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Huntin and Skinnin Right From The Beginnin., Calgary, Canada travel blog

Huntin and Skinnin Right From The Beginnin.

A travel blog entry by gunslinger22

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... the Land of Aus I got to have a good visit with a good number of my accomplices. Kyle The Mule returned to Canada amidst a flurry of shotgunned Lucky Lagers and a good amount of hollering at each other happily trying to shout down each others travel ...

Oh Canada!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Oh Canada!

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin

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Our plane's route from London to Calgary was over Greenland and northern Canada. With the time change, as soon as the sun set, it was rose again. Rather a weird feeling. We could see the ground flying over Nunavit and the NWT - there was no snow! ...

Over to Calgary, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Over to Calgary

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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Dean: Early morning Greyhound from Banff to Calgary, arriving at about midday. We dropped our packs off at the hostel and then went for a look around. We have time Calgary just right, as this week is the annual Calgary Stampede - a festival of all ...

The International Language of Cowboy, Calgary, Canada travel blog

The International Language of Cowboy

A travel blog entry by itsem

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... Calgary Stampede - lots of cowboys and crazy country and western things did spring to mind, but thats not what I got! The Calgary Stampede advertises itself as "the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", if you look up the word 'hyperbole' in the dictionary ...

The Final Chapter...NOT!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

The Final Chapter...NOT!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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NOTE: The following has been written in my website's blog, and I was hoping you would all be able to read it there, but due to some technical difficulties...and life in general...it's still not up. So here is that comment. I believe I have those ...

Paul's Journey-The Final Chapter!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Paul's Journey-The Final Chapter!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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PS. I LOVE YOU!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

PS. I LOVE YOU!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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THANK YOU! - Je T'aime! - MERCI - Ti Amo - GRAZIE - Ich liebe dich - DANKE - Te quiero - GRACIAS - Ik hou van jou - DANK U - Eu te amo - OBRIGADO - Ya tebya liubliu - SPASIBO - Jag alskar dig - TACKA ...

The Missing Link!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

The Missing Link!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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... they have in building here and the ingenuities they had to fabricate to overcome those obstacles.   Day 4 of being back in Calgary is almost over and I haven't done much. My mind is still trying to fathom what I experienced. I am constantly ...

T-Minus 7 Days, Calgary, Canada travel blog

T-Minus 7 Days

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe

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The final countdown has begun... Well we are in our final week prior to departure with our first destination being Los Angeles and more specifically Disney Land. Now I know that is not much of a travel destination but when you have a 7 and a 4 year old ...

Home is Where your Heart IS!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Home is Where your Heart IS!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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... anxious, a feeling I haven't had for a while. I wasn't even anxious when I was driving on ice. The closer I got to Calgary, the more anxious I got. I was coming home, wasn't I? The snow that had been predicted had come and gone and the highways were dry ...

The Journey Continues!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

The Journey Continues!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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It looks like I'm going to continue writing in this blog and not on my website. I've decided that my pit stop at home has lasted long enough and I will be hitting the road again towards the end of next week. My destination....the west coast on ...

Starting Point, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Starting Point

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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Journey starting point. The following is a copy of the first email I sent to family and friends when I started my Journey. I haven't edited it to include it here in a broader forum. Things will become clearer as you read on. These emails will ...

The Road Home is Never the Same!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

The Road Home is Never the Same!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899

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Made it home in one piece with mixed emotions. I'm trying to get settled in so you'll have to wait for my report. Think It! Feel It! Live ...

Week Forty Seven - The Stampede, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Week Forty Seven - The Stampede

A travel blog entry by petenic360

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... town although very touristy. We drive around The Banff Springs Hotel, the springs themselves and have a pint before driving back to Calgary. I decide that I should really check out some of the famous bars in town before I leave and Kevin runs me into ...

ice ice baby, Calgary, Canada travel blog

ice ice baby

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... street to chat to someone familiar. But it's also a bit sad not having that sense of excitement just walking around anymore. Calgary has become comfortable. I know that the 8:39 bus doesn't actually come until 8:45. I know that Calgary is as ordered ...

facing the reality of goodbyes, Calgary, Canada travel blog

facing the reality of goodbyes

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... building, my head full of Asia. Then I noticed the snow-covered trees outside, and realised how lucky I was to be here. Calgary is ending. Tonight I went to the Den with the international crew, as per tradition. Undeniably, my friends in Canada can be ...

West Edmonton Mall and change., Calgary, Canada travel blog

West Edmonton Mall and change.

