Rockies Trip

On Friday morning, we departed from Vancouver at 8am. We stopped at Roger's Pass and The Last Spike. After a 10-hour bus ride, we checked into our hotel in Golden and had a barbecue dinner prepared by our tour guides! Later at night, we had a campfire and they taught us how to make smore's. It was delicious!

Roger's Pass

The Last Spike

Campfire

On the second day, our first sightseeing spot was at Natural Bridge where we saw the beautiful Kicking Horse River. Then, we continued our journey to Banff. We had a buffet lunch at Lake Louise. It was a magnificent lake. After lunch, we took a gondola and the view from the top was amazing! The gondola ride was exhilarating. After that, we moved on to Moraine Lake. The weather was not on our side that afternoon, but we managed to climb up the rock pile to have a top-view of the lake. The tour guides and some passengers were so helpful that they carried Chee all the way to the top! In the evening, we checked into our hotel at Banff, Mount Royal Hotel. It was the best hotel that we stayed in these past 4 days. We then had some free time, where we got to explore Banff. We took a long walk to Bow River Falls, had dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory, and last but not least, some drinks in a nightclub, Hoodoo. It was my first visit to a nightclub and it was a moment to remember.

Natural Bridge

Lake Louise

Gondola ride at Lake Louise

Moraine Lake

Mount Royal Hotel, Banff

Having a drink at Hoodoo

On the third day, we started off with Johnston Canyon. The hike up was a little challenging, but we were so close to the scenic waterfall and that was worth the hike up. Then, we headed off to Bow Lake. The water in the lake was crystal blue. Three crazy people from our tour including one of the tour guides, went swimming in the lake. The water was 5 degree Celcius! Later, we went to Peyto Lake. It was shaped like a fox. Then, to the highlight of the day, Athabasca Glacier!! We rode a Snowcoach/Ice Explorer up the glacier and got to drink the glacier water. It was very refreshing. In the evening, we reached Jasper and had dinner there. After dinner, we checked into our hotel in Valemount.

Johnston Canyon

Bow Lake

Peyto Lake

Athabasca Glacier

Steep road to the glacier

Snowcoach

Jasper

The dreaded last day came. We had so much fun and wished that this trip could go on forever. We checked out from the hotel in the morning and started our journey back to Vancouver. We had a few stops on the way. First stop was at River Safari Bear Tour. Next was Spahat's Falls where we had a picnic lunch. The last stop was at Kettle Valley Railway where the film Rambo was shot. We spotted quite a number of wildlife throughout the trip. We saw 1 grizzly bear, 3 black bears, 1 deer and 2 elks. This trip is definitely worthwhile and will be in our memories for a long time.

River Safari

Spahat's Falls

Kettle Valley Railway

We will be heading back to Malaysia on Friday. Our trip here to Canada was so wonderful and definitely a point in life to look back to in years to come.

Cheers!