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By little d11
October 14th 2008

mini road trip to Edmonton & Sylvan Lake

North America » Canada » Alberta

"The Thing" on the highway

I know this doesn't really count as a full on travel trip... But you know what? I think it had all the components of a big trip to some far off land... Travel, Adventure, Navigation difficulties, New sights sounds and locations... So I think it counts! My (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend to Sylvan Lake The Drive North After a grueling week of school and work, my boyfriend and I decided to take a small road trip up to Edmonton followed by a short visit to his cabin in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (its about half way between Calgary and Edmonton, and about a [View Full Entry]

By H T
October 14th 2008

THE GLORIOUS CANADIAN ROCKIES

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park

Peyto Lake
Have you ever seen anything as remarkable?

We left the cozy atmosphere of Rick and Sharons and headed for the rockies. It was Monday morning and the traffic was a little busy getting out of the city but within 30 minutes we were enjoying some pretty stunning scenery. We had a lot of miles to cover and we made good time to the town of Kamloops which we hit around midday. Stopping for a burger and drink we were back on the road again within 30 minutes. Taking a bit of a slower pace now we had some miles under our belt we enjoyed the views of the [View Full Entry]

By H T
October 14th 2008

RETURN TO THE FARACI'S, LET THE MAYHEM RESUME

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver

The Vancouver skyline

Even with the sat nav that Rick and Sharon gave us we still couldn’t find their house so fortunately Sharon came to meet us to take us back. You remember I said that they are a whirlwind, well our return was no different. Within 20 minutes of being in the house Sharon was whisking us off to one of the movie sets in town. We’ve never been given the opportunity to do this so we were not sure what to expect. It was to the set of the new Henry Winkler (the fonz) movie, so we headed to the location on [View Full Entry]

By H T
October 14th 2008

THE LAST WATERFALL OF THE TRIP, BRING ON NIAGARA

North America » Canada » Ontario » Niagara Falls

From the top of the horseshoe falls

It was quite late by the time we arrived in Buffalo as we had to fly through New York to get here. We got a taxi straight to our hotel and were just sat chilling watching a bit of TV when Sharon called to say that she had sent the Fedex and the wallet would arrive by lunchtime the next day. This meant we could still go and hire the car and once again Sharon had found out where we could go that was close to us and it turned out Avis was just down the road. With all that sorted [View Full Entry]

By Nicksons
October 14th 2008

Last night of debauchery

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver

Darren & Kels

It is almost time for us, Ryan and Kerry, to finally flee the country and decided to have one final debauchery of a night before we left. The century house restaurant and nightclub was more than happy to play host to our final night of drunken shenanigans. After having enjoyed a nice three course meal and many litres of alcohol in the restaurant portion of the building, we then made our way to the dance floor upstairs where the drinking continued, the vomitting commenced and the bodies became a playground. Here are some pics from our final night of partying in [View Full Entry]

By Noella Bujold
October 14th 2008

Autumn in the Notre Dame Mountains on the Gaspé Peninsula

North America » Canada » Quebec » Gaspésie

Along the Highway
This maple was posing just for us.

I just want to share some photos we took while visiting the Matapedia Valley and the Baie-des-Chaleurs area of the Gaspé Peninsula at the beginning of October. The Notre Dame Mountains are an extension of the Appalachians that stretch from Sherbrooke to the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the province of Quebec. [View Full Entry]

By Lok and Catherine
October 13th 2008

Mallrats of Edmonton

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton

Lok at the Alberta Legislature

Edmonton doesn’t have a reputation as being the most happening city, and well, that is a fair enough point. We had booked into the hostel for 5 nights and after the second day we were scouring the tourist magazines and the Lonely Planet for things to do over the rest of our time there. The hostel was near Whyte Avenue; a rather funky part of town; and as such has the requisite funky shops, bars and restaurants that two Australian Gen Yers are attracted to. We visited the Alberta Legislature building and took in the free guided tour, in which we [View Full Entry]

By swillett
October 13th 2008

Fighting Fires in Halifax

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Jumpers
Steph, Me, Nicole, and Victor (Mexico) in our jumpers

In order to work for NCL, it is a requirement to complete a basic safety course. Included in the course is first aid, firefighting, lifeboat/liferaft training, emergency procedures, etc. We started our training last week, have more this week, and then we finish with us having to flip a liferaft over in the water once we get to warmer waters (Bermuda). Lucky for us, having Halifax as a port meant that we got the opportunity to go to some special training facility to FIGHT FIRES! When Lisa and Katelyn did their safety training, they simply got to crawl through the crew [View Full Entry]

By grant amanda
October 12th 2008

Icefield Pathway to Banff

North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff

Horseshoe Lake

Driving the icefield Pathway to Banff was an amazing experience. The mountains and glaicers were spectacular and after every bend in the road there was yet another spectacular mountain to take your breath away. Lake Louise was one stop we couldn’t miss, so we took the turn off and followed along with the other tourists to the very famous Lake Louise. No surprise at all, it was absolutely stunning. We did the photo thing and took in the amazing view (the glacier above the lake was also spectacular) and decided to make our quick escape from the tourists and continue on [View Full Entry]

By AlexundGeorg
October 12th 2008

nicht mehr lange...

North America » Canada » Ontario » Kingston

man(n) geniesst die letzten sonnenstrahlen...

halloele ihr lieben, auch wenn es nicht mehr lange dauert, bis wir wieder zu hause sind dachten wir, ein paar worte koennen ja nicht schaden...also, erst einmal das uebliche: uns geht es sehr gut! wir haben in der letzten zeit mal wieder echtes glueck mit dem wetter gehabt und konnten demnach die zeit noch richtig geniessen. seit unserem letzten eintrag sind wir wieder ein ganzes stueck naeher an halifax rangekommen. wir haben praktisch schon den grossteil von kanada durchquert und sind in ontario, aber dazu spaeter mehr. hier erstmal - wie ueblich - der reiseverlauf der letzten drei wo [View Full Entry]

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