A miracle
19 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
On Saturday I get back on the road, after my niece Isabelle’s 6th birthday party. And a miracle occurs - after several calls and insistence with Edmonton Police, I actually get my bike back. ThanksBaca lagi
Jasper NP again
20 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Impressions from Jasper, Sunny this time, but it is very cold at night
Jasper NP - Maligne Lake
20 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
A boat tour on Maligne Lake - unfortunately, the view is not very good as it’s very smoky due to all the wildfires in BC
Mt Robson Provincial Park
22 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Traveling west from Jasper into British Columbia, Mount Robson, is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. With the bad visibility due to smoke, unfortunately, I don’t really see the mountain.Baca lagi
McBride - authentic northern town
24 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
I drive into McBride more by chance than by plan and truly fall in love with this very authentic Northern forest town. Especially with the beanery café in the train station and the characters there.Baca lagi
Interior temperate rainforest
24 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Coastal climate with lots of rain in between the coastal and rocky mountain ranges creates a rainforest environment. And the salmon have started to come into the cello rivers to spawn - I hope to seeBaca lagi
On the move
24 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I am on the Yellowhead Highway, one of only 2 road fully transversing the Rocky Mountains in Canada. This is the northern road, only fully completed in 1972. People followed the railroad here, onceBaca lagi
Barkerville Gold Rush Town
25 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
I’m in Gold country, the Cariboo region. Barker like once was the second biggest town in the west after San Francisco! It turned into a ghost town, then into a Historic Village, but Gold is stillBaca lagi
Fort St. James
28 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
75% original Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Fort on Stuart Lake. A vast majority of central and western Canada was discovered by the white man through trappers and traders. I also witnessed the firstBaca lagi
Car issues - I’m stuck in Hazelton and S
30 Ogos 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
While getting gas at a full service gas station, the idiots there put regular gasoline into my diesel tank. Believe me, you do NOT want that to happen. The engine sounds very unhealthy. I managed toBaca lagi
Hazelton and Smithers
1 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Apart from being stuck in these towns, there’s also stuff to do and see, and the landscape is really beautiful.
Totem country
1 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This area of British Columbia has a very high percentage of indigenous population, and their rich culture. They mainly lived off fish, spending the winters in longhouses, and commemorating theBaca lagi
Northern-most point of my journey
2 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
On the way to Stewart/Hyder I reach the most northern point of my trip in Meziadin Junction
I’m in Alaska!
2 September 2023, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A 600 km detour to Stewart (Canada) - fairly large and sort of thriving- and neighbor Hyder (Alaska) - almost ghost town. Here the Americans don’t control immigration, but the Canadians do! ImagesBaca lagi
Fish Creek & Salmon Glacier
2 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
2 big reasons to make the journey to Stewart / Hyder: bears feeding on salmon in Fish Creek, and the huge, unbelievably beautiful Salmon Glacier. Unfortunately, even though I spent about three hoursBaca lagi
Stewart
3 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Fishing, forestry, tourism and especially mining keep this remote town alive. The only food can be bought in a small bakery in to General stores.
Demolition Derby!
3 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After I heard from the tow truck driver (see below) about the race day, I wanted to see it. And it was A LOT of fun! Turn the sound up in the videos…
Terrace, British Columbia
3 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I explored the economically important, but touristically pretty boring town of Terrace. Very nice campground close by, Lakelse Lake - for them and many other places, this is the last weekend ofBaca lagi
Labor Day in the Rainforest
4 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
I’ve reached the Pacific Ocean! I travelled through the coastal rainforest to Prince Rupert, the rainiest and cloudiest town in Canada, and … it rains…
North Pacific Cannery Historic Site
5 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Want to know why salmon were decimated in the Pacific? There were over 800 Canneries like the historic site I visited today between San Francisco and Prince Rupert from about 1880 to 1980. Add to thatBaca lagi
Prince Rupert
5 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
This place is all about fishing and tourism. And the Museum of Northern British Columbia has an incredible collection of indigenous art from the area. After I’ve already visited so many villages,Baca lagi
A day on the ferry
6 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Today I took the ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island. 16,5 hours + be there 2 hours early + 1 hour to get off and go to the campground! I got up at 5 am.Baca lagi
Northern Vancouver Island
7 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Perfect weather and surprisingly nice. Images from Port Hardy and Port Alice
Alert Bay
8 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
A famous First Nations (indigenous) community, 45 min on the ferry from Port McNeill. Carvings, totem poles, artifacts… and the ocean
Whale Watching
8 September 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Out of Alert Bay. An unbelievable day! We saw resident orca, transient orca (2 separate species), sea otters, lots of humpback whales, Dall’s porpoise and Pacific white-sided dolphins. I can onlyBaca lagi






















































































































































































































































































































