OLIVER JOEST

Category: Canada

  • Crossing the Prairies

    Crossing the Prairies

    As a harsh contrast to the mountainous area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains suddenly after leaving Calgary the prairies and badlands would start. It’s a place where nothing distracts your view to the horizon. This part of the travel is another period of time I am on my own. So plenty of time to look…

  • Backstage at the Strathmore Stampede

    Backstage at the Strathmore Stampede

    I bought my ticket to the Strathmore Stampede after I stood inline for almost a full hour. I just asked the vendor to sell me one of the best seats available so I could see most of the action. When I approached my seat on the infield of the rodeo grounds I came across the…

  • Lakes of beauty

    Lakes of beauty

    A stop at Lake Louise was recommended to me by my fellow co-worker Christian. He said: “Go early” and right he was. We arrived to the parking lot of the Fairmont Hotel in the middle of the night to make sure we just had to take a short stroll to the center of action the next…

  • Sunset in Banff National Park

    Sunset in Banff National Park

    The tonal range of the sunset in Banff National Park is extraordinary. A few minutes after the sun went down the colors changed from oversaturated blues to beautiful light blues, oranges and even partial crimson skies. The roads were empty at that time. We were pretty much one of the last cars on our way…

  • Icefields Parkway

    Icefields Parkway

    The ice fields parkway is a highway connecting the Jasper and Banff National Parks. The road is as scenic as interesting. All lakes and streams are overly saturated with rock flour. The scene is getting more and more unreal and starts to look like extraterrestrial ground. The road is lined by a total of more…

  • The gold mine of Maligne Lake

    The gold mine of Maligne Lake

    Whenever you’re captive audience at a certain place you don’t have many options instead of saying yes when in reality you feel more like saying no. This is even more so true for the Lake Maligne where the highlight of the lake is only accessible by a narrow passage and a 11 kilometer boat ride…

  • Exploring British Columbia

    Exploring British Columbia

    The van turned out to be a great investment. The travel through British Columbia is a very relaxed and plentiful ride. We stay overnight wherever we feel it’s appropriate to pull out. The car is well equipped and the comfort increased little by little towards a stagnating maximum. We come across forest fires in the…