As nearly every Canadian recommeded me to visit Tofino, I did. To get there you have to pass the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Tofino is a small town with only 1600 inhabitants and it's famous for it's beautiful beaches and I guess also for it's sunsets. I was hitchhiking from Victoria with a German as it was really difficult by public transport. On the way back I stopped in Nanaimo.
Getting there
It was actually planed to take the bus to get to Tofino. But I didn't even think about, that there are only two busses in the morning. While asking for the next bus, I just missed the last one. So I actually gave up, to go to Tofino and I was still walking around in Victoria.
I was lucky things didn't turn out worse: A green car, catched my eye. To be more specific: A German recreational vihicle, with "KS" on it's license plate. KS are the same inital letters of my former license plate (for "Krems Stadt", where I originally come from - in Germany it's Kassel, I guess).
Suddenly the owner of the car came: Axel. We had a short conversation about his travel, his car and of course of the license plate. But than he said he had to leave, to pick up a girl. He added that he is going to Tofino now...
... of course I joined :-)
![The green RV with "KS" on it's license plate](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8449.jpg)
The green RV with "KS" on it's license plate
![... travelling through Pacific Rim National Park](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8454.jpg)
... travelling through Pacific Rim National Park
![Jennifer Chen from Taiwan](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8491.jpg)
Jennifer from Taiwan
![](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8493.jpg)
After five hours of driving
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Pictures I took in the National Park. I also saw a black bear, but went away before I could take a picture.
![Beautiful landscape](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8474.jpg)
Beautiful landscape
![](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8475.jpg)
Reflecting mountains
![Green coastline](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8485.jpg)
Green coastline
![Me sitting on the only road to Tofino](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8488.jpg)
Me sitting on the only road to Tofino
![Just beautiful](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8490.jpg)
Just beautiful
Tofino
After a while, we arrived in Tofino.
![Welcome to Tofino](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8549.jpg)
Welcome to Tofino
![Sunset](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8494.jpg)
Sunset
![My flag, my travelmate :-)](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8497.jpg)
My flag, my travelmate :-)
![Chasing the sun](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8507.jpg)
Chasing the sun
![Zig-Zag](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8511.jpg)
Zig-Zag
![The day is almost over](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8514.jpg)
The day is almost over
![The sea is calm](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8517.jpg)
The sea is calm
![No traffic](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8525.jpg)
No traffic
![Tofino is falling asleep](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8532.jpg)
Tofino is falling asleep...
![The last pub at nightfall](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8547.jpg)
The last pub at nightfall
Beaches
On the next days, I was discovering some beaches of Tofino
![Tonquin Park beach](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8574.jpg)
Tonquin Park beach
![The way to the beach](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8573.jpg)
The way to the beach
But be aware...
![... Tsunami Hazard Zone](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8551.jpg)
... Tsunami Hazard Zone
![The beaches](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8580.jpg)
The beaches
![Some shells](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8556.jpg)
I found some shells there :-)
Nanaimo
On the way back, I had to wait three hours in the city of Nanaimo. A city with 73.000 inhabitants. So I took my camera and shot some photos. I also was writing a "Hello!" message from the library.
![Nanaimo library](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8600.jpg)
Nanaimo library
![Calm city life](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8605.jpg)
Calm city life
![Nanaimo habor](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8611.jpg)
Nanaimo habor
![Sunset](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8613.jpg)
Sunset
![](/Library/Blog/2738/IMG_8614.jpg)
The day is almost over
Conclution
It's a nice place to see and I was impressed.
But you should defiantly rent a car, public transportation is bad. Everything else is really cumbersome. In Tofino I nearly stuck and I couldn't get out: "Stucking in Tofino". But in the end I managed to get back to Victoria, back to Vancouver and continued my trip to the rocky mountains.
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