I have to apologise, because a fair bit of today involves more travelling. We had an included breakfast where our coach times were assigned for our transfer to Seward, which is the cruise ship terminal that serves Anchorage. It actually isn’t very close to Anchorage, taking three hours in a bus. The drive takes a…

So I just realised I’ve called this whole blog post series Canada when I am now actually in Alaska (USA) and will be for most of this week. I guess I didn’t really think that through. Anyway it won’t be a huge blog post today, because the three hour flight to Anchorage took a pretty…

Today was our second day on the Rocky Mountaineer, so the routine was similar to yesterday. The Rocky Mountaineer folks include overnight accomodation and transfers. They also check you in to the hotel and transport your baggage directly to and from the hotel, so it is always waiting for you. My mind does boggle at…

We had an early start this morning, as we had been given clear instructions from the Rocky Mountaineer desk that our luggage would be picked up at 6:15 and we were to be ready to get on a bus at 7:00 to take us to the train. We had a slight panic when at 6:30…

Any one who knows me would know that I dislike a queue, so after yesterday’s experience of queueing for breakfast, ‘we’ decided that ordering an in-room breakfast might be a better option for today. I had some scrambled eggs and sausages that all arrived on time. I also ordered Deb a Nutella chocolate croissant. I…

One of the problems with a location that is as iconic as Lake Louise is that everyone wants to visit. This also means that the surrounding attractions have also become so popular that the local authorities have now had to regulate visitors. There is a well developed system of shuttle buses which are the best…

We left Jasper this morning bound for Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway. This road is featured in ‘National Geographic’s Top 10 Scenic Drives’ and is definitely the most scenic drive I have driven, although there’s a couple in new Zealand I rank highly (Milford Sound and Queen Charlotte Drive in Marlborough). We only needed…

We woke up to a cold rainy day this morning, so we scrubbed the Jasper Sky Tram because it would have just been heading into the clouds anyway. We’ve had breakfast included at this hotel, so we had the buffet breakfast before hitting the road. I have to say that I really don’t see the…

Today was always going to be about driving. The plan was to drive from Sun Peaks to Jasper, which is about 450 kms. All the youtube videos we watched suggested that things would be a little quieter in Jasper, so I’d thought the drive might be a bit quieter. As it turned out, I was…

Having finished our time in Whistler, our next main stop is Jasper, which is about 800 odd kilometres away. We decided to split the trip over 2 days with a stop in Sun Peaks, which is about 35 kms off the highway. This seemed like a good halfway point, but in hindsight Kamloops would have…