular helicopter service between Penzance ( as in the pirates of) to the Isles of Scilly almost 30 miles away.
Nice new agusta aw 139 out there operating retired the old s 61 they were using
Another awesome video. Well done as usual. Although I couldn't tell if you liked the cucumber sandwich or not. 🤣 thank you for sharing your adventures and your positive vibes.
MIKE. A Super Cool idea for a DownieLive Video. Love it !! Helijet really are great corporate neighbours and work hard for us regular folks, The view from up there is so breath taking.
I enjoyed the tour and the behind the scenes Helijet hanger Pre-Flight stuff bigtime !!!
LIKED and SUBSCRIBED
Awesome! Welcome aboard!
I've stopped in Victoria many times (a port on the Alaskan cruises) and always enjoyed the place. The information gleaned from the helicopter ride is certainly worthwhile and good for both cities. Thanks, Mike!
We spent 4 hrs in Victoria and went to Bucharest gardens. Absolutely loved it.
I’m looking forward to the ‘Orca-stra’ next week 😂
I click the like button before I watch your vids because I know it's going to be awesome 🙂
You should make some hiking videos like Joffre lake for example, a lot of people outside of bc don’t know about it
As a heli pilot really enjoyed this….heli jet very impressive 0:47 0:48 too
Have parked in front several times. Now I know what's in there. Nice one.
Thank you Mike for another wonderful video.
Love the mustache! Great content as per usual Mike.
Stumbled apon your video about taking your mum to Utah. And loved it! Now, just going through all your vids because I want to go across country via train myself. Except from California to New York. I want to do it for 30 days. That way I can get off and take pictures and enjoy the different places in the country. But, I also like you're going to Alaska! Which is a place I want to visit as well. I love winter and that's on my bucket list.
Oh and I have 2 pair of Vessi shoes!!! So, that was a nice surprise to learn of them being a sponsor of the video. Just bonuses everywhere for me! :D
Love ya Mike for going where you go you are so passionate well done
I’ve never flown over to Victoria, but I’ve taken the ferry and ( back in the day), a hydrofoil.
What better place for High Tea than in a Victorian house in Victoria? The helicopter ride looked very smooth. Another commentor noted the ride is $300 each way, a bit steep, but a bargain compared to $700 one way from Manhattan to the Hamptons.
That's really cool! I didn't event know that a Helicopter Airline was a thing! Helicopters are so much fun to ride in!
Well yes back in the 1970s new York Los Angeles and San Francisco all had helicopter airlines now all gone except three Hong Kong sky shuttle , Copterline finland and helijet canada
VESSI is pretty much MADE FOR VANCOUVER's weather 😁👍😄
So glad you came to visit us again in Victoria. As a long time resident, though, I have to say that the only time I have been to high tea is when visiting with friends from out of town - LOL!
Lol
If I come to find out that you're related to the Great Gord Downie. I wouldn't be surprised at all. He was an uplifting figure while also bringing attention to the plight as well as the greater identity of the first Nations people of Canada.
It's admirable and generally cool how you've done a lot for them (in the way you go about doing it.)
The day after Gord's death all city buses in Kingston, Ontario showed GORD, WE'LL MISS YOU on their electronic destination signs.
Much like the seaplane airline in Vancouver, I'm so used to the helicopters downtown that it didn't occur to me that it might be a bit unusual to have an airline like that.
I am terrified to fly, but that was fun watching you do it. lol. Tea and sandwiches looked good
Always a great video. It would of been nice to know the cost of an average flight. I also wanted to mention I tried the laundry sheets, great stuff. Thank you 😊
Terry, glad to hear you like the laundry sheets! I love them!
The prices probably fluctuate
@@DownieLive I try to use as little plastic as possible. I even use bamboo toothbrushes and they work great. When I was very young my grandmother use to wrap presents in cloth flour bags. So I made my own and have used the same bags for the last 35 years. There's so many things people buy just to throw away and it's shameful!
Very true! Good for you for doing your part!
