Today has been yet another beautiful day. Work went fast which was good and we finished an hour earlier than usual, which was a nice start to our days off. Our supervisor sprayed us all with bug spray, so we didn't get hassled by the mossies today! After work we signed up for the water rafting trip which takes place in a few weeks time which is something to look forward to! Then we drove to Jasper with Mayumi and Lyndsay (japanese and canadian housemates) to ...

Today was a pretty slow day of work. We were split into guys/girls teams and didn't manage to finish all of the rooms as there were so many to do. But it wasn't a problem as they can be done tomorrow. There's a little cat on site here. He looks quite old and he lives under a stairwell, but he walks around meowing at everybody and the guy on reception feeds him every day. Makes me miss Boo, Babs and Malley! When we finished work we moved into a different room ...

Today we got up at 8am and went to meet with our co-ordinators to complete our paperwork for our jobs. We stayed at Chateau Jasper staff accommodation for the night which is one of their facilities. When I say 'their', I mean Mountain Park Lodges- the company we are working for. Once we'd sorted all of that and collected our uniforms and name badges, we packed our things and set off to Pocahontas Cabins, 30 minutes drive away. This is where we will be working ...

Prepare yourself for a slightly long read.. (grab a cuppa!) We got up at 4am and checked out of our apartment at 5:30am, ready for our road trip to Jasper! The weather was good for the first part, and the drive was pretty straight forward along the windy highway with some lovely scenery. We stopped off at a place called Hope to stretch our legs for 15 minutes, then set off again. As we were edging up towards the mountainous roads, we saw signs saying our route ...