Blogs from Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Surftown Tofino! I came here with the purpose to get more into surfing. Unfortunately I have only been in the water twice. It's cold!! I did get a wetsuit (funny.. it was Sebastiens' before) but I didn't get a board. They are super expensive here, even second hand ones. I keep my eyes open, but in the meantime there are some out there that I can use. I'm just, kind of waiting for the weather to get a little warmer. haha! (or someone who just drags me to the beach) When I just arrived, I couldn't stop saying WAUW everywhere I went. It's really beautiful out here. The trees grow moss on them and when I walk on the trails between them I always feel like I'm in neverland and the lost boys can come out ... read more

This morning started out stunningly beautiful as we were greeted with a colorful sunrise at breakfast. It was probably the most sun we'd seen since our trip started. Ok, it WAS the most sun. It set the theme for the day- calm, mostly dry, skies. Chris and I ate breakfast at The Pointe again. I had some kind of eggs with goat cheese on bread with potato, although way more artful than I described. Chris had a breakfast version of a pulled pork sandwich. We finished up our delicious food and then ran down to the beach just in front of the hotel to take a billion pictures of the sunrise. After that, we went back to our rooms to get dressed for the day's adventure. We didn't originally plan on this because we didn't think ... read more

I arrived in to Victoria after an enjoyable ferry trip. I visited the BC Museum, where there was a very interesting exhibit on the gold rush. I got to walk through the different settings from getting my equipment and food, setting out on my expedition and even got to try my hand at panning for gold, before continuing on into an exhibit with gold artifacts. After a lovey lunch at The Old Spaghetti Factory, I visited the Parliament building and got to see the members’ room. The following day I walked along the waterside to the Fisherman’s Warf, which was very funky. The brightly coloured houses floating on the water, the fat harbour seals being fed fish and the hippy buskers playing cheerful music. On the walk back I went into the Robert Bateman gallery to ... read more

As everyone told me to go and visit Tofino, I thought I would maybe take some time and go and see if this town was really worth it. And yes, I must say it is. Even if the weather wasn't up to it, I got to see some of the most beautiful sceneries. Message to all the surfers, this is the place to go !! I also got to meet very nice people in the youth hostel I was in and enjoyed nice moments with them. It was worth the 4 hour bus trip, just that was breathtaking, never saw such magnificent nature. Just look at the pictures and you'll see by yourself !!! :)... read more

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 away from her very soon. The first ones were not bothered by our presence at all but the second lot of cubs ran up and hid in a tree. We also saw 2 males in different areas, much bigger than the females but not as big as I thought they would be. We ... read more