Squamish

Squamish, a small town with almost 15.000 inhabitants is about an hour to drive in the north of Vancouver city. My host from Vancouver, Marika, invited me to join her and her friends to a festival and a hiking trip. We spent a nice time on a kind of reggae festival surrounded by beautiful mountains and a big calm lake. We stayed in a tent and on the next day, we went on a hiking trip. It took nearly a hole day, but it was great!

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Getting there

After visiting Vancouver city, my host invited me to join her on a trip to Squamish, which is in the north of Vancouver city. We went by car with one of her friends from France. The way to get there was drop-dead gorgeous as we were driving on a serpentine-road next to the Pacific ocean. The weather was just perfect! After a while, we arrived in Squamish.

A festival in the middle of nowhere
A festival in the middle of nowhere

Calm lake
Calm lake

Biiiiig truck :-)
Biiiiig truck :-)

On this festival, also local people were performing! Those on the picture are aged between 15 and 17!
On this festival, also local people were performing! Those on the picture are aged between 15 and 17!

It was a kind of a reggae festival, as you can see on the picture!
It was a kind of a reggae festival, as you can see on the picture!

Me and Marika
Me and Marika

Devon and Cedric
Devon and Cedric

Josh and me
Josh and me

We really spent a good time. We were enjoying ourselfs :-)

Alicia - hula hoop
Alicia - hula hoop

Picnic in the grass
Picnic in the grass


Alicia and me

Hiking

After partying nearly all night long, we were camping in the forest.

Camping in the forest
Camping in the forest

The next day, we got up early in the morning. On schedule: Hiking!

Seb climbing a rock
Seb climbing a rock

Me, Alicia and Josh
Me, Alicia and Josh


Getting up the mountain

I made it :-)
I made it :-)

But I was not the only one :-)
But I was not the only one :-)

Conclution

After hiking, we were swimming in a (very cold) lake:

Beautiful but cold - cold but beautiful
Beautiful but cold - cold but beautiful

Squamish is (I guess) an old lumberjack town. As you still can see some old relicts

Surface marker buoy - out of order
Surface marker buoy - out of order

barbwire and a flower
barbwire and a flower

Our gang :-)
Our gang :-) 

As you can see, it was great fun! See you guys somewhere, sometime!

If you plan going to Canada, you should defenitly visit Vancouver and the region in the north of it!

On that trip I got the information to book a tour to see the National Parks of Canada

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