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Post by browneyedsugar on Jul 26, 2011 6:07:36 GMT -5
Looking to spend ~2 weeks in the Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland areas in mid to late August...
Looking for some insider tips... which areas to visit, places to see, things to do, sh*t like that...
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Post by taylorLikedmySHirt on Jul 26, 2011 6:09:56 GMT -5
bring a rain jacket! that's all you'll see there
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Post by Chris Johnson on Jul 26, 2011 6:11:21 GMT -5
bring a rain jacket! that's all you'll see there and anti-depressants |
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Post by Livesindaw00ds on Jul 26, 2011 6:14:03 GMT -5
seriously? it's like that?
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Post by Livesindaw00ds on Jul 26, 2011 6:17:43 GMT -5
ingonish beach, meat cove, ferry to nfld (check out gros morne), do some whale watching while in CB
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Post by Apricky on Jul 26, 2011 6:17:57 GMT -5
if you can leave earlier, get out there for george st festival in st johns
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Post by Nesco87 on Jul 26, 2011 6:18:10 GMT -5
Hope you can drink and are friendly.
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Post by Phantom Phreak on Jul 26, 2011 6:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by browneyedsugar on Jul 26, 2011 6:19:58 GMT -5
I guess there are no major airports in NF? I was thinking of landing in Halifax, meandering through Cape Breton Island, jumping the ferry, hitting some cool spots in NF, then flying out of wherever I end up...
How do most people deal with the logistics of getting in and out of these places?
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Post by BlondeHanson on Jul 26, 2011 6:21:21 GMT -5
you can fly to gander or st johns, but the ferry is fun to do and it's worth it to see cape breton
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Post by Sukie Wu on Jul 26, 2011 6:22:34 GMT -5
Tips:
Don't listen to Nuclear.
Bring fly dope for the hiking trails. Spring and early summer has been damp, so the mosquitoes and black flies are plentiful.
Bring bear spray if you hike, and don't pet the coyotes and Moose.
Don't expect miracles in Meat Cove. Sure, the area is pretty, but the people are so isolated they make southern rednecks look like brain surgeons. We got trailed by a pickup full of locals all the way into Meat Cove from around where the burnt truck was on the road. They're all inbred antisocial ****s up there, and I wouldn't recommend the place, personally.
Baddeck has a lot to offer to tourists, but don't stare at the people. They all have this 'eyes too far apart' thing going on and they're sensitive about it.
The Sydney Tar Ponds are now covered, so that's something you don't have to look for any more.
Us Cape Bretoners love our beer, and love drinking in general.
Cheticamp is beautiful, and there's dozens of tours for whale watching in the area. (Not many good looking women there, though, and they speak mainly French)
Beaches -- there are hundreds. West Mabou, Inverness (PROTIP: don't get laid in inverness, you will catch something ) Port Hood, Cheticamp -- and that's just a few on the west side of the island alone.
Waterfalls -- almost every hiking trail except the Skyline will take you to a waterfall. North Mountain, Uisge-ban, Franey, Maryann Falls, etc etc
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Post by Andrew on Jul 26, 2011 6:23:15 GMT -5
Have fun
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Post by Malakai the guy on Jul 26, 2011 10:29:07 GMT -5
Where's Moot !?
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