http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , British Columbia , Vancouver Island , Tofino en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 06:12:26 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:12:26 +0000 The west coast of Vancouver Island is one of the wetter places in Canada. During any visit one should expect rain. I was prepared to have rain during my time there but the rain had cleared up just after I arrived. The forecast had actually called for some form of rain. But it never materialized. The night passed with no rain and in the morning I awoke to a beautiful day. I got up at the ridicul http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-728441.html Bear trip this morning after another bad night waking up at 5am wide awake and then knackered when we had to get up at 645am. There were only 4 of us on the trip so had the boat almost to ourselves. We saw 8 bears in total which is the most they have seen this season so far. There were 2 females that had two cubs each they were last years cubs so about 15 months old and she will be chasing them a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-715456.html Tofino is a district on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer. It attracts surfers nature lovers campers whale watchers fishermen or anyone just looking to be close to nature. In the winter it is not as bustling although many people visit Tofino and the west coast to watch storms on the water. Close to Tofino is Long Beach http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-641930.html A 10 day family road trip starting in Canmore AB and going through and stopping in Banff and Yoho National Parks Golden Revelstoke Sicamous Salmon Arm Chase Kamloops Merrit Vancouver Island Nanaimo Tofino and Victoria. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-636885.html I started out in Victoria again. Took the bus to Langford and from there it was hitch hiking. I wanted to make it to Sproat Lake and go camping at least once while I was in Canada I even had bought some gas for my stove so I would almost say I was prepared. Which is a big thing to say for someone who once went hiking in the mountains in jeans doc martens a muesli bar and no light for two days.. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-544061.html Driving over the island was fun the roads are winding and very up and down Jim pulls to the side to let traffic pass as we are much slower than most. Kennedy lake is amazing a huge lake in the centre of the island which we passed on the way to Tofino. We arrived in time to walk about a bit and then had Sushi for dinner and then back to the camper and sleep. We parked on the street as Ben had s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-523840.html Tuesday We were up early at 630 to be ready for the ferry ride to Nanimo we drove from the house up Marine drive and then had to get on the highway and return to exit 4 to catch the ferry lineup it all worked out and Jim was able to walk to the village to grab a coffee. The ferry boarded on time and we are off to Nanimo looking forward to seeing what the island has to offer.Left the ferry and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-523833.html IST DOCH SCHEISSE ist der spruch mit dem sarah laut den wecker kommentiert der uns um sieben uhr aus dem schlaf reisst. Heute wird frueh aufgestanden wir verlassen den goldstraem campingplatz um mit einem mietwagen nach torfino zu fahren. Torfino ist eine ehemalige hippiekommune an der westkueste von vancouver island. Heute ist der ort touristisch ausgebaut und vor allem bei surfern seh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-523147.html Hello all you crazy people that i loveI hope things are cruising along well for you all. I'm still here in Tofino and I am having the most ridiculously great time. I met up with the wwoofing team and headed in to the Esowista community to get started on their garden. The organisation of this whole volunteer thing has been very loose but i have enjoyed the freedom that has given us. I'm working wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-497174.html Well it's only been a week and a half or so since leaving the sunny shores of Oz but i'm already having a phenomenal time I firstly had 3 days in Taipei with my cousin Jens. With next to no expectation of what this city would be like I was no doubt impressed with what it had to offer Having Jens as an amazing local tour guide being able to speak Mandarin definitely made life easy allowed me http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-494836.html Right so I've got a whole day to myself. The view outside the bedroom is unreal mountains water trees and not much else. So I'm going to quickly try to get some pics up and then go play outside http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-476356.html Well after a 8 hour journey and 5 hours of sleep later I'm safely ensconced with best bud Russ. Haven't seen each other in years so it's kinda epic to catch up. I thought I was surrounded by beauty in WhistlerI was wrong. This place tops it times ten and although I knew that was going to happen it's still pretty breathtaking. Hiked down to Radar Point where stuff was all set up in WWII for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-475924.html On my way to Tofino I offered a ride to a native American man called Sayachapis Matthew Williams by his colonial given name. This ride was the beginning of a unique encounter and an unforgettable travel experience. During the drive Sayachapis offered me to stay on his own little island near Tofino called Indian island. I finally ended up staying for two days on Indian Island enjoying the most http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-445703.html The wild and beautiful west coast of Vancouver Island. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-445697.html So we are back on track. We saw a lot of things the past three days. Too much to describe in detail. We are now writing this in an internet cafe in Tofino. Great coffee and internet. A short summary The Kinsol Trestle Totem poles in Duncan great and perfect murals in Chermainus cider tasting at Merridale. We camped near Parksville. Next day went to the west coast of Vancouver Island to the pa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-433564.html 's ochtends in Cumberland vertrokken we na het afscheid van de band richting de noordkust van Vancouver Island Port Hardy. Het was voor ons een drietal uur rijden niet al te lange afstand dus. Vancouver Island bestaat vooral uit kustdorpstadjes en bergenlandschap in het binneland. De rit was dus een combinatie van de twee.Aangekomen in Port Hardy stelden vast dat het noordelijke weer toch iet http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-429373.html Nach unserer Ankunft am Ende des Westcoasttrails zog es uns erstmal in die naechstgroessere Stadt Port Alberni um uns dort mit Suessigkeiten und Fastfood vollzustopfen. Aus einer Wette heraus kam es dann dazu dass ich 14 Donots und 2 Doublecheeseburger gegessen hab Nen bisschen waren die Folge aber nach 1 Woche mit Reis und Ketchup schmeckten die Dinger auch einfach zu gutIm Anschluss verabsc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-405055.html Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we will not find it. Ralph Waldo Emerson The ferry to Vancouver Island was much larger than I imagined. The ferries I had taken in the US on the East coast were much smaller. This one had a coffee and gift shop onboard and 5 decks for cars. The ride was about an hour and half and I just sat and read my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-388868.html Hmm sorry everyone it seems that the last blog post was some 30 days ago which makes us alot lazier than we thought. Actually this entry was started on the 15th March but we shelved it for reasons we can't remember. Anyway better late than never...As life in Whistler settled into a routine we decided to take a break and head out to Vancouver Island for a week. We caught the ferry from Horseshoe b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-381748.html Last April we traveled to the small town of roatan just off the coast of honduras. Man what an awesome laid back place. We loved it so much we feel we could move there in the future. Gumbelima park was amazing and most of the people we talked to spoke english. No problems. there.Just this past month we drove out to tofino and enjoyed our stay. its an amazing place of course. We got into port http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Tofino/blog-377942.html