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...

We left Algonquin National Park to start our long journey across Canada to Calgary with a pleasant overnight stop at Sudbury then on to Sault Sante Marie where we stayed 2nights to catch up with things. I had a much needed haircut and we cooked some stuff for our freezer so that after a long, long drive we could just pull up in a remote camp somewhere and have something to eat without worrying about shops when there were none. Sault Sante Marie (locals call it So...

We arrived in the capital Ottowa on 1st July which is Canada Day. As we drove through the end of Quebec State on the way to Ontario where Ottowa is we expected to see lots of celbrations but we didn't see anything it just seemed like a normal day, but then Quebec had recently celebrated Quebec Day. As soon as we crossed the river that separates the two states and entered Ottowa it was like a different country with thousands of people thronging the city all dresse...