We arrived a lot earlier than Jewel was expecting us, due to the rain having washed out our intentions for the day, but she warmly welcomed us and made us feel right at home. Another surfer from Belgium was also staying for the night so we had a really good time of chatting and getting to know each other via all our travel-stories. Jewel advised us that the first thing we should do is the Ripple Rock trail, which takes us up to a cliff-side and looks out over...

Okay….so….we woke early to hit the road to get to Ucluelet so that we could do as much as possible, since we only had the two days available to us. We stopped at Port Alberni to seek out the Hole in the Wall Falls which are to be found only by those who know the area, and finding folk for directions so early in the morning was a bit of a worry…however, Stephon from Victoria had given us clear instructions as to where to park and very fortunately, members o...

So, the ferry arrived on Vancouver island just about half an hour before midnight, leaving us no way of finding a camping ground, motel, or other….so we pulled into the parking lot of the first church we could find, that being the Lutheran Church, and we pulled out our sleeping bags and slept there for the night in the comfort of our car. We left before anyone arrived for the service the following morning and made our way to the first petrol station we could f...

Once we had left Kelowna behind a whole new world opened its path to us. We were now on our way to Whistler, which to all accounts cannot be missed. Leaving the Kelowna area brought into view rolling hills and mountains, much like the KZN landscape, only covered in those velvety appearing yellow grasses. The Thompson-Nicola district en route to Lillooet (Lil-loo-ett) takes on a more desert-like character. Enormous and dramatic mountains with very little ve...

Our last afternoon at St Ives was spent walking along the shore of the lake and watching the sun begin to set over the tranquil and undisturbed waters. Graeme, of course, could not leave it that way and boyhood returned when he picked up a stone and attempted to skip it across the surface of the water…then the challenge was on…..I think his best was about 12 skips…I was most impressed!!!! We then made our way to the games room and played some pool and snoo...