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Tofino Air roundflight

Feb 282012

In 2009 I went on an extensive trip for ANWB REIZEN Magazine to discover Vancouver Island. One of the treats, besides insanely good weather, was a roundflight by Tofino Air. As most of my friends know I’m totally crazy about flying (even though I get more than my fair share of it) but this one really was one of the best ever. Taking off in a floatplane from Tofino and cruise over the wilderness below is a sight to behold. I can only recommend everybody to do this just once, it’s worth every penny!

The 50+ years old trusty DeHaviland Beaver getting readied for departure

Interior of the DeHaviland

Birds… two kinds

Lennard Island Lighthouse by floatplane

Flying over Paradise Lake before landing there, watch video!!!

Paddle out from Paradise Lake

Tofino coastline by floatplane

Water, trees and mountains….

Doing some whale watching, Tofino Air style

And back to base

Vancouver Island by Camper (ANWB REIZ& Magazine)

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Jan 242012

Open publication – Free publishing – More 2009

New panoramas from all over the world

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Mar 162010

About time to add some panoramic images from all over the world, a section that I will be updating more over the coming months.
Most of these have been stitched using the excellent Hugin stitching tool.

View over Nagasaki, Japan, from the Clover Garden elevator. 2004

View over Capetown from Signal Hill Road. 2005

Radio538 Queensday concert panorama. 2009

Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver. 2009

Penstraat Willemstad (Curaçao). 2010

Dutch Olympic Homecoming Haarlem. 2010

Dutch Olympic Homecoming

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Mar 062010

The welcoming party for the Dutch Olympic Vancouver team 2010 with Sven Kramer, Nicolien Sauerbreij, Annette Gerritsen and Mark Tuitert.

Vancouver Island for REIZEN Magazine (ANWB)

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Dec 292009

Main article on Vancouver Island by mobile home for Holland’s largest travel magazine: ANWB REIZEN. Published in November 2009.
Photo’s: Rutger Geerling/Fotograferen.net, text: Matthijs de Winter/ANWB.

Floatplane landing on the tiny Paradise Lake (Tofino, Vancouver Island)

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Nov 182009

Landing on a tiny mountain lake with a floatplane is a fantastic experience wherever you are. But in this weather and in one of the most stunning places on earth: Tofino, Vancouver Island, it was simply and totally unforgettable. More on this trip for ANWB REIZEN Magazine very soon.

Many thanks go out to Tofino Air for making this one hour flight possible.
Filmed with the Canon 5DmkII Video function, so click HD for extra quality.

10 Pages Vancouver Island in Duikmagazine

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Oct 152008

This months Duikmagazine opens with a 10-page article on my favorite diving destination, the Barkley Sound [open in Google Earth] in Vancouver Island. The place where you can finde the Dutch/Canadian operator Rendezvous Diving, one of the best places ever!

- In loving memory of John -

Mt.St.Helens and Scuba Diving on Vancouver Island in de Sp!ts Newspaper.

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Feb 222008

Today in the Sp!ts, the second largest newspaper in the Netherlands (500.000 copies), two articles: one on climbing Mt.St.Helens and one on Scuba diving Vancouver Island’s Barkley Sound, also known as the Emerald Paradise.

Load small pdf here.
Load full newspaper here.

Photo story on Wetpixel.com
Rendezvous Diving
Lady Rose
BC ferries
Dive Shed

St.Helens Tourism
Mt.St.Helens info
Amazing 360 degree panorama