After spending a freezing, snowy Sunday afternoon wrapped in a blanket on the sofa trawling the Internet – bingo! …at last I have found the adventurous mode of travel I was looking for Moose Travel-! It would seem that the Canadians got the idea from New Zealand so all good 🙂 They have a tour called ‘Hoodapus’ which takes you from Vancouver to Banff and Jasper via Lake Louise across the Rockies, with all sorts of outdoor activities thrown in – just perfect! So I am looking at spending 4 days exploring the beautiful city of Vancouver, then a week on the backpackers’ bus with 20-somethings again. I will then take the ferry over to Victoria where I plan meet up with an old friend, Cindy, and to spend about 10 days exploring the island, including some serious whale watching – Orcas off the south coast and Humpbacks in the North I believe. I may need to hire and car and look at booking into some hostels but there seem plenty to choose from.
I have since found that the Moose Bus has a tour called Island Explorer which would take me over to Tofino for a spot of whale-watching and then on down to Victoria, where I could hop off to spend some time with Cindy. I could then hop-on a week later to go back over to the City to catch my flight… hmm I wonder if this would all work. I also wonder if I will survive the Moose Bus. A picture of it does not exactly inspire confidence. It certainly doesn’t look as comfortable as the Kiwi Experience! We’ll see….
Right I have finally booked my “Mustang Pass” on the Moose Bus…. 2500 miles of mountains and lakes and kids – what have I got myself into…Â hey Mo you’ve done this before, you’ll have a ball!