Category: Canada25
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Vancouver
We saw more traffic during the drive into Vancouver than probably during the rest of the holiday. It was hard to adjust to a high rise, busy modern city, with glass and concrete as opposed to greenery and mountains. It was the one and only time on the trip we did stay in a Fairmont…
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Butchart Gardens and Victoria
The first part of the trip to Victoria was back along the road to Parksville. Once we reached the North Coast, we joined the main highway. The Canadians do like traffic lights – every junction (and there were a lot of them) onto the highway had traffic lights. It felt like slower progress than the…
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Vancouver Island – Parksville and Ucluelet
06 -08/09/2025 We caught the ferry and hoped we would leave the smoke behind. Parksville We only stayed at Parksville to break up the trip from Whistler to Ucluelet. The air was much better on the beach in Parksville but the smoke obscured the hills in the distance. It was not the best beach I…
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Whistler
04-05/09/2025 The tourist centre of Whistler was originally the 2010 Olympic Village, so most of the buildings are very similar. Much of the centre was pedestrianised and it was pleasant walking around with no cars. There was some interesting street art around And there was a stream running through the centre of town, which had…
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Jasper to Whistler
Jasper to Clearwater 03/09/2025 The drive from Jasper to Whistler was about 750km a third of all the driving for the two week holiday. We left Jasper and it was cold and gloomy. The sun hadn’t broken through, and we knew there were mountains but could not see them, they were just vague outlines. We…
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Jasper and Maligne Lake
02/09/2025 We were booked on the 09:00 boat trip on Maligne Lake, and left the hotel at about 07:30. After passing a family of deer at the edge of town, attention turned to the sunrise. Medicine Lake A few minutes later the sun had risen above the peaks and the reflections on the lake were…
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Icefields Parkway
01/09/2025 We started the day at about 07:00, after picking up an absolutely cracking pack up from Emerald Lodge that kept us going for most of the day. We navigated on the day by marking the possible stops on a map, and then downloaded Google Maps so we could use it offline. The stops were…
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Yoho National Park
31/08/2025 After spending most of the day in Kootenay National it was into Yoho National Park to get to Emerald Lake. Spiral Bridge We caught the end of a train passing through the Lower Spiral Natural Bridge Just a few KMs down the road is the Natural Bridge where brave (or foolhardy) folks could cross the river Emerald Lake…
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Kootenay National Park
Kootenay 31/08/2025 After three nights in Banff it was time to move on. We we’re heading for two nights at Emerald Lake lodge. But making a detour into Kootenay National Park. The route was Stanley Glacier Hike, Marble Canyon, Paint Pots, Numa Falls, The Continental Divide, Vista Lake then onto Yoho, Upper Spiral and the…
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Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
Banff Hop On Hop Off bus – 30/08/2025 This is not a traditional hop on hop off bus as you would find in a city, rather it was an old yellow school bus. Dominique provided an interesting commentary and excellent advice on planning your day. There was then a slight pause at Mordants Curve. Then…