Looking for Wow Places and Experiences. Staying several days on Vancouver Island to spend time with the family and explore different places to create content for my future ColombiaBritanica.com website, I have had a great time, even without the perfect weather we had in Vancouver a few days ago. Weather wise, it has been very strange, but in a very good way. It's been cloudy and rainy (except for today, which was spectacular when I went on a whale watching tour to Campbell River), but every time we stopped to take pictures or visit a spot (like Little Qualicom Falls), it stopped raining. I have been touring Courtenay (where my wife's Mother lives), Comox, Qualicom, Parksville, Coombs and Campbell River. My favourite so far is Campbell River. A couple of days ago I went with my wife and daughter to have lunch at the Painter's Lo
dge resort (actually April Point across the water ) and have a look around Campbell River. It was cloudy and rainy, but the sky did clear a bit - enough for us to take some pictures and some video. Today, I went back to Campbell River by myself to go on a whale watching tour with Aboriginal Journeys on a Zodiac. I found them through the Web and local publications. Because of the weather, I made a last minute booking (the trips at Painter's Lodge were sold out) but it worked out alright. I made it to the marina on time and got a great seat next to the Zodiac's Captain (a friendly guy by the name of Elvis - yup, like the singer). It did not take long to make contact with some Orcas, something I personally like very much (I really like marine mammals and big cats for some reason). The weather today was spectacular - many great images for my upcomong site, but also a feeling of discovery. I know this area of Canada is not easily accessible and it's not for mass tourism - but it is an amazing spot - another Wow region of Canada to promote to those Hispanic travellers, who want to get away from their big cities - be it Santiago, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Bogota, Madrid or Mexico City - and experience nature like only Canada can provide. I look forward to seeing more of this incredible Province starting with Tofino and Ucluelet tomorrow and Tuesday. I Love Canada!
Jaime
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