We had a lay in this morning and a bit of a relax but because the weather wasn't too bad we decided we'd head down to the river to do our one hour in a canoe. Well I can safely say that canoeing is something I will never do again!! Not only is it more difficult than it looks (we went round in a circle twice before even going anywhere and hit the bank a couple of times) it is quite boring despite the beautiful scenery around us, and with all the bobbing about it a...

Before actually coming to Canada the one place I really wanted to see above anything else was Lake Louise in Banff National Park, and today we did just that. We left early to catch the bus in to town, then walked to the Greyhound station to catch the coach. It took us just under an hour to get there and then an hour's walk up hill to actually reach the lake. It was completely worth it though. To be honest I'm a bit lost for words to describe it and my photos do n...

I cannot believe I'm in Canada in October and I'm walking around in a vest!! It was around 23 degrees today, possibly more and Kelly and I actually got burnt! I didn't think I'd have much to write about today because we were heading back to Bow River but taking a different route to yesterday, but how wrong I was. Yesterday the route took us quite high up above the river and we couldn't see the actual falls very clearly but today we walked around the other side a...

I can't believe it's October already! We've been so lucky with the weather over the past few days-it was really hot again today, t-shirt weather. My hair is getting lighter and I've caught the sun a bit. We arrived at our hostel yesterday and were supposed to be here for 2 nights and then head to the HI-Castle Mountain hostel for 3 nights. We've been told by a few people that the West and the East coasts of Canada are the best places to visit so we decided to ex...

Well the bus was so difficult to sleep on as it wasn't that comfortable plus what made it worse was the fact that there was hardly any straight road- it felt like the driver was going round a continuous 'S' shape, it was just bend after bend after bend making me feel quite sick. I slept on and off and woke up at 6.30 this morning to a beautiful sunrise. We stopped off for breakfast around 8.30 and I was surprised at how quickly the journey seemed to be going. To...