The beauty of it all

I’ve decided that this week I’m gonna try to post pictures from my trip up north, before I forget all about them, like it sometimes happens with some other pics. If you haven’t yet noticed, I love traveling and traveling on a motorcycle is a truly unique experience. There is something very natural about it, something about being exposed to the environment; to the bone chilling rain, disorienting wind, to the smells around you. Feeling that buffalos, bears and all sorts of other animals on the road are at a stretch of an arm. It seems like even locals treat you differently. But most importantly, doing it this way lets you explore. It lets you be the master of your own adventure, not the “lonely planet” or some other guidebook (nothing against the guidebooks, I believe there is place and time for them too). And that’s what traveling is about, exploring. Motorcycle will let one go to places one wouldn’t usually get to by foot, with a car or any other type of transport.

This is somewhere in northwestern British Columbia. We got off the main road to wonder in the labyrinth of back roads, some not wide enough and some in a too bad of a state for any car to pass. Not surprisingly we got lost and as we searched for our way out we came across this fairy tale looking place. There was absolutely no one even close to us, well no one except the herd of cows grazing the field. But they’re not really known to be territorial animals, so we decided to spend a night in this randomly discovered fairy tale. And that’s the beauty of it all.

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On the way up the Chief

Stawamus Chief or just Chief as it’s known is the second largest granite monolith in the world standing at 700m high. It’s famous for rock climbing but there’s also a way to conquer this massive rock through a fairly short hike. On a good clear day one can find himself facing a great view, however, even on a cloudy day the excitement and thrill of looking down a cliff with a drop of several hundred meters is a feeling worth the hike by itself.

Squamish, BC, Canada

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Sunny Days

So here’s my attempt at posting more often than my usual twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. These days Vancouver has been generous enough to indulge us with a number of sunny days. It’s not beach sunny but still is a nice break before the winter comes knocking, with months of rain it always carries. But it’s not here yet so in the spirit of good weather here’s a warm little picture.

Sunny Days

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The art of flight

It’s one of those days when my mind doesn’t wanna be where my body is. The majority of my day is taken hostage by the economic interpretations of welfare, demand forecasting and business operations optimization for organizations which I don’t even remotely care for. Where my body wants to be is on this picture. I rarely take my camera up the mountain and when I do I almost never use it because I’m just too busy having fun.

I came down the same run but sadly went around these rocks. As I stopped for a breather I looked back to see what I missed out on and saw this skier go for it. The mini slide certainly makes for a dramatic landing.

Whistler, BC, Canada

Pre-sunset stroll

I’m back again to the Juan de Fuca trail. Back not only to the folder that contains the trail pictures to be uploaded but back in a way these pictures do take me back sometimes. This was very close to our first campsite just about 8 kms from the start of the trail (I know we took it easy that day). My mates and I decided to go for a little stroll along the coast and that’s when I caught the shot, as the sun was hiding behind the tree.

Juan de Fuca trail, BC, Canada
Juan de Fuca trail, BC, Canada

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Canuck

This one of the many canucks fans that came out onto the streets of Vancouver during the 2011 Stanley Cup finals. This particular picture was taken during the game 5 victory. A truly emotional and a special time for the city. This guy’s face says it all really.

Vancouver, BC, Canada
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