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We were greeted by Ali and Trevor at the airport and on the way back to their place we got poutine, a Canadian delicacy of chips, cheese and gravy,mmm. We had a few drinks and had elk meatloaf for dinner,then went to a blues club for some live music. Next day we went out on Trevors parents boat and done some tubing and fishing, the lake is full of pike but i couldn't catch one. We picked up the hire car, loaded it to the eyeballs and started the 4hr drive to Jasper. We got there a bit late in the day because we kept stopping to look at the wildlife and take in the views, so we through our tent up, made a fire and sat round it getting drunk. We played a game called chubby bunnies were you stuff as many marshmallows in your mouth as you can and still be able to say chubby bunnies.very funny! We spent 2 nights in Jasper,we saw lots of elk, deer, falcons, chipmunks and squirrels.We packed up our camp and hit the road headed for Banff. We travelled along the Icefields Parkway, its so beautiful, we passed about a dozen glaciers and were even lucky enough to see a black bear eating berries at the side of the road. We saw Coyotes, more elk and 30mins further down the road we saw a grizzly bear on the hillside.It was so cool, we couldn't believe our luck. Banff is beautiful,we went on some nice walks and saw some waterfalls,done some fishing but caught no fish. Trev and Ali treated us to a really good dinner at a very nice restaurant, i had an elk steak, Rox had the duck. Food was amazing.(thanks guys x). We went back to camp and the girls done some formal woodchopping in their evening wear and they made some chocolate cake cooked in the skin of oranges on the fire. We done white water rafting down the kicking horse river that was a lot of fun followed by ziplining which was also really good.We relaxed in the hot springs after our action packed day. Next day we drove back to Edmonton, still with no sighting of the elusive moose. Rox and Ali went to an Andy Warhol exebition and me and Trevor went fishing but again we caught nothing. We spent the evening in the pool and hot tub in their apartment block,then getting drunk looking at Thailand photos, happy days. Thanks for an amazing 10 days guys. See you in 2012/13... p.s Canadian bacon is the best! especially when dipped in maple syrup.
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