Today will see us leaving the wonderful Bates Motel on the Lake and taking another ferry this time back to the mainland and civilisation (boo). On the way back we will stop for a cable car ride HERE
So this is the cheapest hotel we are stopping in at a paltry £170 for the night (yup Canadian prices are astronomic). This place, resembling something from a 1950s slasher set, has the ricipshonist wiv clip inglish, “do you have a restaurant on-site” “No Fuud”, “is there anything nearby?”, “vend macheen”. Ok so she ain’t that bad, but not far off.
“Where is the hotel room”, “secund floor, around here”, as she just waves her arms in a circle. Up we go in the lift to find our room, let’s look at the guide to find room 214!!!!!!
Wished we hadn’t stopped AT THE BATES MOTEL
And when you find your room, there’s a nice sticker on the door
A drizzly start from Tofino on the 150km route to Nanaimo where we will bed for the night. We’ve already had to pull off at a surfers beach in a howling gale and now we had to stop at a tourist info shed that in Mrs Fogg’s words was “rubbish”.
And last night was sushi at the Tough City Sushi with an awesome array of sake, yum.
Satnav says “turn left in 134km”.
It’s raining HERE
A lovely 2 night visit to Tofino on the edge of the Pacific Rim National Park. It’s a quirky, hippy type of small town full of surf shops and non surfing tourists!
There is pretty scenery all around us and some superb sea food. It’s even been warm today which we did not expect.
Tomorrow we head back to Nanaimo for our last night on Vancouver Island
I saw one of these featured on “The Long Way Up”, an awesome vehicle and one the UK should get building quickly. I want one of these, a Rivian. All electric SUV, awesome.
In comparison to the deluge yesterday, today is simply baking. Now in search of beaches on Tofino.
Looking for a beach HERE
Welcome to TOFINO
Long drive today with the last 20km in torrential storms. Currently sat here waiting for the rain to ease so we can get some grub.
There was some spectacular scenery on the way here
We stopped HERE for a little boys room, but as you wander round the store, it has so so much more than the UK, tonnes of fresh fruit and veg (not the paltry few items we see). Food counters to buy lunch with all arrays of Chinese, American, Sushi to name a few items, what do we get soggy fish and chips or a cold bacon roll.
Tomorrow is the longest haul 3 hours plus driving from the quaint towns of Chemainus and Duncan up to Tofino with some long long long winding roads.
Chemainus is HERE
On the road from Port Renfrew to Chemainus. Pretty little towns, long empty mountain tracks and the occasional logging trucks. Oh and a random bonsai tree growing out of a log in a lake.
Next stop Duncan.
We stopped for coffee and a toilet break HERE
