We had a taxi booked for 7.45am to take us to the Greyhound station. Our driver was asking us how we liked Edmonton and had we seen much. I hadn't the heart to tell him how I really felt as although originally from India he had been living in Edmonton for the last 31 years so I figured he must love or at least like the place! He told us how he had watched the city grow from 30,000 people to 1 million! I cannot believe 1 million people live in Edmonton. We got cha...

Well after having spent the day in Edmonton I now have my own opinion of the place and I didn't like it. We walked from the hostel to the Legislative building (we still don't know what it's for!) which is probably the only building worth seeing! That took us around 20-30 minutes to walk to. We then walked to the 'Art gallery of Alberta' which seemed to take forever to find and was a bit of a let down once there- the building looks rather impressive in photos but ...

So much for my lie in this morning- I was wide awake at 8am. We had to check out today as we were catching the Greyhound to Edmonton at 1pm. We were just going to get a taxi from the hostel into town but luckily one of the guys that works at the hostel was driving into town at the same time as us so he offered us a lift, saving us $15.00! The bus took around 5 hours and it was a fairly boring journey- as soon as we left Jasper the scenery was just really uninter...

We got up early this morning to get ready to catch the 9am shuttle into town. After yesterday it felt surprisingly warm when I stepped outside. What was also a surprise was that the 'shuttle bus' was actually a shuttle car!! It held 6 people!! Luckily we got in first because a couple of trips had to be made. We found the start of our trail to Patricia Lake and headed off and up through the trees. We were told at the information centre to look out/keep away from b...

Hey everyone, remember I'm quite behind with these blogs as I don't get on a computer very often. Also at the moment I'm having problems uploading photos so still no photos for a while. The photos that accompany the blogs may not always be my own, such as this one! We got up before 6am to get ready to go to Maligne Lake. I'm glad I got my clothes ready the night before because the lights in the dorm are automatic and go off at 11pm, and come back on at 8am, and ...