Through my travels I’ve taken several helicopters. Two of the most memorable (but definitely NOT cheap) were … (1) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai … which is really the only way to see the Na Pali Coast and considering 3/4 of the island is inaccessible by car. Jet copter with stereo headphones playing Bach sonatas and drop dead gorgeous scenery as you hover over waterfalls and shear mountains/cliffs and (2) the Grand Canyon, Arizona … landed with special permission BELOW the Canyon rim on Native tribal land for a champagne wicker hamper lunch (we didn’t leave so much as a sliver behind as to respect/protect the land). Both were AWESOME and I highly recommended but bring your bank account because neither are cheap. 😉👍🏻
Michael Downie on a scooter is LITERALLY one of the cutest things I’ve seen.
Yay! Such a cool service. Wish we had it here lol xxx
Awesome hop from V to V via helicopter. I would definitely hop over for high tea too. I love the older homes/buildings still being used and kept up.
Currently addicted to your videos. Love your enthusiasm
Yay! Thank you!
@@DownieLive onto ep 4 of the trip across Canada. Yours and wills videos are my favorite train videos you both got me hyped for my trip from Portland to Chicago to Cleveland to Toledo to Columbus Ohio on august
Thanks for the discount code for a pair of Vessi. I bought a pair and I really love wearing them. Thank you very much for introducing me to this awesome shoe company. I might get another pair. I love how light and comfortable they are.
I've flown on a helicopter airline in Nepal before.
It was an old Mil Mi8. Extremely loud, very bumpy, and there was all sorts down the middle of the aircraft, including some chickens in a coop. On the return flight, it was a load of oranges.
Thanks for the great plug for helijet
Awesome helicopter!
I miss high tea in Victoria, BC. The pandemic shut down the border so hopefully soon, my schedule will allow me to visit again.
Hi. Mike Another great video glad you enjoyed the helicopter flight and the high tea weather could have been better have a great week❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️
wow that's really cool. and a lot faster than the ferry I bet!
Much faster!
When ever I go to Vancouver I always see that helicopter and went on the hb air float plane
Hi Michael it’s great to see you fly over our family home in Stanleypark. Remember your time looking after our home in the park. You did a wonderful job looking after our home. Looking forward to seeing you soon. David and Normande.
LOVE my Vessi's, an absolute GODSEND working on location in the film industry in Vancouver!
This video was cool beans! I like your style: trains, planes, and helicopters 😀
This was a really special episode ❤
that's the weather I remember growing up in Vancouver - You don't tan in Vancouver, you rust Lol
This was soooo cool!
Got myself three pairs of Vessi sneakers thanks and yes I used DOWNIE for that 25% off.
Enjoy!
as a person who loves taking the helijet this video was great, i usually go to Vancouver but i have not yet gone vancouver-victoria, i heard rumours they will be adding a seatlle link and that they are adding an fully electric helicopter
I hope they do add Seattle we need it lots of business here
Was able to finally convince myself to buy a pair of Vessi thanks to this video and your code! 🙌💯
Good choice! Enjoy!
Love the vid keep it up ♥️💖💞
Thank you! Will do!
@@DownieLive Hi!
Great posting! I alway like your subjects and adventures! I have only been in one helicopter and that was only for a very few minutes as it was not a pleasant experience, some of the motions were comfortable. Thanks for posting!
That's a cool way to travel. I was surprised you were going there for a high 'tea.' 😊 It looked delicious; but, then dessert is always that.
Thanks Mike
You never cease to amaze me with the variety you pack into your videos. Those Vessi sneakers look really cool and I'd love to see you redo that walk around the shoreline of Vancouver again in these. Wonder if you'll have blisters and more this time.
You picked a great weather day (not) for the helicopter flight but perhaps the rainy atmosphere provided a real test to the integrity of the vehicles and their operators. High tea looks great and the venue - wow! Reminded me of an old mansion in Hobart, Tasmania, that was operating as a motel during the 1980's. On that occasion I was travelling with an English visitor and he was suitably impressed.
