Trong chuyen di nay toi du dinh di qua Alberta, Canada xem canh mua dong o Banff national Park nam tren rang nui Rocky Mountain cua Canada va sau do bay qua Au Chau de di xe lua vong quang Au Chau tring 27 ngay truoc khi len du thuyen khoi hanh tu Lisbon, Portugal di cac nguoc Bac Au va cuoi cung cap ben New York ngay 7-12-2024. Nhu vay toi se di gan 4 thang. Tuy nhien sau khi toi mua giay xe train di vong quanh Au Chau thi toi dac reservation seat khong duoc de di tu Lon Don den Paris khong duoc. Lon Don la noi ma toi da mua ve may bay den Au Chau. Chinh vi the ma toi phan van khong biet co di den duoc cac nuoc Au Chau hay khong vi da so deu phai reserse seat de di. Nhu vay thi hon vat va qua va cuoi cung toi danh cancel chuyen di vong quang Au Chau bang xe lua ma tro
ve lai California roi sau do toi se bay den Lisbon de len tau ngay 4-27-24.
3-25-2024 Sang thuc day toi doc tren Internet thay hom nay thu hai la ngay rat dac biec la Northern Light Predicted in US va UK xay ra hom nay Monday 3-25-2024 on a wake of Solar storm tu cac tieu bang mien Bac nuoc My den Canada. Toi thich thu va hy vong ngoi tren may bay bay tu My qua Canada di qua cac tieu bang mien Bac nuoc My va den Calgary se thay Northern light nhay mua tren bau troi va rat may man la toi tinh co bay tu Las Vegas den Calgary vao ban dem gio ma Northern Light hoat dong nen toi rat thich thu cho xem. Toi bay tu Orange County den Las Vegas luc 3;20pm ve den Las vegas luc 4:40pm. Lan dau tien toi di ra khoi nuoc My tu phi truong gan nha toi la John Wayne airport. Sau khi den Las Vegas toi cho den 7:25pm thi len may bay di den phi truong Calgary. Tren duong di troi bat dau toi toi nhin ra ngoai troi toi den ma khong
thay gi ca. Cho mai qua cac tieu bang mien Bac My cung khong thay de roi may bay sap dam xuong Calgary cung khong thay Northern light. Toi tuyet vong. Den 11:10pm thi may bay dap xuong phi truong Calgary. Toi da dac san xe de muon di. Vi la noi co tuyet nen toi dac xe co snow tires nen hoi dac. Toi lai xe den khach san ma toi da dat san o trung tam thanh pho Calgary cach phi truong khoang 15' lai xe. Tren duong di co tuyet 2 ben duong nhung troi rat lanh va toi da chuan bi san ao am. Xung quanh khach san tuyet phu day. Toi hoi thu ky khach san thi ant ta cho biet o khach san thinh thoang co thay Northern Light nhung dem nay thi khong. Toi check in khach san va khoang 12 gio dem toi lay xe den Nose Hill park de xem Northern Light vi trong internet noi la o day de coi Northern Light nhat. Toi muon khach san gan Rose Hill park voi muc dich do. Toi den park va cho mai cung khoang thay nen tro ve khach san ngu
3-26-2024 Sang thuc day ho cho an sang va sau do toi check out khach san de di den Banff National park noi ma toi muon den, Noi day cach Calgary khoang 115km. Truoc khi toi di den Banff National Park toi di vong quanh Calgary de vieng tham nhung attractions tai Calgary. Truoc het toi di den Calgary Tempede la noi to chuc cuoc tranh tai coi ngua vao thang 7 moi nam. Luc toi den day thi van dong truong dong cua chi co van phong dieu hanh mo cua. sau do toi di den Calgary Tower la noi co tower cao nhat o Canada va du khach co the mua ve $20 de len tren dinh xem toan thanh pho Calgary. Canh tower la China town. Tu day toi di den Prince's island Park nam canh giong song Bow. Noi day phu day tuyet va co duong di doc theo nui Rocky mountain va cung co cau thang bat di len cao de dan dia phuong tu duoi chan nui di den vung ho song tren co. Sau do toi di den Olympic Park noi ma nam 1988 co to chuc the van hoi
ua dong tai day. Bay gio da gan chieu nen toi lai xe den Banff national park vi phai di mat 1hr30. tren duong di toi thay co nhieu nguoi ngung tai Lac Des Arc bi dong bang trang xoa nen toi cung ngung lai de xem va di xuong ho di tren mat ho. Lan dau tien di tren mat ho bi dong bang nen rat thich thu. Toi o day khoang 30' toi tiep tuc di den Banff. Toi di den Banff park va check in vao khach san.Khach san nay ten la YWCA Banff Hotel. Toi hoi YWCA la gi ho noi la Young Women Catholic Association. Khach san nay co the di bo den Banff downtown. Toi di vong pho. Town nay rat nho nam o thung lung cua rang nui Rocky mountain. Khach san nay nam gan song Bow bi dong bang hon phan nua chi co o giua la nuoc chay duoc. Toi di bo doc theo song Bow den Bow Fall roi di nguoc lai. Toi den khoang 9:30pm to lai xe den lake Minnewanka de xem northern light vi o day co nhieu co hoi de that nhat.Toi lai xe mat 35'
moi den day. Duong di hep va troi toi den khong nguoi qua lai nen toi hoi so. Cuoi cung gap anh chang dang dau xe de cho xem, toi ngung lai de cho xem. Toi cho tu 10pm den 12am ma khong thay gi ca nen tro ve khach san ngu.
