Destination: Canada

Algonquin and Madawaska

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [491]

The Moose base camp in Madawaska was basically a large house with rooms stuffed with bunk beds. Funnily enough, it was a comfortable and relaxing stay. The living area had loungy couches and they have a reasonable selection of games, which were good fun.... Read more >

Auberge Esprit

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [362]

The Pointe - Esprit's base camp was a fantastic place to just chill out and lounge. After the excitement of rafting, it was nice to lay about and enjoy the amazing sunset. The river was still enough that you could see the reflection of the clouds on the ... Read more >

Hakuna Matata!

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [940] | Comments [2]

Had a fantastic time white water rafting today! Went through some amazing rapids and fell out of the raft just once. It was great fun! Apparently the Ottawa River has the best rapids in the world. The weather was just perfect and our mexican guide was ... Read more >

Gallery: The Pointe - Auberge Esprit by the Ottawa River

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: White Water Rafting down Ottawa River

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: My night in the Ottawa Jail

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ottawa, Canada's capital

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Mont Tremblant

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [489]

The Mont Tremblant ski village was, well, cute. It's like the set of a Dr. Seuss film with it's variously coloured tall buildings built on an incline, ski lifts and oversized furniture (admittedly I only saw one very large deck chair). But I imagine it's ... Read more >

Gallery: Omega Park animals! *new photos and descriptions added 18 June*

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Mont Tremblant, Quebec *new photos added 18 June*

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

The first leg: Banff to Vancouver

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 | By marcinoman | Views [1147] | Comments [9]

The flight from Muscat to Calgary was long, 19 hours with a 3 hour stopover at Frankfurt, but not too tiring.   Disappointingly, there were not too many movies on offer.   The only good one that I hadn’t seen was The Reader , ... Read more >

Tags: banff, bears!, calgary, chilliwack, jasper, vancouver

Gallery: Whale watching in Tadoussac *new photos added 18 June*

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Photo Gallery

Taddousac and its main attractions

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By mlisaho | Views [1472]

My first time whale watching and it was good fun. Within ten minutes of leaving the shore we saw Minke whales. In some photos, they blend right into the waves, but you can see them if you look carefully. Then there were the white Beluga whales. One stuck ... Read more >

Around the world and back again...

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By zoe_wilson2 | Views [616] | Comments [1]

Thats what I feel like I've done since I last wrote... A brief update: Post Vancouver saw me fly to Quebec City (thanks again for getting up super early to drop me Jackie!). Most amazing place - it really doesn't feel like you're still in Canada. I ... Read more >

Canada - here I come

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By rory2034 | Views [668]

One day to go before I set off on my second long trip - this time to Canada. I fly into Toronto and will spend 2 months exploring the eastern side of the country, some on my own and some with the Moose bus. I chose the Moose bus because I had had such ... Read more >