Hiking from Botanical Beach to Parkinson Creek Despite the fact that the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail and I had some issues on our first…
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China Beach and Mystic Beach If you believe in Karma, I must have done something right in my life to be rewarded with a summer…
Sombrio Beach and my first encounter with the Juan de Fuca Trail The wild and wonderful Port Renfrew, where I have been spending two weeks…
Port Renfrew and Botanical Beach Have you ever heard about Port Renfrew? I mean other than on this blog. I certainly hadn’t before I headed…
A work away in a remote Vancouver Island gem Only a few days after arriving at the magical Soule Creek Lodge in Port Renfrew, I…
Working for free accommodation in Port Renfrew The best thing about travelling without having any concrete plans or obligations is that you have a chance…
Port McNeill and Alice Lake After the beautiful Elk Falls and Miller Creek, I have also heard good things about Vancouver Island’s remote north. So…
Miller Creek and Campbell River When my last work contract ended in summer, I didn’t have to think very long about what to do next.…
Once you start feeling somewhat at home somewhere, it’s almost like you’re leaving a piece of your heart behind when you leave. This is as…
Mount Seymour, Grouse Mountain and Cypress With my work permit expiring mid-January, I merely have a couple of weeks left working before I sadly have…
December in Vancouver If someone asked me about the best time to come to Vancouver, I would have to say July and August to enjoy…
With my work permit running out mid-January, I’m suddenly becoming very aware of how little time I have left in Canada. I still haven’t been…
One Saturday in late November, after more than a month of almost daily rainfall in which I somehow managed to buy and loose three umbrellas,…
Finding work and job hunting in Vancouver On my last evening in Vancouver before heading home for a couple of weeks, I have nearly finished…
Flat hunting in Canada’s most expensive city It’s early September when Isabelle and myself return from our US trip back to the city I want…
More of the good, the bad and the ugly The Grouse Grind Slightly less than an hour by bus from Downtown Vancouver is the beginning…
The good, the bad and the ugly in Vancouver The sun is blazing from the sky and reflecting off the skyscrapers of downtown Vancouver as…
Tofino and Parksville From my first visit with my friend Mona, I remember Vancouver Island as a recollection of little seaside communities nestled on the…
Beach, party and buying a van in Vancouver I’ve been sitting on this bench for an hour, overlooking beautiful English Bay Beach and just taking…