OLIVER JOEST

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  • Settlers and Mennonites

    Settlers and Mennonites

    The first heritage village I visited was located in Moose Jaw. The village was huge and had over three dozen buildings that tried to reflect the reality and everyday life goods of a settler village at the beginning of the 19th century. It took me hours to see all of it but the highlight of…

  • Ignace Airways & Outpost

    Ignace Airways & Outpost

    One day I woke up the on the shore of the Agimak Lake after being attacked by hundreds of mosquitoes on the spot I chose before. I was preparing my dinner when the hordes came in and started their bloody attack. The only way I saw to get rid of them was eating my dinner…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The long way to Panorama Ridge

    The long way to Panorama Ridge

    After cruising all across the beautiful Vancouver Island it was time to take the ferry back to the mainland of Canada. While cruising all the way up north to Jasper we came across the Garibaldi Provincial Park where we thought to climb our way to Lake Garibaldi. Approaching the Rocky Mountains After we arrived late…