Travel pictures Canada 2005

In September 2005 I went to Vancouver on a business trip. I had the opportunity to prolong my stay a couple of days and I visited Vancouver Islands. I was impressed by the landscape I saw and by the people I met. Here are a couple of photos.

Landscape in snow and ice from the plane. Might be Greenland. — I guess that this is Greenland seen from above. Nice to watch from the plane. But probably too cold for me to visit it.

view of the Rocky Mountains approaching Vancouver — Approach to Vancouver, view of the Rocky Mountains.

row of mirrored skyscrapers in Vancover — Vancouver Skyline

picture from the shooting of Wicker Man with Nicolas Cage — This is the “Wicker Man”, being burnt at the end of the movie with Nicolas Cage. I visited the set as a representative of the German production company.

Volker next to Nicolas Cage during the shooting of Wicker Man — I was so lucky! I did not only get a photo with Nicolas Cage but the Make Up department had just added lots of false bee stings to his face. Thus I have a photo standing next to this womanizer and can say that I am better looking than him. Well, sort off. No ironical comments please.

Volker with a stick insect on his hands — At Vancouver Aquarium: This is most definitely the biggest insect I ever touched.

a dolphin jumping high in the air at the Vancover Aquarium — Vancouver Aquarium: Delfin Action

A beluga whale sticks its head out of the water at the Vancover Aquarium and watches the tourists. — Vancouver Aquarium: The belugas seemed to have at least as much fun watching us as we did watching them.

back of an orca during whale watching off the coast of Vancouver Island — Whale Watching off shore Vancouver Island. Well, I still would love to see blue whales but to date the orcas are the biggest animals I have seen. By the way: This is a lucky picture, most of the time you see less or nothing. Maybe one of them jumping far from you.

Volker at a huge tree trunk on Vancouver Island — Vancouver Island: This is one of the last giant trees. Most of them have been cut down before one realized the worth of protecting those forests.

Wolf Eel — I also went diving near Victoria, Vancouver Island’s capital. The water was really cold but it was a good dive. There is a lot to see in those nutritious waters though you can’t see far. The funniest animal was such a Wolf Eel (I did not shoot this picture). You can feed and even stroke them … real squashy. Don’t they look like the old guys from the Muppet Show?