tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54319582011-04-21T12:55:48.729-07:00Tiger TalkThoughts and .............Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1159028564393327252006-09-23T09:16:00.000-07:002006-09-23T09:22:44.406-07:00So let me continue, although it won't be for long as we only have 7 minutes left. How to summarise the majority of the holiday in 7 minutes...?Where was I? I think we'd left the torrential rain of Calgary aside and had headed onto the Dinosaur Provincial park, around 200km away (in the wrong directin for the Rockies!) The Badlands were very impressive and would have been more so had the sun beenTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1158802090221391432006-09-20T18:20:00.000-07:002006-09-20T18:28:10.233-07:00So here we are again, once more in Canada! *Sigh*We arrived in Calgary to extreme rain, rain, rain, which made a souless place like Calgary particularly miserable. We cheered ourselves up with some retail therapy - well it was so cold I just had to buy a new coat! We even managed to fit in a trip to the Devonian Gardens an indoor paradise of tropical plants. It had plants but it was full of Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1127792429248097282005-09-26T20:06:00.000-07:002005-09-26T20:40:31.720-07:00So here I am on my last night in Vancouver. My last night in Canada ~sob~. The last 5 days have flown by and as I am up to my neck in packing I will try not to go on for too long.Firstly Nick's dad did eventually arrive back from his birding trip and we made the ferry in good time. The trip over to Vancouver Island (final destination Victoria) was as scenic as we remembered and we continue to Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1127325331344971442005-09-21T10:40:00.000-07:002005-09-21T11:01:10.616-07:00So Kelowna. The apartment was fantastic, in a huge complex with swimming pool, jacuzzi and gym - which naturally we used morning, noon and night. To be honest we'd need to, having consumned more than our fair share of muffins along the way!Kelowna itself is nothing to write home about, so I won't! Haha! It is supposed to be good wine country, although the museum was shut when we went to visitTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1127054305089696732005-09-18T07:07:00.000-07:002005-09-18T07:39:55.903-07:00Friday night was as near to perfection as you can get - I sat out on the deck of our wooden cabin, a hot chocolate in one hand, a gorgeous green eyed kitty sitting on my lap and a view of the snow capped Rockies all around! Phwoar!Yesterday we set off from Canmore through the Banff National Park and on to Golden. We stopped off for some picture stops at Lake Louise, the Moraine Lake and the Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1126904833461145532005-09-16T13:54:00.000-07:002005-09-18T07:06:17.236-07:00So where was I? Oh yes we were just about to visit the amazing indoor gardens - hmm they are so amazing that they are shut in the Fall! Whoops! Still their loss was the gain of the Irish Pub down the road - and gain it was for it cost the equivalent of about seventeen pounds for 4 drinks!So then we drove on to Canmore - just to the edge of Banff. The Rockies still blow my mind, you lose all Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1126738604363463572005-09-14T15:47:00.000-07:002005-09-14T15:56:44.363-07:00Hmm, not that impressed by Calgary (sorry Calgarians) although to be fair a)we are probably a bit jetlagged and b)it is only a stop off point en route to the Rockies! Whoo hoo!We spent quite a bit of time walking around the town, visited Princes Island - which is rather pretty - full of sculptures and lovely views of the Bow River. We went to the top of the Calgary Tower - all 500+ feet and Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1126711210015477252005-09-14T08:13:00.000-07:002005-09-14T08:20:10.020-07:00After a long 9 hour flight - long in the sense that we didn't have our usual BA individual screens to catch up with the latest films and instead had to make do with the Air Canada shared screens and limited film choice - ahh poor me, we finally arrived in Calgary at about 6pm (English time 1am!)Haven't seen too much yet apart from the 24 hour shop which was full of local characters. One chap had Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1116731689001421752005-05-21T20:01:00.000-07:002005-05-21T20:14:49.006-07:00So where was I? Oh yes Bryce Canyon. Another amazing type of landscape made up of of rock that looked like stalactites or was that mites? (The ones that stand up anyway). I think the techical term is something like hoodies but not hoodies - mmm it's been a long day and after our night out with Elgiva, Lavinia, Celia, Conrad, Simon and the San Francisco Giants my brain is a bit addled! Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1116443421149407142005-05-18T12:01:00.000-07:002005-05-18T12:10:21.156-07:00Apologies for not posting sooner - it has been a little difficult to gain internet access in these parts! So we've seen the Grand Canyon at sunset and it was pretty great but even more magnificent when we saw it from the helicopter the next morning! Until you get inside it, it is almost impossible to appreciate the sheer scale of it!Then we went on to Najavo territory at Monument Valley, the Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1116090052234744042005-05-14T09:48:00.000-07:002005-05-14T10:00:52.240-07:00Firstly I forgot to tell you about the great lift game that is played in the Imperial Palace Hotel. Rules are 1) Wait for lift for at least 10 minutes. 2) When lift arrives, shrug shoulders at the amount of people in the lift and wait for the next. 3) Eventually get fed up with waiting and either a) Squeeze yourself in where you are not wanted or b) Find another set of lifts which may or may Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1116005621657793752005-05-13T10:25:00.000-07:002005-05-13T10:33:41.663-07:00So after travelling for about 20 hours we finally arrived in LAS VEGAS! (You've got to shout LAS VEGAS, because it is so big and loud!) Despite my fears (which may have subconsiously I know realise be because of my past employment - those of you who know, know! Those of you who don't know, will have your imaginations running wild about now, which is what I like!) Anyway strangely the customs Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1115667974041401242005-05-09T12:43:00.000-07:002005-05-09T12:46:14.046-07:00So for a change we are off to the USA. I promise you tales from Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon and San Francisco. Oh yes, I'll tell you some tales - they may not be true though!So anyway we are nearly on our way. Are we packed and ready to go? Are we eck!Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1102030263098643432004-12-02T15:20:00.000-08:002004-12-02T15:31:03.120-08:00So here I am once more, (Nick thought it would be a good idea to unashamedly drown our sorrows at leaving by posting our last blogs for Canada 2004!) I think it rather adds salt to the wound, especially when I have just found out that Boris has retired from the Honda Challenge BOO HOO!! (Maybe he'll miraculously recover for the weekend? - yeah right!)
