That feeling, after a small adventure, having a nice shower and waking up in a soft bed, accompanies us all morning. Every face showed this joy: joy about a day off in the beautiful Strathcona Lodge, joy at what we have before us, and clearly joy about the breakfast buffet. đ  It is clear that… Mehr
I sit on the balcony of our accommodations in the Lodge, look across the big lake towards the faraway valley of the Elk River, surrounded by snow-covered mountains, and write. This morning we woke up in this valley, broke down our tents after breakfast and left the sandbank upon which we had spent the past… Mehr
Hey! At the moment we sit together at the campfire, grill marshmallows and sing. Itâs chilly. The sky is still full of clouds, like the whole day. In the morning we decide to hike to Mia Creek. During breakfast, Kai starts putting together the shopping list for our time in Toba Valley, so that we… Mehr
I wake up in the tent ad see Juluisâ face about 10 centimeters away. His face reflects my own feelings: sleepy and tired. I decide to get up, be the first person to open my tent, and my exhaustion magically disappears. I am looking at the wonderful and cloud-covered valley of the Elk River. All… Mehr
Hey everyone out there, Our day begins with a pre-breakfast dip in the ice cold, clear Upper Campbell Lake, surrounded by mountains. After the first abundant meal of the day, with the help of Valerie and Savannah (our guides from Strathcona), we begin to pack the huge canoe with which we will paddle to the… Mehr
Itâs only the first day and we already have experienced and seen so much. In the morning, looking out the window, the Canadian mountains greet us and immediately we see why we are here: the forests, which originally covered the whole area, show bald spots almost everywhere. Right after breakfast we start planning for our… Mehr
After our long journey we arrived safely in Strathcona Lodge, marveled at the clear starry sky and canât wait to get to sleep. On the way from Victoria we already had the chance to stand under ancient giant cedars. The country music in the bus underscored the feeling that we are at the beginning of… Mehr
While you guys are enjoying your beauty sleep, I am sitting in the airport in Calgary and yearn for a bed. But I think it will be a very long time until I get to lie down on a real bed again. Thanks to the time difference, the flight from Frankfurt to Calgary only took… Mehr
Hello! I am Antonia Schurig, 14 years old, and I attend the LöĂnitzgymnasium in Radebeul. Together with Clara Lampe of the Reclamgymnasium in Leipzig we are a team which is studying the plants of the temperate rainforest. Clara is specialized in the healing plants, and I am looking at the plants that can be used… Mehr
I still canât believe it: In one week I will step onto an airplane, leave Europe for the first time, and spend three weeks in the rainforest. I will be working with Emilia on a research project about soil diversity. We want to compare the quality of the soil and the biodiversity of the primary… Mehr
