http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Alberta , Calgary en-us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:10:13 BST Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:10:13 BST After approximately 33 hours of traveling time spent either in planes or on layovers we made it home We were a little bit worried about our luggage not making it to Calgary because we had it checked through all the way from Mombasa to Calgary including changing airlines and terminals at Heathrow. But it made it no problem. So yeahOne of the first things we did when we got home was go throug http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-315741.html Alright kidsI'm not ordinarily a blogger but there are exceptions to every rule. For those of you who don't know I'm heading off to Tanzania for a four month exchange next week. And I'm insanely excited. But also a little nervous. I'll be taking classes at the University of Dar es Salaam but communication from there has been a little sketch so I'm not really sure what's going on. I'm doing my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-315722.html Dinosaurs fascinate us. Perhaps it is the thought that these huge creatures that ruled the world so long ago are now gone vanished for reasons that scientists are still trying to figure out. But did they really vanishhellipor simply downsizeDrumheller Alberta about an hour northeast of Calgary is dino country. Not only do you see dinosaurs of every persuasion on playground lots grocery http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-315136.html Hey thereJust a quick update. This is the blog of one of my tour teammates Keely Kidner. She has some wicked photos of one of our rides here in Alberta. She also has some cool stories about a bike trip she did through Europe. Check it out.httptwocrazycanadians.blogspot.comAttached are some wheaty photos from our ride yesterday. We travelled from Pincher Creek to Claresholm AB.Tyler http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-314350.html Hey EveryoneI am headed off in two weeks and can't wait However the packing situation is not going well For those who know me well you can only imagine how difficult I am finding it to pack all my shoes etc. into a backpack that in the past I would have had a hard time using for a long weekend trip let alone 4 months EEKKMy first stop is London where I will be staying with Sarah and D http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-312116.html With a little help from my friends and some red wine...I think I'm ready to go http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-312112.html Hey EveryoneI'm just testing this new travel blog to see if you receive notification of my new entry. I hope this works http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-311841.html So here I am technically challenged trying to set up this Blog. Not sure if it's going to work but we'll give it a shot. Tonight is packing night and then off to the airport tomorrow morning. My flight is direct to Frankfurt and then to Oslo where we may be greated by Darlene's cousin. I've got my iPod charged up and all ready for the long flight. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-311821.html So tomorrow morning I am catching a bus for Vernon BC. I'll be spending a few days on Lake Okanagan with my good friend Michael Purdy before catching another bus out to Vancouver for RADIOHEAD. Sweet. Right now I'm just clearing out my camera doing laundry ripping cd's getting packed. The usual heh. I'm really looking forward to just chilling out on the lake for a few days. Hopefully it'll be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-311500.html Today I had to go to Heritage Park in Calgary for some research related to a volunteer position of mine. I've lived in Alberta all of my life and I can't remember if I've been to Heritage Park before. If I have it was about twenty years ago. Not that I haven't seen my share of 'living history' museums across the Canadian Prairiesif I have been to Heritage Park I can't remember it because the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-309625.html Well my 5 weeks are up and I'm back at home in Calgary. It's good to be home after so long. Our trip was good. We got to the airport but had read our tickets wrong and went to the wrong terminal in Paris LOL We read Terminal 1 but that was actually the terminal we arrived in Toronto at and so we had to get on the shuttle train at Charles deGaulle and go back to Terminal 2. Of course it dropped us http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-308239.html Well just one month to go before I leave for Australia. Alright so im originally from England and grew up in South Africa and although i've always considered those two my home I can't help but admit to myself that Calgary is my home as well I fallen in love with this country the last 13 years but would never admit it to myself until now when im about to leave everything it has brought into my li http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-307291.html We're finalizing our itinerary now for our trip to Asia. We're hoping to leave on December 27 2008 and travel until Feb 15 2009. After that we'll be settling into our new lives in Brisbane Australia. We're hoping to book through www.airtreks.com a company that specializes in around the world multistop tickets. This is the flight we are currently thinking about bookingCalgary Los Angeles http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-306401.html So I'm back home back in Calgary. Arrived last night around seven was met by my family. We went home and had a big delicious dinner of steak