Incidentally the free internet access Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101958842294217902004-12-01T19:30:00.000-08:002004-12-01T19:40:42.293-08:00Can't talk for long tonight as we have tickets for the theatre. HOORAH! Apparently it is supposed to be a bit rude, so I hope I don't blush too much! As you may gather, we didn't get tickets last night owing to the theatre being hired out by some little old ladies - I think they were just playing being ticket booth operators but.......
So we went for a meal at Ricky's (the best breakfast Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101859706312341842004-11-30T15:57:00.000-08:002004-11-30T16:08:26.336-08:00Blast! I just wibbled on for ages and then the blogger lost my post!
Here is a condensed version.
Monday's trip to the Anthropology museum hit problems when we arrived and realised that it was Monday and therefore the museum was closed (NP had thought it was Tuesday, which was strange as Tuesday is his birthday, maybe he thought I was deliberately ignoring it? Aww bless!) Instead we went Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101858997972555162004-11-30T15:42:00.000-08:002004-11-30T15:56:37.973-08:00Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101753107504829852004-11-29T10:20:00.000-08:002004-11-29T10:31:47.506-08:00Surprisingly it's been a couple of days since we have made it to the internet!!! Don't worry we aren't sick or anything, the queue for the free internet access was just a little too long - yes, even for NP!
On Saturday we spent the day refamiliarising ourselves with the city and Stanley Park. Stanley Park is such a magical place, we sat down on a bench by Beaver Lake and as we did so I read theTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101582613735867872004-11-27T10:59:00.000-08:002004-11-27T11:10:13.736-08:00We arrived in Vancouver at about 9pm last night. Made it through customs - just! The customs official thought it a bit strange that we are only here for 6 days but a combination of my batting my eyelids at him, and Nick giving him a full rundown of every museum that we are intending to visit soon convinced him that we were just average loons!
The buses here are excellent, there was one waitingTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1101154362854067762004-11-22T13:06:00.000-08:002004-11-22T12:15:16.550-08:00Forgive me for it has been some time since my last bloggfession! But what better time to resurrect it than when we are about to return to the place where mine all started! Canada here we come!
I'm all packed and ready to go, now all I need to do is shake off this stupid cold; although I firmly believe that the happy bacteria are making themselves known and are declaring war on the antisocial Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054919794670153432003-06-06T10:16:00.000-07:002003-06-06T10:16:34.703-07:00Our final day in Canada - it looks like the threatened strikes should not affect us (we will see!) Last night we went on a boat cruise around Vancouver (this trip had been the source of much amusement as Bronwyn, our excellent tour guide had asked how many people were going on the cruise at the end of the tour and many of us had put our hands up - she had actually meant the Alaska Tour and Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054854313095837992003-06-05T16:05:00.000-07:002003-06-05T16:05:12.826-07:00Wednesday saw us travelling the 290 miles from Kelowna to Vancouver! We did see an interesting mudslide site just out of Hope - once the site had been rebuilt two planes crashed into the same mountain so people who were out their really did begin to feel beyond Hope (pardon the pun!). Eventually we did arrive in Vancouver (7pm) and Nick and I started route marching to Stanley Park - but it is Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054696769272378562003-06-03T20:19:00.000-07:002003-06-03T20:19:29.156-07:00Monday - this was the big day of the tour. An early start at 8am for the helicopter ride which was AWESOMELY AWESOME! We flew over several of the mountains including Sulhpur mountain and the three sisters - it is amazing how close you can get to the mountains on a helicopter, the ride was smooth and relatively quiet considering the huge rotary blades spinning around above our heads - I am Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054518062668559732003-06-01T18:41:00.000-07:002003-06-01T18:43:11.190-07:00Greetings from Banff National Park - we arrived about an hour ago and have already spent loads on souvenirs! Let me catch you up on the last couple of days, so where was I last time we spoke? Oh yes Jasper! The hotel was AWESOME (our guide Bronwyn's favourite word and so correspondingly now it is ours!) There was a great pool, whirlpool, hot tubs etc and the rooms were decorated in the style Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054349400606500662003-05-30T19:50:00.000-07:002003-06-01T18:22:56.720-07:00Now in Jasper National Park (will take a photo for you Jaspie and Matti!!) Today we have been on the road for most of the time but we did find time to see 4 bears, some moose, an elk and the tallest mountain in the Rockies, Mount Robson! - didn't climb it though - our stop off was only 30 minutes! Tomorrow we are off on a raft trip and then onto a Bar-B-Q somewhere in the mountains (Nick has Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054261816287372462003-05-29T19:30:00.000-07:002003-05-29T19:30:16.456-07:00Been on the coach most of my birthday but we did get the front seat so brilliant views all around. We travelled from Vancouver Island (Victoria) to a place called Hope (apparently once you leave you are beyond ...). Hope used to be an old stop on the way to Gold Mining country, it was quite sweet and the views of the mountains were spectacular, as is the weather. We then made another pit stop Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431958.post-1054082688609661002003-05-27T17:44:00.000-07:002003-05-27T17:44:48.713-07:00In Canada, no time to talk at the moment as Nick is looking grumpy by my side!Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07284115846029799538noreply@blogger.com