Project “1 Year On” Banff Town

I felt like I had crossed the border into a foreign Australian territory, the aussies were everywhere and I was joining them, this would have to be Banff. On my first day I had a random run in with my friend from Calgary who I wasn't meant to be seeing for a few days, it was nice to hang out with her and her dog. We wandered around the alpine town to see a few of the sights like the magnificent Banff Springs Hotel. I also caught up with a few friends from back home who had just driven up from California in a van. We hit the town later that night dressed up in various outfits and proceeded to dance the night away with the locals. While feeling sorry for myself the next day it bucketed down rain so I had an excuse to edit some images from the trip thus far. When the weather cleared I headed for Sulphur Mountain, trekked the 5.7km to the top and got to enjoy some of the best views I will likely to see in my lifetime. Being up 2,451 m (8,041 ft) from the sea and adding on top of that a cracking sunset... you can't go wrong. These are the photos from the trek. Enjoy :)

Can't forget the typical tourist photo to show everyone back home where you've been :)

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Project “1 Year On” Riding the Icefields Parkway

So it was time to depart Jasper and head for the equally beautiful town of Banff. The only way to roll down is on the Icefields Parkway, often claimed to be one of the worlds top 10 most scenic drives. On the way down you pass by majestic waterfalls, 400+ year old glaciers, huge cliffs and valleys formed 76 million years ago, seemingly unreal colored lakes, bears, beavers, elk, deer, you name it they have it and you will probably get a chance to see it if you keep your eyes peeled. I highly recommend hiring a car or jumping on a bus tour so you can stop off along the way and attempt to take in the breathtaking scenery. I did the latter and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. Managed to see 3 black bears and a grizzly, suffice to say I was pretty excited. But clearly not as excited as some of the tourists climbing out of their cars to get a close up happy snap of the black bears cub... not the most intelligent thing I've witnessed in my life time. Enjoy :)

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