Finally got another CD burnt, so here are a few shots off it.... [View Full Entry]

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A few more pics for you all to see. [View Full Entry]

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Nat still wants to see a bear, she said she wants to get close, I reminded her that they eat people and she says that's fine she knows what to do... she'll sing to it!!! those of you on on the last tour will know what I'm talking about!! I think she is being crazy since a bear can out run a thoroughbred in short spurts!!!! Saw Lake Peyto - It was very scenic, but there are only so many lakes that you can look at!!! I'm telling you, Canada is full of them! It was raining at this particular one [View Full Entry]

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Well we went on the Gondala ride up to the top of Whistler Mountain and the view from up there was just beautiful!! can't wait to get the next CD burnt so that I can put the photos up for you all to see - there was snow everywhere up there so for the second time in my life I got to touch it and was pretty excited!! It was a bit chilly up there but not as cold as I thought it would be. We went for a bit of a walk and took a few pictures, made some snowballs [View Full Entry]

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Nat and I managed to leave some of our stuff in storage so as to not have to cart it all around, I guess I'll try and post it when I get back to Vancouver if I can't be sure I will be allowed the second suitcase to Egypt.... We missed breakfast as we slept in for awhile, since we didn't have to leave Vancouver until 11.30am!! it was so bizzare after the past two months of regimented 7.45am departures. The new contiki crew of 46 are a rowdy bunch, but it seems like it is going to be a fun [View Full Entry]

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Just thought I would add an extra lot of pictures off the CD that I just burnt... [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone I am going to try and catch up to date before I leave for Vancouver... We took a trip back to the north rim of the Grand Canyon, it isn't that dissimilar to the side we already saw, however it is more remote and the less visited of the rim. Nat and I didn't really want to do the hike since we were tired and we'd pretty much been all over it the first time when we flew over it, into it, hiked and saw it during the day and at sunset so we went to the lodge and [View Full Entry]

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Hey All Will try and pick up where I left off... Went to Chicago after living the 'Windy City' of Cleveland. When you arrive in Chicago you can't help but notice that the skyline is massive and you get the impression that it is bigger than New York but they tell me that Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the US so it clearly isn't bigger, just seems so. There is a nice beach tehre and very interesting architecture on the buildings. It's a city that would be easy to live in. Went for a look along the 'Magnificent Mile' [View Full Entry]

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We had a 9.15am start this morning and made our way to Niagara Falls which is what most of us had been waiting for… The first thing that strikes you is that you can see the falls from the road on the way into town and we could see it from the bus!! I guess I had expected that it would be in a National Park somewhere and be somewhat like the Grand Canyon - out of the way of the town but it isn't. The second thing I noticed is that I thought the falls would be taller, but they [View Full Entry]

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Today we left the province of Quebec and continued along the St Lawrence River Valley to Toronto. We stopped along the way to take a boat cruise along through 1000 Island District. We saw the famous Boldt Castle which originally had a bowling alley, hotel and all sorts of other extravagant things in it!! We also saw the world’s shortest international bridge which looked about 4 metres long and it joins two islands, one which is on the US side and the other on the Canadian side. The houses throughout the Island are elaborate and the private islands range from having [View Full Entry]

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