Tofino & Nanaimo

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.

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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
The green RV with "KS" on it's license plate

... travelling through Pacific Rim National Park
... travelling through Pacific Rim National Park

Jennifer Chen from Taiwan
Jennifer from Taiwan


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
Beautiful landscape


Reflecting mountains

Green coastline
Green coastline

Me sitting on the only road to Tofino
Me sitting on the only road to Tofino

Just beautiful
Just beautiful

Tofino

After a while, we arrived in Tofino.

Welcome to Tofino
Welcome to Tofino

Sunset
Sunset

My flag, my travelmate :-)
My flag, my travelmate :-)

Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun

Zig-Zag
Zig-Zag

The day is almost over
The day is almost over

The sea is calm
The sea is calm

No traffic
No traffic

Tofino is falling asleep
Tofino is falling asleep...

The last pub at nightfall
The last pub at nightfall

Beaches

On the next days, I was discovering some beaches of Tofino

Tonquin Park beach
Tonquin Park beach

The way to the beach
The way to the beach

But be aware...

... Tsunami Hazard Zone
... Tsunami Hazard Zone

The beaches
The beaches

Some shells
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
Nanaimo library

Calm city life
Calm city life

Nanaimo habor
Nanaimo habor

Sunset
Sunset


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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