I've Bean Travelling

A travel and food blog.

Hello, I’m Jess.

Welcome to my blog where I share stories of my travels and food adventures from around the world.

  • Whale watching and hiking in Tofino, Vancouver Island

    We planned a full itinerary of activities for our final day in Tofino, starting with a whale watching tour in the morning. There are several available wildlife watching tours in town, but we opted to go with our hotel’s Adventure Centre for the convenience. Spotting whales Following a quick breakfast for me and a Gatorade…

  • Seaplanes and Long Beach in Tofino, Vancouver Island

    After a couple days on the mainland, we went on to my most anticipated excursion of our trip in British Columbia. Throughout my years living in BC, I had not had the opportunity to visit the west coast of Vancouver Island, so this was finally my chance. Flying on the seaplane Tofino is a small…

  • Downtown Vancouver in a day: Granville Island, Gastown, West End

    Following our return from Squamish, our second day in British Columbia was spent exploring around downtown Vancouver. We were still slightly jet lagged, so awoke in the early hours around 6:30 am. We were staying at Paradox Hotel (the rebranded Trump Tower) which is a few minutes from Vancouver Harbour, where we started our walk.…

  • Day trip to Squamish from Vancouver, British Columbia

    Welcome to the first post of my upcoming series about our recent trip to British Columbia. Arriving in Vancouver We travelled to Vancouver via Air Transat, a five hour flight from Toronto. If you’re from the area, you have probably been following the news lately about the gong show that is Toronto Pearson International Airport.…

  • A week around Vancouver & Tofino, British Columbia

    I’m finally back with some new travel material for this blog. This past week, Mr. Chuckles and I embarked on our highly anticipated trip to British Columbia, Canada – our first long distance travel since 2019. Usually, I like to publish daily trip diaries while travelling, but I decided to switch things up this time…

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Hello! My name is Jess and I’m a traveller from Toronto, Canada making my way around the world and documenting my adventures for all to see. Also, I love to eat. (Read more…)

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