1,500km road-trip through beautiful British Columbia

Well hello everyone, welcome to Canada. I'm in British Columbia and I'm working with Destination British Columbia and I'm going to take you on an adventure over the next week. Right now I'm on a glacier, let's see how I got here. So of course our journey is starting in Vancouver, that's the airport that we've arrived in, but we are not here for Vancouver. As much as I would love to explore a lot of this city, the whole premise of this trip is rainforest to Rockies and so we're going to be heading into nature. I must admit we are going to spend a little bit of to uh go and explore i'm here with momo by the way Come on, man. to say wandering through Gastown here in vancouver it's uh kind of similar to soho in london like it's just got that same sort of vibe and energy and i guess yeah just aesthetically as well enjoying it it's good enjoying the neon that's about here good to see neon hunting neon hunting Alrighty, so the journey finally begins this morning. So we just checked out of the River Rock Casino Resort, which is right here in Richmond, right next to the airport, super convenient, very easy to get over the jet lag. Massive, massive bed and room, not used to that. Now the first drive is actually about six or seven hours. Now coming from the UK, when I hear that I'm gonna be driving for six or seven hours, that is a shock to the old head. It's very stressful driving in the UK. However, My experiences in North America are somewhat different. Things are way more comfortable and so six hours on the road, no biggie. Alrighty, six hours, here we come. Are you ready for six hours? Okay, just a simple okay. It's okay. Okay, so first stop we're gonna go about an hour and a half towards the countryside first. The idea was that we just want to get going as soon as possible. Colona City Park, this is the city park that one of Momo's friends recommended. And I must say, it is a great recommendation, whether it's because the weather is perfect right now or something, I don't know, but there's just good vibes about great light. The grass is perfect. It's just, it's like cartoon grass, it's really good. And yeah, just good vibes on the lake and I'm gonna go find an ice cream, I think. Maybe a coffee, because we've still got Two and a bit hours to drive until we get to our main accommodation. Good recommendation, thank you. Mei-chan? Mei-chan, thank you. You want ice cream? This is the vibe that I've been looking for. This is cool. It's named after that dog. Japanese name. Good morning. Coming in. Helicopter sign, first time. You're beaming with excitement. It was a fun little ride, about 20 minutes or so. And then we come up onto the glacier. Or at least near to the glacier. And then we get like an hour or so to walk around, take a wander. The weather is surprisingly warm. It's, yeah, very comfortable just walking around. Let's get some shots. It's so nice to have the freedom to just kind of wander about. And the crazy thing is, the crazy thing is we are on top of a mountain and there is nothing here other than nature and a helicopter. All I can hear A waterfall that is pretty loud, it's rumbling pretty loud, but it's actually very small realistically. We're currently almost October and so there isn't much water flowing yet, but obviously after the winter when things start to melt... What is this? I am beyond grateful to be able to experience parts of the world like this and that is why I want to share these on videos as well and share photos. To make it as accessible to other people to see. Because when you see the world, you realize how small you are. And when you realize how small you are, you realize how insignificant. So many petty stresses are around the world. This is a cleanser. I love, I love being out with my camera, taking photos, videos. I want a coffee. Toast. Thank you. With halloumi and chorizo. Are you gonna swim in this? Lovely little ski town, something or other. Outdoors town. Lots of little spots, very creative, very friendly people, and very colorful as well. Try some local craft beer. This is a Tall Timber Ale, and it's marvelous. Really good. Oh my goodness. Revelstoke today, and heading towards Sun Peaks. And as we were driving up on the way the other day, obviously it was getting dark, get to the destination. So I was looking forward to coming on the way back. Like this is a beautiful country, man. So. There are so many freight trains that come through here and they're all double decker. They are so long, crazy long. I started filming halfway through it passing by and it's still going. Sun is setting. It's gonna be a good sunset. So I asked the staff at the hotel any recommendations and they pointed us towards the lake. So we're racing, sunset mission. It's been a while since I've done one of these in the car. Look at the sun, it looks good. That's why they called it Sun Peaks. This looks good. This is pretty beautiful. There's a lot of bugs about though, so you definitely need some bug spray, which we did do, and they're still attracted. So if we didn't do it, how many would we have on us? This is beautiful. This is also why you should always ask locals, whether it's shop owners, hotel