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12th July 2008

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July 15th 2008
12 July 2008 Today 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 dir ... read more

North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary

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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 sou... ... read more