3-27-2024 Banff national park.
Theo chuong trinh toi o day den ngay mai la len duong di lake Louise vi o day rat dep ho bi dong bang va du khach co the di bo tren ho roi tu day di den Jazper national park, sau do den Edmenton du khoa tu 4 ngay cua thay Phap Hoa. Tu day se tro ve lai Calgary. Tuy nhien toi so neu di nhu vay thi o ho Loises voi qua nen toi quyet dinh di den ho Louise hom nay. Sang luc 9am toi di den ho Louise va den noi khoang 10:30am. Toi dau xe va loi bo tren tuyet cung voi nhom nguoi that dong di xuong ho. Tren canh ho da co nhieu nguoi o day chup hinh lien hoi vi canh ho dong bang rat dep. tren mat ho co nhieu nguoi di
tren do. Tu xa da co nhieu nguoi di. Toi di bo tren mat ho va di theo con duong ma ho da di. Vi nhieu nguoi di nen con duong tro nen bang da nen tron trot de bi te. Thy bi te mot lan. sau do Thy di phai di ben le duong da khong trop vi tuyet moi phu thinh linh bi sup chan xuong vi tuyet con mem chua dong thanh bang. chan cua Thy bi xuong ho khoang 2ft uoc ca giay. Toi o day vui choi den 2pm roi tro ve Banff de di cable car len nui Rocky Mountain goi la Sulfur Mountain. Gia moi nguoi duioc cable car dua len dinh nui Sulfur la $75. Cable car dua di khoang 8' thi den noi. Noi day la toa nha co restaurant, gift store va ben duoi la duong di bang thang go dua di den dinh nui. Toi di bo len dinh nui xung quanh day tuyet va ngon nui nhap nho rat dep. Di khoang 30' moi den dinh. Nhieu du khach chupo hinh lien tuc vi canh qua dep nhung rat lanh vi tren dinh cao. Tu tren dinh cao
toi chup hinh quay phim 360 do quanh nhung ngon nui. Sau do toi tro lai toa nha ngoi choi cho toi de xem co northern tight nhin tu nui khong. Tuy nhien den 9:30pm ma khong thay gi ca nen xuong nui va di thang den lake Minnewanka lan nua. Lan nay cung khong thay Northern light dau ca hon nua troi toi khong mot nguoi qua lai ten toi hoi so nen tro ve khach san luc 11pm.
3-28-24 Banff National park.
Theo chuong trinh du dinh toi se tu Banff hom nay de di den Jasper national park nhung toi thay con thi gio nen toi doi lai ngay mai moi di va o lai day mot ngay nua. Hom nay toi di den Cave basin and History site vi cave nay chi mo hom nay la Thu Nam den thu 7. Cave nay khong co gi dac biet rat nho so voi cac cave khac ma toi da di qua. Toi di vao cave roi di quanh vung co cave nay. sau do toi di den Upper Hot Spring. Mac dau con som nhung du khach den day rat dong hon la o cave
de tam hot Spring. Tu tren nhin xuong ho nuoc nong bot hoi va co khoang 4o nguoi tam trong ho. Toi va Thy vao tam ho rat vui . Mac dau troi xung quanh la tuyet bao phu nhung nuoc nong nen khong lanh. Toi tam khoang 2 tieng roi di len de di den White Musem. O day khong co gi dac biet ngoai hinh cac thu vat song o Banff park. sau do toi di bo den Buffalo National museum . Noi day trung bay cac leu trai nha cua va trang phuc cua dan da do thoi tien su.. Tu day toi di den Vermillion lake de xem. Lake nay cung dong bang trang va gan Banff town. Toi tro ve khach san ngu de sang mai di den Jasper national park.