staff, whatever, recommendations for sunset spots, because sometimes they have a little inside knowledge. that is worth coming to. You can't find this place on the map it's uh yeah the guy airdropped me coordinates of those sunsets that is far more beautiful in person than in photos and uh I'm not complaining about that whatsoever it's absolutely beautiful the clouds the color super nice super pastel-y and just washing through of course the the trees on the the waterline uh They're all shadow and dark. Anyway, the journey continues. I think it's beer o'clock. So we come up through here to where we hit the crystal lift where you can see the cables and the cars there. As soon as we round that top that you can't see here, up a tiny bit more, we reach the top of the world. The whiskey jacks are really the ones that for whatever reason are very comfortable around people. So disappointed. A little hike this morning and we are just over an hour. We've gained 240 meters elevation. Very comfortable hike and we're guided by We saw chipmunks along the way, they're so cute. I'm covered in cameras. Hiking in the morning and for this evening we're going backcountry jeeping, if that's a verb you can call it that. So the jeep is going to meet us outside the front of the Sun Peaks Grand Lobby and away we go. I hope I can mount some cameras around the jeep. Beep beep the jeep! Alright so we're on this little jeep tour and our guide, his name is also Joe by the way, I'm just on the lookout for wildlife and nature, seeing lots of little birds. Saw a bear, saw our first bear today. It was just a young cub and I think it got, you know, a little bit too distant from its mother and playful and ran away in the distance. Kind of captured it, but not so much. Just exploring a more rugged lake. Very beautiful. As are you. It's a good job that when you half press and you get the focus, it shows a little diagram of mountains. That's exactly what I'm looking at. Made a quick little stop in Kamloops Museum, Heritage Museum for some of the First Nations and the historical context of everything dating back thousands and thousands of years. Yeah, in the UK, not really taught much on Canadian native history. Interesting little stop if you want some cultural history. Rock sign is on to cross with- Racing against the sun. I think we should get there in time. Some nice views. Because it is a desert, everything's kind of dry and golden. And when this light's coming through, it's just amplifying the gold. It's super cool. So say like racing against the sun, but really the journey with the sun is the whole point of it. We made it up to Sunset Trail. The sunset is sunsetting. And someone's thought about this. There's a bench here. Nice one. Brought snacks, like balls, oh not big balls, bliss balls. 30 minute drive from Kamloops. There's a winery here, Wanty Creek Winery. So I'm here for a little wine tasting and a bit of a wine tour, I guess, to the production. Now surprisingly, this whole area and where we were driving all the way to Revelstoke, just filled with vineyards, loads of wine manufacturing and just complete wine country. I don't know about you, but I don't really know of wine from Canada being somewhat available around the rest of the world. So I'm gonna go in. test it and try some out. I'm excited for it. It looks very, very stylish and friendly and You got your clam chowder? Clam chowder. So cute. So we're back in Richmond, which is right near to Vancouver, by the way. And we're in Steveston Village right now. We're about to do an activity that I've been waiting for all week. Been very excited for this. And yeah, this is the final part of this journey. We're gonna go whale watching. So around Steveston, there's actually a huge sort of Japanese community connection. from the last well over 100 years or so of ship making and all sorts of like fisheries and canneries and other places. So we had a little tour yesterday and went around and just saw some of the places where some of the ships were built, learnt some of the history. So if you're into that I would definitely recommend coming and seeing this area. It's a cute little village, yeah it's a different pace and different livelihood to the rest of Vancouver. But yeah this is just outside of Richmond and easily accessible. Myself, Kiera, Ryan, don't use any sonar, radar, tracker, nothing like that to find them. We just use our eyes and ears. Nice side-by-side comparison of seals and sea lions. These are actually stellar sea lions, so they're the largest sea lion species in the world. Windswept hair. That was incredible. Absolutely incredible. We saw all of the things that... were potentially never promised but potentially mentioned that we might see we saw all of them and more humpback whales seals sea lions seagulls and uh at the very end orcas yes uh incredible and the distance between the space we went on the map it doesn't look very far but it's it's pretty big and it's uh it's a wide area so the actual ability to see those animals in the distance and um yeah Also maintaining a respectful distance to them, it is their natural life. Oh what a way, what a way to end. And the weather as well, the weather's been following us beautifully.