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...

Today started our Rockies Moose Tour, with Colin the driver on the 'Eric' bus. (Each bus has a name.) this bus was the biggest we've been on, 26 seater so unfortunately I don't get everyone's names. First stop was Bridal falls, just outside a little town called Hope. Beautiful little waterfall and the start of a waterfall tour really. (Lots of waterfalls in the Rockies, have to keep telling Kenny not to take hen for granted.) Done some introductions; a few Engl...

Today started our second moose tour; to Vancouver Island. Unfortunately the started two and a half hours late, some driver problem that we wouldn't have known about had we not met Shannon who had a phone to contact the office. Having got up at 6.30, and sitting waiting outside another hostel as they couldn't pick us up at our own, we were less than impressed. Needless to say, even less impressed, when this resulted in us missing the ferry, taking at least 5 hours...

Took a greyhound from Edmonton to Vancouver, 17 hours on a bus!!! Was quite nervous about going on it, after some iffy experiences we had in America, but we just kept watching to make sure our bags didn't go walkies. At around 4am, I saw my life flash before my eyes as the bus fired on the breaks and went side to side making me think it was going to tip!! Bags flying everywhere and a little kid sliding down the bus, "sorry" shouts the driver. Turns out there were...

On our return trip to Toronto, we stopped at a beautiful beach. Because these beaches are on the Great Lakes, they ain't as cold as the sea, which is great. So played our usual throwing of an American football, which I think that by the last day I have mastered. Nancy continued to teach Zoe how to swim, which is soo cute :) So we dropped everyone off and said a final goodbye to Megan. Everyone else arranged to meet later at Global Backpackers Village for a few d...