Lake Louise from Above

Looking down from the Big Beehive

September 16th 2005
Last night took our 'freezing-in-our-tent' experience to new and icy levels. We should have guessed, I expect, by Lake Louise's impressive elevation - 1540 m above sea level. In fact, it claims to be the highest permanent settlement in Canada. So, our night was a long haul of lying awake trying not to transform into frozen carcasses, serenaded by the ever-present tooting of trains (we seem to b ... read more

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The time had come to break free from the clutches of gainful employment and suburban bliss *cough*, and plunge headlong into a haphazard adventure across the world. So, along with my fellow inmate Quin and a small but deceptively heavy backpack, I have started my journey of journeys in the promised land that is Canada - which we plan to explore for a year, if my limbs don't freeze off before then (a process which has, unfortunately, already commenced, despite it being 'summer'). After that, Europe, and then, after that, who knows? Hopefully never to return to suburban bliss again!... full info

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