It’s amazing what 3000kms and 3 provinces will do for changing the landscape…..
And I don’t mean just the physical landscape. Although if you’ve seen the Rocky Mountains you needn’t go any further to know that you’re in a drastically different place.
What I’m talking about are the small subtle differences between Toronto (or Ontario for that [...]
Finally: The long-awaited video compilation of our trip through Alberta & BC. Please enjoy the footage, and latest song by Kelly.
Now that we have had a chance to settle down in Edmonton and reflect on our last month of travelling, we learned a few key lessons about backpacking. Some of them are “common travelling and backpacking knowledge” tidbits that we chose to ignore, and some are more personal discoveries. Here is the “Coles Notes version”:
DON’T [...]
Travelling on public transportation with backpacks can be fun. No really.
Laden with 50lb packs and a positive attitude, we boarded the bus-to-the-ferry-to-the-bus-to-the-bus to the Vancouver hostel. It was a 7 hour adventure in total, which we thought would be a good exercise in preparing us for navigating public transportation during future travels.
All went off without [...]
Okay. Maybe the pendulum has swung for us and we want nothing to do with cities after having lived the city life for a while. Maybe we’ve been spoiled by Toronto, the largest city in Canada, with (arguably) the most to offer.
Or maybe Victoria just isn’t all it’s cracked (pardon the pun – sorry drug [...]
Courtenay (on Victoria Island) is actually a place we could call home.
After a few rainy days in Tofino we decided to make our way back towards the eastern side of Vancouver Island and homeward bound. After spending a night at Gary & Michelle’s home (Gary being a friend we just met on the ferry to [...]
