We've left Tofino and headed for Victoria at the south of the island. It is a long drive, around 6 hours. We stopped along the way at Chemainus. this an old mining town where the mine closed. Some bright spark decided to paint murals on the buildings and it soon became a tourist attraction. It is now a thriving place again. If I ever get the internet speed sorted you can see the photos. Hopefully when we get to Vancouver things will improve. Anyway it was rainin...

Here we are in Tofino....' The surfing capital of Canada'. I'm guessing in the summer this place is wall to wall with fit young people in three quarter length shorts with braided hair high fiving each other. In fact the local surf queen competition is on today. Trouble is although the waves are up (surf term) its pissing down with rain. We got up early today optimistically hoping to go whale watching. Unfortunately the weather is so bad you cant see much so the ...