Published: August 11th 2008August 3rd 2008
After taking so many pictures (OVER 1400), just a few to give you a feel of what Canada & Alaska is about.
I have tried to place the photos in an approximate order of the places that we visited.
The whales were a definite highlight of holiday, especially the humpbacks breaching in the bay off Juneau.
There were so many places to see and it was great that we were on an organised tour. Our guide Jenni and the coach driver Lorne were a good double act and made some of the transfers between locations more interesting than just a coach trip.
There are more photos below
Photos: 52
Displayed: 22
Displayed: 22
Blog Options
United Kingdom
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear...more info
Blogged From
TravelBlog Awards
Find Hotels
Guests: | Rooms: |
Calgary
Looking to the Rockies from the Calgay Tower
Winter Olympics
Where Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards came to fame
Banff (Nice Day)
Orientation Tour (in the snow)
Sulphur Mountain (Snowy day)
Trip up in the Banff Gondola (not much to see)
Banff & Cascade Mountain
A view of Banff from Sulphur Mountain with Cascade Mountain in the background
Banff High Street
Banff looking towards Cascade mountain
Banff Springs Hotel
The posh Banff Springs Hotel from Sulphur Mountain
Sulphur Mountain (2nd visit)
We had to go up the mountain so that we could at least see the views
Lake Minnewanka
Lake just outside Banff, boat trip up to the end of lake
Lake Moraine
We had lunch here, before going to stay at the Chateau Lake Louise.
Emerald Lake
The sun came out here and the midges, a beautiful lake
Lake Louise (early morning)
This was Lake Louise at its best, 7am - no people and quiet
Lake Peyto
Named after Wild Bill Peyto, the lake trail had just been opened to the public recently
Columbia Icefields
A bit tragic that the icefields are retreating, I wander if we are contributing to its demise!!
Busy Icefields
Loads of tourists in the 'Sno' coaches
Athabasca Glacier
Huge glacier behind, there were plenty of people in front of us
Jasper Park Lodge (Lake Beauvert)
Centre parcs was never like this - beautiful setting
Maligne Gorge
Two of the group, Geoff & Trevor at the Maligne gorge.
Spirit Island (Lake Maligne)
Famous island on Lake Maligne. The weather was wet for the boat ride to the island but cleared enough for some photo opportunities.
Raft ride (Rear)
We walked to Jasper when some of the group rafted, we waited for them at the landing point downstream
Raft ride (Front)
Front half of raft coming downstream
Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved
The text and photos of this article remain the copyright of the Author (Al Holden). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the Author (Al Holden). If you wish to use or publish photos or text from this article - please
Tot: 0.057s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 13; qc: 40; dbt: 0.0343s; 1; s:notus w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.5mb