3-29-2024 Westlock
Sang nay toi dinh di den Jasper national park mat 5hr lai xe. Toi xem duong di den thien duong Truc Lam cua Thay Phap Hoa thu chi co mat 4hr20. Do do toi doi chuong trinh la di den Trac Lam truoc roi ngay mai se di jasper va tu day ngay 3-31-24 se ve la Calgary de di
Anh vi tu Edmonton den Jasper chi mat 5hrs va tu Jasper ve lai Calgary cung mat 5hrs. Toi len duong di den chua Truc Lam o Edmonton. Tren duong di Thy xem facebook thi biet rang co khoa tu thien bat dau tu 3-29 den 4-1-24 khong phai o Truc Lam ma o Tay Thien duoc dich ra tu chu Westlock. That su truoc khi di chuyen nay toi da co y dinh den tham tu vien Truc Lam vi Thy hang ngay nghe Thay Phap Hoa giang tren youtube rat hay va Thy uoc muon den vieng va tham Thay o Truc Lam nen toi sap dac chuong trinh gap qua Truc lam de tham du khoa tu. Tren duong di Thy xem facebook thi moi biet duoc khoa Tu thien khong phai o Truc Lam thien Vien ma o Tay Thien o Westlock. Thy goi lai Truc Lam hoi su co thi su co cho dia chi cua Tay Thien cach Truc Lam 45' lai xe. Toi voi program GPS huong di ve Tay Thien thi thay duong di ca hon 1 tieng. tren duong di den Tay Thien thien vien toan dong trong hoang vu. Thy
hoi chan nan nhung toi tiep tuc di tren con duong mon it xe qua lai. Toi den noi khoang 2pm. Toi thay bang de Tay Thien meditation center va dung lai lai vao chua. Toi hoi mot tu sinh dang di thi co ta cho biet khoang 15 phut nua la buoi khai truong khoa tu thien bat dau o Thien vien. Toi va Thy voi vang den do gap rat dong tu sinh dang mat ao ca xa buoc va thien duong. Toi va Thy khong co ao ca xa nhung cac tu sinh khac khuyen khich cu vao. Vao ben trong thien vien rong lon ma tu sinh rat dong khoang 300 nguoi . Phan dong ngoi thien tren sang go. toi va Thy cung khoang 20 nguoi nua ngoi tren ghe hang sau cung. Khoang 10 phut sau Thay Phap Hoa den khai mac 4 ngay Tu Thien bat dau hom nay Thu sau 3-20-24 den thu Hai 4-1-24. Sau khi thuyet phap chung toi len but chao Thay. Thay hoi toi khoe khong va toi noi voi Thay chung toi tu California den. Thay ben noi chung toi den chup hinh cung Thay lam ky
niem. co le Thay cung biet chung toi muon dieu do. Sau do tat ca thien sinh den phong an de an toi. The thuc an cung rat tran trong. Co mot su dung len huong dan tung niem truoc khi an. Thuc an co sang tren ban an. An xong khoang 20 phut sau thi moi nguoi tu dong cam to va dua muong di den nha bep de cho cac co phu nu rua. sau do toi hoi mot su ve wifi den toi book hotel de o toi nay thi su tre nay noi toi co the ngu tai thien duong nay vi con cho va an uong tai day luon. Toi mung qua coi nhu la diem phuc cua minh duoc o tai thien duong va an uong tu hanh tai day luon. Su tre noi voi mot chu tieu nho dua toi va Thy nam nu rieng den phong ngu.
Toi tham nghi thay ky dieu la co duyen dua day toi va Thy den Tu vien nay dung gio giac. Neu sang hom nay toi khong xem GPS den den day thi gio nay toi den jasper National park roi. Tren duong di
len day neu Thy khong xem Facebook de biet duoc khoa tu o Tay Thien thay vi o Truc LAm thi toi da den Truc Lam roi lai den day se tre buoi khai mac khoa Tu thien roi. Au cung la co duyen dau co sap dac cung khong thanh tu duoc ma co duyen tu sep dat cho minh.
Sau do toi va Thy vao thien duong cung khoang 300 nguoi ngoi xuong de thien truoc khi di ngu.
