A few weeks back, my partner Anastasiia and I spent 4 days on Bowen Island, a short ferry ride from Vancouver B.C.

I made a short video recapping the trip and the photos I made there and on a quick day trip a few days later. Check it out below!

We woke up after our first night to see there had been a fresh dump of snow overnight. While this was beautiful to see it did unfortunately mean that we were pretty restricted in terms of how much we could explore. That being said, we did at least manage to still get out on some short walks and explore the immediate area around our accommodation.

Our return trip back to Vancouver took an interesting turn as we learned the ferries had been cancelled. We had to take a small 12 seater water taxi back across some very choppy water which was a new experience for us, and not one I would be in a hurry to try again!

We decided to return to Bowen a few days later just for a day trip, seeing as we had not been able to get quite the experience we had hoped for on the initial trip. On the day trip the weather was beautiful. Cold but beautiful. We were able to get around a bit more and walk some trails up to the lake.

If you’re in Vancouver and haven’t explored Bowen Island, do yourself a favour and take a day to go and see it for yourself! It’s a beautiful escape from the city and can be accessed easily by public transit.