Sea Star Beach Retreat Tofino

... zum Waschen und um aufs Klo zu gehen, mussten wir ca. 15 Minuten in den Ort laufen und die "washrooms" vom Supermarkt benutzen. Dafuer hatten wir eine kostenlose Unterkunft im Wald (bei den Baeren!) und keine Hektik.

Am Freitag war es dann soweit: Jan und ich haben einen Surfkurs gemacht! Nach einer ca. 10 minuetigen (eigentlich ueberfluessigen) Einfuehrung, konnten wir dann 3 Stunden in den Wellen spielen. Das war ein Spass, speziell fuer so ein Spielkind wie ...

... oot of the station and across the island to Tofino, a lovely little town on the waterfront in a bay on the west coast. I suppose you could say it's very commercial as most places were offering tours of some sort or another, but it doesn't feel like that. More like a sleepy fishing village. Rather than aggresive marketing they just sit there and accept their tourism if it turns up, which in the summer I'm sure it does. I think it'd be a really nice place ...

... to had told me hitching in Canada, especially on the Island, was easy! We walked a bit up the highway and made our way to Parksville in two hitches, then the third ride pulled up and everything kind of fell into place. These guys (Denis and Michelle) were only on a day trip to Port Alberni and said they'd take us as far as they were going, which was about 2 hours down the road. But, after talking with them for a few minutes about what we planned to do, they ...

... 61 photos) --------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------------ Unfortuantely this year, none of that was to come to pass. There was not a camping spot to be had in Tofino, nor the Pacific Rim National Park, nor in Ucluelet several days before we left Prince George. This is the summer high season and everyone wants to be in Tofino (if the weather co ...

We were up early (6:45a.m.). It was pre-arranged from last night after speaking with the other couples that we would use the washroom facilities first. Our BB host had the coffee on, and the table was set for cereal, toast and fresh fruit. She was very pleasant and gave us a history of Port Hardy as we watched a bald eagle perched on the neighbor's tree. We said our good-byes to our host and the other couple from Ajax ...