Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
July 10th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff Early this morning, we left towards Banff National Park. We got on the highway and we were shocked how well you could see the rockies from Calgary. We never noticed them because the other days were ve ... 21 photos[full story]
July 15th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff 13th July 2008
The regular readers of this blog may notice that we have only just discovered that we failed to publish the 10th July in sequence but having already prepared it have now published it, ... 18 photos[full story]
June 18th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff Well it was quite strange to watch Penny drive away in a van and find myself halfway across the world with no one to chat with / decide things / see things and awe with etc etc.
I decided to nip it i ... [full story]
June 16th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff ..... and we've been hiking through Banff National Park for days on end, giving onlookers the impression we're a bunch of loonies escaped from some sort of mental institution. To avoid bear attacks, ( ... [full story]
June 7th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff I've had the most exciting 10 days of my life, well ovr 100 hours travelling on planes, buses and cable cars. If I could sit still for a few days I''d be over the moon. Made it down to San Francisco. ... [full story]
May 17th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff » Sunshine We have had an amazing two days on the Rocky Mountaineer Train. We had a early start 5.15am on Thursday 15 May. We were met by our tour guide John House and taken to our train. Our luggage was sent ... 16 photos[full story]
May 13th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff
An overcast sky today, but the clouds were high and we could see the top of every mountain….just beautiful…. Snow white snow …. On the ground, along the rivers,and covering the ... 5 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff » Sunshine Hello everyone! Just a very quick update on our travel blog.
We've said a sad 'goodbye' to Whistler, where we'd spent two weeks. It really was a great place to snowboard and have fun! Whilst w ... [full story]
April 24th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff » Sunshine So while I was waiting to meet up with a couple of friends from my exchange over skype, I figured i'd do an entry for the first time in almost a year! Wow how time flies! Anyway, Erin and I have bee ... 12 photos[full story]
April 17th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff "I'm lovin' the terrain here at Lake Louise," I say.
"Yeah me too," agrees Tom. "These wide open motorway groomers make a nice change from the steep and deep of Fernie".
"And the views from this sid ... 9 photos[full story]
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