Blogs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 5

We know it's incredibly wasteful of energy but we wanted to sleep to the sound of the ocean, so we left the porch door open with the fireplace running all night. It was amazing waking up to the morning chill next to the fire. Even more amazing was drinking my cup of coffee on said porch with my hotel binoculars, spying on sea otters eating breakfast. Our Storm Watching package came with breakfast the first two mornings (our third night wasn't part of the package but we didn't need breakfast that last morning since we were leaving so early anyway). We could either eat at the Driftwood Cafe or the Pointe Restaurant. We chose the Pointe because of the amazing views from its dining room. We found out quickly this trip that the town was practically ... read more

VICTORIA Dans la soirée, nous arrivons en ferry a Victoria, principale ville de Vancouver Islands. Nous voilà de retour au Canada ou nous avons l'impression d'être dans un autre pays que dans l'est. Les paysages sont montagneux, il y a des sapins et surtout le Pacific ! C'est très sauvage : première pause sur la route, nous voyons un ours à quelques dizaines de mètres! Cela semble tellement improbable, l'instant est magique! Nous allons jusqu'à Victoria, ou nous sommes accueillis par une CS Jessica et ses colocataires! Le lendemain nous faisons la visite de cette petite ville pleine de charme avec son port de pêche et ses reliefs montagneux au loin. La journée se passe et nous décidons de prendre la route pour Tofino la capitale de surf canadienne! TOFINO Les paysages sont de plus en ... read more

Svou poslední část kapitoly o mém dobrovolnictví na Vancouver Island jsem ukončila tím, že Němci odjeli a já měla mít domeček pro sebe! :) Tak tomu taky bylo :) Vzala jsem si ten větší pokoj, který byl světlejší a cítila z něj pozitivní energii. Ze začátku tam bylo trochu smutno, to víte, zvyknete si být obklopeni lidmi a najednou nic. Ale tento pocit netrval dlouho, pak jsem si to začala užívat:) Ptali se mě, jestli se tam nebojím, ale já se opravdu nebála. Dědeček mi vždycky říkal, ničeho se bát nemusíš, jen zlých lidí. A ty v divočině nehrozili:) Lidé si tam ani nezamykají domy, auta, nic. Ale to neznamená, že jsem vám teď dala nějaký návod ke špatnostem :-P Každé ráno vstávačka v 7h bylo docela vopruz, hlavně, když je ještě venku tma, prší, mlha ... read more

Today is the last day of our holiday and we spent it on our feet - true to the TTATs philosophy! After another rather large breakfast, enough to sustain us all day, we set off along the coastal trail not far from our accomodation. The trail runs along the shore towards the city and looks across the Strait to Mt Olympus in the US. It eventually goes to the Overseas Terminus for Tourist Ships and one huge ship had just docked spewing out large numbers of people onto tours, buses or local shops. I am so happy I'm not one of the sardines - so far. Our trail took us to the Fishermans Wharf which we had not expected having not done our homework. It is at the Marina and has a number of colourful floating ... read more

Today was mostly a travel day from Ucluelet to Victoria. After yet another sumptuous breakfast and a farewell to the owner of one of the best Guest Inns ever, we set off for the approximately 4 to 5 hours to Victoria. It is mostly a slow drive as the road on the western side of the mountains is fairly awful with slumping or broken tarmac in many places. Gradually the road is being upgraded in the most mountainous area but the coastal area needs a lot of work done to the road to match the eastern side. Until we reached the coast the scenery was mostly mountains, forests and lakes with any views to be had often blocked by trees. This country has enough trees to build houses for everyone in the world. Linds found the ... read more