which I haven't seen in months and potatoes and beans. Oh man. My appetite withered by plane food and sleeplessness that long journey west following the afternoon sun came back suddenly. Johann and Sean came over to greet me. I'd dispensed my gifts to m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-306336.html I was excited to take Carole and Brian to Medicine Hat. We had lived there for ten years before moving to Texas and of course Jayne and family are still there and Carole was Jaynersquos Godmother. We only had one full day but packed in all we could. We went to see the worldrsquos largest teepee where we had lived and we walked around ldquothe Hat.rdquo We enjoyed two lovely suppers wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-305687.html so nun bin ich also schon fast einen monat hier irre wie die zeit vergeht.einschneidenstes ereigniss der vergangenen 3 wochen war und ist dass mutti hier ins krankenhaus gekommen ist und ich jetzt schon mal festgestellt habe dass ich immer gesung bleiben werde. dieses gesundheitssystem ist zwar bestimmt nicht so schlimm wie im busch aber fast. die krankenhausflure und notaufnahme erinnerten http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-305610.html I leave today for the unknown and unexpected. First I will head off to Vancouver where I'll stay the night and then fly early in the morning on July 27th to Bella Bella where I'll be staying at the Koeye Lodge.The trip started off fantastic with a nice 1hr flight delay at the airport. Which wouldn't have been bad if everyone wasn't so grumpy and depressed. Just looking at everyone waiting for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-304978.html So I'm sure you've all just been waiting on baited breath for my next post. Well you can stop waiting because here it is Woo....It's my last day here in Calgary and I can't believe it's been nearly a month for me here in Alberta. I've had the chance to see a good part of the province play tourist for a bit and been able to just relax too. I met up with Adam and Amanda in Kelowna and after spen http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-303748.html Nothing really to say but this post is costing me an arm and a leg to make. Patrick and I are just sitting around waiting for the plane. By the way Patrick is niccing out like crazy. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-302084.html Photos from July 17. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-301596.html The trip from Glacier National Park to Calgary was a blur for Gary who was recovering from the hangover received by the mixing of cultures the previous night around a campfire outside Glacier National Park. The Canadian Border guards still let us both in so it was off to Calgary for the Stampede which is described as the Greatest outdoor show on Earth. It was an experience a mixture of amuse http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-301563.html ldquoThe Greatest Outdoor Show on Earthrdquo Known as the Calgary Stampede is simply an excuse for cowboys to have a great party Nine days in July it culminates in 1.8 million prize money being given away for the best cowboys in various disciplines. Of course it is also a great opportunity for the people of Alberta and Calgary in particular to show off their own brand of lsquosomethin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-300770.html Around 200 PM we decided to leave the park and go to the STAMPEDE . This is something we both looked foward to. So we got to our campground Mountain View at 530 pitched our tent and got ready quickly because there was a bus going straight to the stampede at 615 PM.We were pretty glad that we didn't drive there Traffic was terrible. So instead we got the chance to just relax in the bus. T http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-300370.html It is now 745 Tuesday morning. I woke up feeling like I have had very little sleep tossing and turning. It seems to have been what my unconscious body must have engaged in I feel very exhausted ... I believe I am going through the emotions of anxiety nervousness what the hell did I just sign up for and whatever you can think of I am currently experiencing it. The thought of being som http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-300056.html Phew. Almost made it Seems like we keep on going through things and finding more to do. I still seem to be working on our contact list.. and guess what Kwesi comes home with 50 more names for our travel list Statistics indicates that it takes about two weeks to forget someone. I hope we are not that easy to forget Here's to blogging. Proof we are still here.Tonight I also realized http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-299883.html 12 July 2008Today we set off to the Calgary Stampede some two hours drive from Banff.We thought that the traffic might be bad as they get so many visitors to the stampede and decided to make an early start.We left the hostel around 8am before most of the other residents had woken. The traffic was not as bad as we expected and so we arrived much earlier than we had planned. We missed the direction http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-299813.html So Lake Louise was gorgeousI hardly got any sleep that night the room was the hottest I've ever tried to sleep in. The power ended up being out until 10am the next morning so obviously there was no aircon and I was lucky enough to have the highest hottest bed in the room. I ended up braving the super steep stairs in the dark and sleeping for an hour or so on a couch in the common room. I lef http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-299654.html