Tag: Canada
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Official Name: Dominion of Canada Established: 1 July 1867 (Independence from the United Kingdom) Population: 38,008,005 (2020 estimate) Religion: 67.3% Christian, 23.9% No Religion, Islam 3.2% Language(s): English, French Capital: Ottawa Order of Visit: Twenty-Seventh First Visit: 6 January 2000 Last Visit: 8 August 2006 Duration: 15 Days Visit Highlights: Banff: Gondola ride up Sulphur…
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Tuesday 8 August 2006 Highlights: Canadian Border Crossing Today I was mostly killing time before catching my Greyhound bus back to Vancouver. Unwisely, I threw out my map of Seattle and, as a result, got myself slightly lost when trying to find the station, which will be a lesson for me in the future.…
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Friday 5 August 2006 Highlights: None What a big day travelling; first I had to get from Victoria to Vancouver via ferry and bus. Then I caught a SkyTrain to the Central Train Station, then caught a Greyhound bus to Seattle. I just made my Greyhound connection, missing what would have been a…
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Friday 4 August 2006 Highlights: Beautiful Butchart Gardens, British Columbia Legislative building Today is the last full day of the tour and the only event I had on the agenda was a visit to the Butchart Gardens. These gardens were established on the site of an old limestone mining operation by the family that…
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Thursday 3 August 2006 Highlights: Ferry ride to Vancouver Island, Murals at Cheainus Some of our group managed to see a bear during their early morning walk, I doubt now that I’ll see one however that not a big deal for me having seen some in Europe. Today with left Whistler and headed for British…
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Wednesday 2 August 2006 Highlights: Grand views of Nature at Whistler Not really a big day, we come into Whistler around 4.00 pm after a lengthy bus drive of over 9 hours to see the resort town that will be the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics. This is mostly a town for the…
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Tuesday 1 August 2006 Highlights: The Majestic Lake Louise Today we left the Canadian Rockies for the last time. The highlight easily of this day was the stop at Lake Louise. The Chateau at Lake Louise costs $600 minimum per night (cost saver purchase). I hiked around the lake towards the glacier for…
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Monday 31 July 2006 Highlights: Gondola Mountain Ride, magnificent Chateau Banff, Dinner show A fantastic day of exploring and laughing. I started the day with a gondola (aka cable car) ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain. The view was spectacular of the area and the weather cold at the top. Most…
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Sunday 30 July 2006 Highlights: Walking on the Athabasca Glacier Today I got to walk on a 10,000 year old glacier, the Athabasca Glacier. Just getting to the glacier was an interesting experience riding a ‘bus’ that the use at the North Pole. The glacier as you can imagine is very cold despite this…
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Saturday 29 July 2006 Highlights: Hiking around Edith Clavell Mountain, visiting Jasper National Park A huge day saw a visit to Maligne Lake deep in the Jasper National Park and then a visit to Edith Clavell Mountain. It’s very hard to explain just have stunning Maligne Lake actually is, because it is so remote it…
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