As Robert Green was showing off his mightily impressive handy work, our travels drew to a close as we flew home from Miami to Heathrow completing our round the world trip. It has been an incredible adventure through a variety of countries that we enjoyed every minute of. Thanks for all the messages over the [...]
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After 3 weeks camping in Canada we finished our trip with a serious pig out in the world famous Cheesecake Factory, Seattle. The calories totalled near to 4000 but after dishes including Parmegano Chicken, Lemon & Raspeberry Cheesecake and Debbie’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake we were well and truely stuffed. It was our final week [...]
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Vancouver Island was our next stop, more precisely the town of Tofino on the Pacific Coast. At 8am we boarded a speedboat and set off for some stormy whale watching, unsurprisingly some people got sea sick but this was soon forgotten when we spotted two grey whales chilling in the ocean!! We then headed to [...]
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In between the cold nights spent in a tent we managed to get a bit of respite in the city of Vancouver which sits beautifully inbetween the ocean and mountains, meaning at certain times you can surf in the morning and ski in the afternoon! Cycling through Stanley Park is one of the top things [...]
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Next up was the much anticipated overnight wilderness canoe trip, where we packed our tents and food into our canoes and set off for a bit of backcountry action! We canoed about 8km, along Clearwater Lake, a stunningly beautiful and tranquil lake (where we didn’t see any other humans) and set up camp for the [...]
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Bears are like buses, we waited days for a sighting but once you see one you see lots and that was the case on our way to Jasper National Park. Ironically the side of roads appear to be some of the bears favourite hang outs as they much through some dandelions and the occasional wandering [...]
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Banff National Park was to be one of our major stops on the 3 week tour of Canada, perfectly located in the Rockies to provide spectacular views of the National Park. When we booked the trip we knew camping was going to be a complete change of tact for us, but the weather decided to [...]
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A wolves sanctuary was our first stop, a refuge for wolves that had been rescued and unfortunately cannot be reintroduced to the wild. However, they seem to have a nice life at the sanctuary, as the staff were great. We met several wolves, mainly Wylie, a big wolf but very photogenic!! We even got the [...]
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The US provided us with some real comforts over the past few weeks so as we joined a tour to lock horns with the Canadian wilderness we knew things were going to change drastically. Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Wolves and Cougars were just some of the wildlife waiting to greet us in our tent over [...]
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Seattle is probably most famous for Starbucks (the first ever), the space needle, a few rom-coms and the ever-present rain..however the sun was out all weekend for us! Seattle is an amazing city, which we completely underestimated, Debbie (the city lover) has added it to her “best city” list. The main attraction is the Pike [...]
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