19.09.2012 – 19.09.2012  14 °C

Ok so nice relaxing start this morning as I left the top of the island with a plan to head down to Charlottetown (the capital). From where I’m staying, Charlottetown is only a 20min drive, so knowing that I had to fill up my day I decided to head north east, up to the eastern most tip of the island, aptly named East Point!

The eastern side of the island is quite different to the central part. The central part is full of farms and farm houses, whereas the eastern part is much less populated and more heavily forested. Similarly, the roads were far less travelled and therefore were in poorer repair. Point in case, at one part of the road the pot hole was so large that it took up a third of the road!! Needless to say I drove on the other side of the road to manoeuvre my way around that sucker.

I followed the coast for my drive today so I managed to glimpse a couple more of the PEI lighthouses during my journey. I got stopped a couple of times by tourists (why do people always seem to think I’m a local… doesn’t the camera in my hands give it away slightly?) all looking for somewhere to eat. It seems that most of the restaurants and stuff in this part of the island must have closed up for the season, luckily I’ve got my ham sandwich and thermos!

I actually enjoyed my lunch, whilst gazing at one of the lighthouses standing on empty block of land. You can buy yourself some waterfront land, with lighthouse views and perpetual winds for a mere 80k here in PEI. You probably need to watch out about soil erosion though.. I almost discovered this the hard way. The edge of the land that I was standing near looked super crumbly and small pebbly bits started to edge away whilst I was watching!

I finally made it to East Point mid afternoon. The eastern tip of the island is dominated by another light house and a keepers cottage that has now been converted into a café/ souvenir shop. I took a couple of snaps, and almost got blown over before I hit the road for Charlottetown.

The drive into town was even more unexciting than the coastal road so I basically just drove straight thru. By the time 4pm came around the heavy cloud cover had turned into rain making my drive even less pleasant. I checked in and hung around the hostel until the rain let up.

Once the rain had abated I headed downtown (which is only a couple of blocks from the hostel—not the biggest town ever!) and found myself some tasty Bipimbap for dinner (Korean speciality). The town feels very grey and closed in (I’m sure the weather isn’t helping my opinion) but one thing I did notice is that Charlottetown doesn’t have the colourful houses like Halifax.. Much more white and grey! Also a few more brick buildings.. Quite different to Halifax!