Toi tim hieu thi biet duooc Tay Thien thien duong nay duoc thanh lap tu nam 2007 tren mot mieng dat trong rong 150 acres mac dau day la lan dau tien toi nghe den ma xua nay toi chi nghe den Truc Lam Thien duong o Edmonton ma thoi. Toi thay ben ngoai thien duong tren manh dat lon co rat nhieu Solar panels duoc dung de cung cap dien cho thien duong. Trong phong ngu toi thay co dan mot mieng giay noi la co tong cong 400 tam solar do Longi san suat duoc sep thanh 5 day va co the san suat 178kwatts dien ma thien Vien tay Thien can khoang 161,000kw/nam .
Dung solar panels de tiec kiem ngan sach cho Thuen Duong va thien Duong keu goi su giup do cua cac phat tu gan xa. Trong 3 ngay tu thien o Tay thien thien duong toi chung kien 2 dieu la lung la co 2 nha su dang ngoi gan an roi te nga xuong sang phong an lien tiep 2 ngay . Ngay 29-3 mot su dang an trua thi nga xuong sang voi tieng dong lon trong khi can phong an vang lang. So nguoi den tiep cuu lam ho hap nhan tao sao do nha su duoc dua di nha thuong. Ngay 30-3 mot nha su khac cung vay. Su dang ngoi an cung cac su khac tu nhien cung nga xuong bat tinh . Co co bac si trong nhom tu thien den cuu giup va xe cuu thuong chay den cuu roi mang nha su di nha thuong. Duoc biet la su nay dang dau tim nhung quen uong thuoc hom do nen chuyen xui da xay ra. nha su nay co le den tu quoc gia khac va co travel insurance.
3-30-2024 Theo chuong trinh chung toi dinh den day tham du ngay
dau cua khia tu thien roi hom nay toi len duong di jasper national park nhung vi nhung co duyen da xay den lam toi suc dong va nhung suc cam sau nhung buoi thueyt giang nhieu luc toi chay nuoc mat nen toi quyet dinh bo chuyen di Jasper ma o lai day tu thien den ngay tro ve lai calhery ngau 3-31-24 den bay di Lon Don luon. Sang nay luc 5am tat ca thien sinh thuc day de vao thien vien thien va nghe giang roi den 7am di den nha bep an sang.Den 9am thu co buoi thuet giang cua Hoa Thuong den tu chua o Calgary. Hoa Thuong thuyet giang rat hay. Toi co thau tung loi de ve ngay lai. Sau do tat ca thien sinh tro ve bep de an trua. sau an trua la buoi thien hanh luc 2pm. Tat ca khoang 300 thien sinh dung chup hinh chung ky niem roi di hanh thien quanh Thien duong. den 5pm thi vao nha bep an toi. Sau do tro lai thien duong de ngoi thien va nghe Thay Phap Hoa giang. Den 10pm thi thien xong ve ngu. Toi va Thy co
gang di ra ngoai de xem Northern Light vi o day dong trong rat thuan tien de xem. Sau do ve ngu. Roi 3am toi thuc day di quanh thiengd uong de nhin ra ngoai de xem Northern Light, sau do ve ngu den 5am thuc day de ra thien vien.
3-31-2024 Hom nay luc 5am moi thien sinh thuc day de ra thien vien tu thien va nghe giang. Den 7 gio thu an sang. Den 8am thi moi nguoi san sang len xe bus ve Truc lam de nghe giang va an trua tai do truoc khi tro ve Tay Thien de buoi toi co thien Tra. rieng toi va Thy phai di ve Calgary den bay di London nen khi den Truc lam khoang 11 hr roi di ve lai Calgary Intenational airport de bay di London. Den 11am toi va Thy roi Truc lam len duong ve lai Calgary. tren duong di toi lien lan ve con trai de no da reserve seat de chung toi di xe lua tu London den Paris chua . Thang con tra loi la tat ca dieu sold out reserve khong duoc mac dau toi da mua 30 days
rail pass. Cuoi cung toi danh bo chuyen di London va nho thang con book nay bay de tro ve California ngay hom sau. va lai toi thay di bang xe train vat va qua ma reserve seat khong duoc thi khong biet sao day nen toi danh bo ve ma tro ve lai California.
4-1-2024 Thang con book ve may bay cho toi di ve Las vegas hom nay luc 8am va ve den Las Vegas luc 10:50am roi di hang khac ve lai Orange County luc 11am va den Orange County luc 11:45am cham dut chuyen di that hay va ky dieu.
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