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Everything worked out perfectly and after dropping off the car, we left Nanaimo on the 8h30 ferry, direction Vancouver, just as we hoped to. This will give us extra time to go riding to Cypress in the afternoon.

From the back of the ferry, I watch Vancouver Island getting smaller and smaller with a little bit of sadness. I somehow got attached to the pretty island. I’m also looking forward to starting the part 2 of our Rocky Road trip: the ski resorts.

But first, as soon as we get off the ferry, I need to get to Vancouver to get the car. And here starts my nightmare. My french credit card won’t work, and they won’t accept debit cards. We try to call the bank to get the problem fixed but 1. they won’t let me call France from their phone, 2. the bank is closed. Then they tell me I can’t go to Yukon nor to Alaska. And there’s a huge fee to pay to go to the Rockies (and I can’t pretend I’m not going and go as they’re tracking the position of the car via GPS and would charge me when I return the car).

Then, when everything seems to finally be solved, just as I am about to sign the rental agreement, they tell me they don’t have a car for me (it took us a few hours to get around all the problems and the car I had booked is gone). Fortunately, someone is just returning the car we need and I should be able to drive away with it in a few minutes.

Shared between the sadness of having my trip shortened and the excitement of going to the Rockies, I go back to pick Adrian and all our stuff to the ferry terminal and we head direction Cypress. Let’s forget about all those problems and let’s go riding.

PS: Thank you so much to Valérie and Hugues for receiving us in Vancouver and being so kind to us. We had a nice dinner and a really great evening. Thank you so much!

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