Time to go to Uncle Malcolm and Auntie Ramona's woo hoo. Couldn't wait to see them and the girls and have some home comforts...So to get there, we took the ViaRail train from Vancouver through the Rockies to Edmonton; all 26 hours of it. We wanted to try a different method of transport, having done planes and buses and knew that the train could take us a route that cars can't, so hopefully we'd see a little more of the place we loved.We passed a gorgeous waterfal...

Arrived at the Samesun to included dinner, always a bonus. Not a bad wee curry, but can't beat my mums. Then spent the evening at HI Bandf for a live band. Got pretty drunk and ended up leaving with the Swiss guys. Kinda tripped a few of the 30-40 steps down, luckily saved by Lucas but always good for the imminent climb on Thursday. The next day, both of us feeling slightly rough, but me determined not to waste the day, I got up for a wonder around Banff, while...

After arriving at rampant Creek late on, we didn't get a chance to explore really, so tho is what we did today. The day started with a hike up to viewpoint at rampant creek, somewhere that we wouldn't have known existed and probably wouldn't have attempted on our own. It was very steep with the option of walking around the side and up, river below, or scrambling up a chain on the rock. Rob thought no, so I thought I'll be the brave girl and scrambled it. So Kenny...

Today the big group split into smaller ones, depending on how many days you planned to spend in the 'wilderness hostels'. Met our leader Ryan as he took us to Lake Minnewanka for introductions. 10 people, nice little number so we have; Alex and Megan, England Rob, England Thomas and Lucas, Switzerland Manja, Germany Tatiana, Germany Laura, Germany And this was definitely the best group of people. On first impressions, meeting Ryan, with his dreads and hi...