Leftovers And More

Somehow, I made it to a serious blog about Canada. Click here to get some German words about our trip.

Here are some of the leftovers:

The River

paddling

hiking

downhill

tooth brushing

bird over the river

canoe on the river 

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YUKON

The Yukon called ...

...  for a canoe trip.

I was forced to have a look!

We found some decent fishing spots, ...

... nice dinner spots, ...

... good spots to do dishes, ...

... very good spots to camp, ... 

... and some amazing scenery of course. 

That's the crew again: Robin, me, Tanja, David, Friedhelm and Jo.

We also met some animals on our way from Johnsons Crossing to Dawson City. 

Big ones, ... 

small ones, ...

spooky ones, ...

majestic ones, and many more.   

A look to the right ...

... and a look to the left (both pics from the same spot).

The Yukon is quite big with a total length of over 3.000 km and up to 10 km/h fast.

There are beautiful creeks to be found which enter the big stream ...

... and a lot of islands and sand banks.

After all, it took us twelve days for the 700 km trip. Twelve days of beautiful nature! We saw (and heard!) tons of animals and almost no people. 

If you are able to read German: hier gibt's einen ausführlichen Bericht aus der Sicht von Jo.

Thanks to everybody for letting me use their pictures & for an amazing time on these amazing rivers through the wilderness!

Whitehorse pt.II

I just got back from our canoe trip to Dawson City. There are a couple of pictures I have to go through before I can post about our trip. So here is a little throwback:

It's been two weeks now, when we hiked up Grey Mountain ...

... Whitehorse's local mountain.

Robin on top with the rest of the crew in the back

Tanja, the fire devil

Jo and I went out for a last rip the next day ...

... and finally, our canoe trip started!
The crew from left to right: Tanja, Jo, Friedhelm, David, me, Robin

Whitehorse pt.I

I made it to Whitehorse. As soon as I got of the plane I was invited to join a little climbing trip. 

Jo and Alex discussing some climbing lines.
Alex is one of Tamara's sons, our very kindly host in Whitehorse

Jo in the wall. He will canoe down the Yukon with me and four other Germans; starting tomorrow.

Alex hanging around. Even though it doesn't look like it in the picture, he was the one who mastered the trickiest line this afternoon.

Manu, one of Alex's friends, doing stuff.

I went mountain biking with Jo and David the next day. David will also join our canoe trip.
Whitehorse has some amazing trails to offer ...

... and bears. This fellow sniffed around our neighbour's house.

Thanks to Tanja for most of these pictures!

Mainland

Last week, we left Vancouver Island ...

... and said "Hi" to Vancouver for another time. 

We found a good spot with an amazing view over the harbour and with Downtown in the background. After two days we went back to Whistler ... 

... where Hansi found a room. That's the view from his balcony. Seems to be a good head quarter for the next months. And so is Whistler. We had really good times in the skate park, at the lakes and on the bikes. 
Have fun there!

I don't know how, but I was able to get all my stuff packed!
Today, I hitch hiked to Vancouver with all that luggage. My 'driver' invited me to have some beers and a self-made Polish pea soup at his place. We had very good conversations about soccer, European history, life, hunting and - of course - beer. Travelling at its best side!

After a nice day in Vancouver, I arrived at the airport eventually.
Next stop: YUKON