A travel blog entry by cobi

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And so the seasons change... its mid March, and spring has truly sprung in Calgary. The formerly permafrost pavements are now clear, ice reduced to a stream in the gutter. The Rockies snow-capped peaks are no longer reflected in the prairies. My thermals ...

last run down the mountain, Calgary, Canada travel blog

last run down the mountain

A travel blog entry by cobi

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We returned from the Rockies last night, and we fly out to Montreal this morning. This is officially my last day in Calgary. I'm all packed and ready to venture out into the world again! Ian and I were meant to go to Sunshine on Tuesday, had pre-booked ...

islands and dreams, Calgary, Canada travel blog

islands and dreams

A travel blog entry by cobi

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Yesterday Marie and I decided to have a leisurely Sunday stroll in the city. The University of Calgary is located in the city's Northwest, which about 8 train stops away from Downtown. Here, the city is 'downtown'. For a while I couldn't hear people ...

Australia Day forty below zero, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Australia Day forty below zero

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... the idea of feeling your cheeks freeze, go numb and then start burning with cold within fifteen seconds of exposure? Come to Calgary! It's f*cking freezing! Luckily a Chinook is due later in the week, bringing us back up to liveable conditions. If -11 ...

snow bunny, Calgary, Canada travel blog

snow bunny

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... will be weighted at 60 percent), and then bye bye West Coast, hello East Coast! Meanwhile I'm having a great time here in Calgary with all these new experiences and cool people. I'm really, really glad I came. If you're thinking about travelling, do ...

carrots and the impending national holiday, Calgary, Canada travel blog

carrots and the impending national holiday

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... universities for entertainment value, between the free movies, free gym facilities and easy public transport. Australia and Canada are so remarkably similar (climate excepted) that little differences are even more noticeable. My 'Canadian Cities and ...

Europe becons, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Europe becons

A travel blog entry by pidgeandpie

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Summmy Rummy Doo Wop? CANADA SUMMARY Highlights: - Lowlights: - Places Visited: ? Days Visited: ??-Days Budget: GBP ?.?? per day per person (1GBP=?????) Total Distance travelled: ????kms Cost of transport: GBP ??.??(Rail, Road, Water) 1Km ...

birthday antics and NHL, Calgary, Canada travel blog

birthday antics and NHL

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... experience to be. We drank cups of beer and heckled Pheonix, laughed at the half time entertainment and cheered when Calgary scored their way to victory. Everyone grumbled that there wasn't enough fighting though. They had that stupid organ music ...

Winter Wonderland!, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Winter Wonderland!

A travel blog entry by kevandsian

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Happy New Year Everyone! Well, here we are in Calgary, people said we were mad to come to Canada in the winter and the minus 25 temperatures have been a tad on the cold side, but we've really enjoyed exploring this amazing winter wonderland. We said ...

Getting ready to leave cowtown..., Calgary, Canada travel blog

Getting ready to leave cowtown...

A travel blog entry by jay29

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All my worldly possessions - sitting in a mini-storage unit in Calgary.  We'll see 'em five or six or seven months.  maybe.   ...

Destination: Nippon, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Destination: Nippon

A travel blog entry by corisan

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In less than an hour, Mom will be here to pick Dad & I up and drive us to the airport hotel. Our adventure begins tomorrow morning at 4 am, and neither of us wanted to waste 45 minutes driving from home at that time of day. I can barely believe that ...

Easter, Calgary, Canada travel blog

Easter

A travel blog entry by cobi

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... , Easter signifies the beginning of the end. Traditional religious significance aside, of course. I have exactly 20 days remaining in Calgary. Next Friday is Bermuda Shorts Day, the last day of lectures before the summer holidays. On Good Friday we ...

kinesiology and multimedia, Calgary, Canada travel blog

kinesiology and multimedia

A travel blog entry by cobi

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I'm starting to get into the swing of things... get over jet lag, register class locations in my spatially challenged mind, know my bus timetable and stuff like that. I have to say it sucks not having a car like I do at home, but then I wouldn't want to ...

Not to know is bad not to wish to know is ..., Calgary, Canada travel blog

Not to know is bad not to wish to know is ...

A travel blog entry by bradleyt

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... seat 6 worshippers but the highlight of the trail is a stop at an outlook over top of Horse-Thief Canyon. On the way to Calgary I also stopped at (a different) Horseshoe Canyon for some hiking. I arrived at Tara's house in Calgary just in time to watch ...

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