To reach Jasper you cruise the 230k Icefields Parkway which has massive sheets of glacial ice flowing down the valley to the road. Tumbling rivers, waterfalls, towering peaks, abundant wildlife and hiking at every bed. There are lakes and glaciers galore the largest of which is 340m thick and can be reached on foot or by special glacier buses. The water you see melting at the bottom of the glacer fell as snow on the icefield about 175 years ago. Jasper is not...

Roughly 60k north west of Banff is Lake Louise often referred to as the jewel of the rockies. The lake itself is a beautiful turquoise colour surrounded by mountains. The Victoria Glacier is at the end of the lake whilst the surrounding mountains make the whole picture look manufactured it is so stunning. At the other end of the lake is Chateau Lake Louise and depending on your opinion is either beautiful of looks like a German prison! Lake Louise is both stunnin...

After driving along the plains for so long the sight of the Rockies in front of us was very welcome and spectacular , especially with the peaks still having snow on them. Banff was once an alpine ski town built for wealthy victorians staying at the Chateau. Nowadays mass tourism has overrun the place as the town is within the national park. However, the town itself is very picturesque with a stunning view right along the main street to the mountains that surr...

We arrived in Calgery where we were meeting a couple Janet & Tom whom we had never met before but we had corresponded with via e mail. They have done the same journey to Cape Town as us and have also travelled in the west of Africa in Nigeria and Angola which is by far the most remote and dangerous area to travel through. When I had been doing all the research for our trip through Africa I had by chance come across a blog which had been written by someone wh...