we got to see seals victoria by the way if your wondering where the hell we are yeah do you ever
wonder what the locals do in the places you travel to then this video is for you
we explore some of victoria bc's secrets and hidden gems that not many tourists know about
we are in east sooke regional park regional park which is this huge many hectares of land and
there's tons of trails in it and we're heading to one that goes to the beach to overlook the ocean
and i guess you can walk along the jagged edge and there's coves and things like that
so we're gonna go and go and check it out we haven't been here before and it's just outside
victoria like half an hour drive or so 40 minutes maybe tops yeah so you can get to it super easy
and we're just gonna go hang out and you can hike run whatever you wanna do i can hear the ocean
is it an open ocean no i think we found a hidden gem
i think it's a local spot it's a local spot don't tell anyone they'll get mad at us for telling
so i don't know if you noticed but there's there was an otter there and a seal out there and the
water here looks like the water in australia this is one of the most beautiful places
i've ever been to honestly and we've traveled the world I think you say that in 95% of our videos no no no no this is like but
no that's the purpose of our videos is to show you the most beautiful places
what is this people writing their names is the wall soft no it feels like rock but why do i need
to feel it hold this it's sand i'm gonna build my house right here and that is my backyard and that
is my view and i think hopefully whales will swim by every day i know seals do and my husband does
east sooke regional park features 50 kilometers of trails through forests marsh and fields
pocket beaches rocky bays and tide pools for exploring and scuba diving
out of all the places in the world i'd have to say vancouver island has the most to do
for someone that's active likes to be in the outdoors more than just the beach and
you got mountains you got the ocean you got everything and there's lakes you can just you can
spend your whole day outdoors here almost all year round i mean the weather here it's almost perfect
love this place gotta check it out
just a short drive from sooke is another couple of hidden gems let's go what's this place uh what is it called
it's called shirley shirley delicious it looks like a cute little cafe on pacific marine
drive um just outside a sooke in a town called shirley and it's like super good super good
oh my god you guys the food is so amazing here i got the veggie hash you got cauliflower soup and
it is so good it's made from scratch homemade it's great atmosphere here awesome music
really cozy great artwork on the walls friendly service i am so excited about being here and
the uh coffee tastes like hot chocolate soy latte no sugar you have to come here i love
it in here good pick kathy after your delicious meal you can go down to another beautiful spot
just 10 minutes away you gotta walk this trail to get to the lighthouse we're not even sure
we're going to the right place but yeah we just got out and started walking yep
look at this behind me guys this is sheringham
lighthouse built in 1911 and it is gorgeous and we're the only people here so we love off the
beaten path and here we are this lighthouse was one of twelve built to help stop ships
from sinking before it was built this area was known as the graveyard of the pacific with over
240 documented wrecks how many places do you see peacocks in the middle of the road he's so cute
we had to film him move along buddy we're going for a bike ride today on
the taglaloolol trail lochside trail right it goes all the way to sydney by the sea that way
so we're going through saanich and we're going to see the ocean and hopefully the kids won't fight
and we're gonna pick some blackberries along the way right i think you'll get like three
or four wishes yeah i know the kids will always fight lochside regional trail is popular for
commuting plus a perfect way to enjoy a lazy ride through the farmlands of the saanich peninsula
okay there's a little cookie stand and um it's on the honorary system so they
sound like chocolate chip peanut butter it looks like that sometimes they sell scones
either put your cash there or they accept e-transfer so they're
relying on people being honest i think that's awesome hopefully it's not poison
right there seems to be deer everywhere on the island and bikes not the nicest park in the world
but nice view why the stairs just cement blocks and that yes operator can you take me back to 1980
right in the heart of victoria is fort macauley which consists of remains of old world war
ii naval gun batteries that's cool all these old canadian military
bunkers from world war ii so here they're in really good shape cfb esquimalt
yeah vancouver island just on the corner i had no idea these were here like we've been coming
here for years wow it's fun to see history couldn't imagine how big the gun would be
to fit in here look at all those bolts that they had to put on our studs
it's crazy fascinating time world war ii just a short walk from fort mcauley is a secret spot
to see seals the squad mall anglers boat launch is surprisingly a must-see spot if you love
wildlife we went here every night we're on our morning seal visit in the neighborhood
that we're in and oh he just took off but that's that's the little baby seal little pup he sleeps
and then his mom watches and then about five minutes later he wakes up and swims and bugs
his mom are you looking for food aren't you fish a couple of fishing boats just come in
and what do you know all the seals come running in i guess they like to get a bit of food what
kind of fish is that i think it's salmon oh i've been craving salmon so bad well just go in the
water with the seals over there and you can have some yeah sure do you see your buddy right there
he's just sitting there
don't feed them if you come here because it's a huge fine i think it's like 500 000
don't quote me on that good job alice i think you're coming now
there it worked oh look at him
all right we're going into fan tan alley it is the narrowest bedroom bedroom the narrowest alleyway
canada actually and uh this is part of chinatown
and uh victoria has the actually oldest china town in canada i looked that up and very surprising to
me i thought it'd be toronto or something so really cool uh-uh we all knew that but
it's so narrow like four feet wide you'll you'll see it when we go in there it's crazy
what's really cool about fan tan alley it used to be a narrow alley with all uh gambling places and opium
dens way years and years ago and now it's got a lot of local shops organic foods homemade treats
uh clothing all sorts of things here it's really really interesting place to look at we're at the
entrance to the oldest uh chinatown in canada here in victoria who knew it's really cool it's
called the gate of harmonious interest and they actually say there's a time capsule in each of
the outer pillars of it to be opened in 2081 and 2096. i just thought these were really cool facts
so i don't know if you know this about kathy but she loves
interesting stories about funny houses i don't know like look at this house i
only overheard one comment oh you know there's 37 different colors that made up this house fun fact
she knows all about horses so what's so interesting about this house
come on i don't know it has pretty flowers in front of it you've been holding out on
me so what's interesting about this house this house was actually emily carr's house who's that
she is an author and an artist and she lived in victoria and actually i didn't know that until
now i didn't even know she was from victoria she was born so awesome looks like you found some
new friends yeah i found my kind what chicken my chicken we're in the middle of the city by the way
that's a chicken noise how do you do duck i don't know what all right all right
there see hey it's my kind he's talking me oh we're off to say goodbye to our seal friends
bye everybody if you're looking for an amazing spot with lots of stuff to do
then victoria bc could be the spot for you and your family and oh yeah if you haven't
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