Now, Mr.Downie, I do hope you worked off all those calories when you got back to Vancouver. Looking forward to the next surprise you have for us followers. Oh! Does it have something to do with Orca Whales? You let the cat out of the bag during this clip. Anyway, enough for this Aussie senior citizen for this week. Cheers!
Love Victoria! It is the closest big city to where I live in Port Angeles, WA being only 20 mile ferry ride away across the water. Seattle is 60 miles but a much longer trip involving lots of expensive gas and an expensive ferry.
Just flew harbour air doing the same thing and the convenience of fast, downtown to downtown centres of BC is a great option vs the slow, out of city ferries. Great vid as always - keep 'em coming!
Flying in a helicopter between cities for high tea has got to be the most bougie thing I've ever seen on this channel.
I have always wanted to do the Helijet to Victoria! I am definitely going to make this a goal of mine......not getting any younger so need to do it soon! Perhaps I'll try for a sunny day, thank you! Lol. Love afternoon high tea! I have a cousin in Victoria so I'm sure she will know where to go! Oh and I've been meaning to buy some Vessi's so this might be a good time with the $25 off code! Thank you Mike!
Yes! Definitely use the code DOWNIE and save yourself $25! Enjoy!
Mike, has your TruEarth partnership run its course?
No, I’m still partnered with them, just trying to spread the love a bit.
Super thanks 😊
That's a great idea and makes sense
Mike, you have some nice train videos. I like the style of your videos. Much success to you and your family always.
High Tea now also includes a vape or joint of your choice.
there is nothing like high tea at the empress
You get to do the coolest stuff! 😊 Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for watching!
Fun video Michael!! I have never been in a helicopter before but would love to give it a try sometime.
You should if you get a chance, Ron!
Beer with afternoon tea? I think that might be a crime in Britain.
A Toronto to Niagara Falls one would probably do decently.
Like for the editors adding in the sponsored segment progress bar 👍
I know a few MLAs get to Victoria a similar way!
great to find a fellow Vancouverite...thanks for the vid my friend
Welcome!
Love your videos
i love your show just need sponsor to also do a travel blog
That's so fun, and high tea sounds very delicious!
It was!
Oh, the helicopters are so cool! I hate flying in airplanes. And while I'd still be a bit nervous, I think helicopters wouldn't be quite as terrifying for me. Maybe because they don't fly as high and you can more clearly see what you're flying over? And maybe because if you crash you might have a better chance? I don't know. But I would like to try a short flight to see how I would do. Okay, I'd probably still close my eyes at points. But I think I wouldn't hate it as much as I do airplanes. That manor was beautiful!
Vessi found a much better partner here than with LTT, no bucket required.
Private pilot here, pretty sure they also go around the long way to the terminal because of arriving aircraft into YVR, otherwise helijet would go right through the busy aproach path.
The Fairmont Empress Hotel in the Inner Harbor has the best European/British high tea. Just the hotel itself would make a great vid.
If ever you went to Victoria for high tea, that's where I would have expected you to go - and maybe dressed to the nines as you were on the last leg of your train trip. IDKWYGNBIKIBTWY.
Going to Victoria for high tea alone is a pretty flimsy excuse for a helicopter ride. I don't see any point in going to Victoria unless you are going to explore the downtown area plus stuff like Butchart gardens. Any of the 4 and 5 star hotels in downtown Vancouver should be able to cover your high tea needs just as well.
Make video of New park in downtown Vancouver
Great Video way too short, wish more cities esp in Australia would do this but because it's really costly to fly in a chopper your flight would be $400 plus Aus one way for 40 minutes...this is only way I can fly without getting motion sickness and would love this service
Helijet is a pretty cool operation but if I had the choice I’d take the Harbour Air seaplane service. It’s generally not as expensive (though hardly cheap) and taking off and landing on water is even more fun than rotary wing departure and arrivals. The seaplane base in Victoria is better located too.
Float planes can't operate when it's dark and the landing spot isn't lit up.