Inukshuk
Day 320 – Vancouver, Canada I was hoping for the same nice weather as yesterday, so I went on a long walk along the sea in downtown Vancouver. It held mostly true, though the wind was quite present as well! Walking along the seafront, I was lucky to see a heron waiting for fish in…
Lighthouse Park
Day 319 – Vancouver, Canada Back to walking! Between the hostel’s cheat sheet and the guidebook Solène left me, I had a list of parks with interesting hikes. Lighthouse park came touted with cliffside lookouts, strenuous but short climbs, and great view over Vancouver. Of course, it also include almost an hour’s commute to get…
Bowen Island
Day 315 – Vancouver, Canada Solene’s last day in Canada was forecast to be a sunny day (we have had at least three of those so far!), so we planned for a day excursion on Bowen Island, an island which you can reach in an hour and a half from Vancouver centre, with a cheap…
Stanley Park
Day 314 – Vancouver, Canada Stanley Park is a famous site of Vancouver, its “green lung” as we say in French. Therefore, we had planned to have a picnic there, hoping for a welcoming patch of grass in the sun. Even though it is quite close to our hostel, we managed to get mixed up…
Museum of Anthropology
Day 313 – Vancouver Museums are a classical occupation for a rainy day. A well-thought look at the weather forecast had allowed us to plan a visit to the Museum of Anthropology. As it is the first museum mentioned in my guidebook, and is highly praised by it, we were quite surprised to find out…
Botanical Garden
Day 312 – Vancouver, Canada Sometimes you have to remember that holidays are meant to be a time to get some rest. That is why we decided to sleep in and not rush our visits today. Taking our time in the hostel, we noticed that there is no cooking stove in the kitchen. We still…
Snug week-end
Day 308-309-310 – Campbell River, Canada If we have been silent these last few days, it’s because we stayed at friends’ this weekend. It was like staying with family, with the comforts of home, all the more enjoyable for having dorm rooms, snoring dorm-mates, and check-out times/luggage storage behind us. They contrived to complete the…
Heaven on Earth
Day 307 – Campbell River, Canada We were so comfy in this cabin that we allowed ourselves to sleep in (until 9!) and even a late start. Elisabeth had some memory of a place called Rebecca Spit, and that is where we headed to. Luckily, it was a sunny day, and the scenery was literally…
How to end a rainy day
Day 306 – Quadra Island, Canada You might get the impression from our pictures that we are lucky with the weather. That’s because muddy trails on a rainy day aren’t so photogenic. So here is a view from another hike through the Pacific Rim National Park. Wickaninnish Beach This trail took us through multiple scenery:…
Whale watching
Day 305 – Tofino, Canada We found out we felt like doing a lot of things in Tofino – not all of them possible in the time we had there. We decided to make an early start and get around as much as possible. After booking a whale watching tour for the afternoon, we went…