Tadoussac

It was a wonderful weekend, getting away from the city. We went to Tadoussac, a small village up north of Quebec. The weather was still abit too cold for comfort. We rented a toyota SUV, drove about 6 hours.. ate LOTS of chips to stay awake *god* *stuffed*

my pretty rented SUV.. ( it was suppose to be a compact, but they had a shortage so i got upgraded to a SUV.. oh yah, so did the fuel cost..)

The bear sanctuary

Tons of wild blueberries in the black bear park. (No wonder the bears are there..)

To get to tadoussac, we had to cross a huge river channel. This HUMONGOUS ship carried us + cars across the channel.

Julia, pierre, terence and me. (Behind is the humongous ship that carries the cars and us back and forth across the channel)

Super wrapped it (it is freaking cold waters!) FYI, so this river has a cold-salt water current running beneath the seemingly fresh water surface. Therefore, there is lots of food (plankton) for whales, and other fishes = thriving ecology.
MY guess is the whales must be abit to swim between the 2 currents. Was told that sharks lurk only in the salty region of water, hence never on the surface.. *whew*

The whale bay

WHALE!!! it was HUGEEE

After the trip (low tide)

All in all, it was great, and i definitely recommend it. Thank god these clothes were provided. Else, I would have froze and died...
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Back to work tomorrow....