Day 11: Spicy pandas We had to get up very early today. It was a bit hard because we arrived late at the hotel last night. Today we went to the Giant panda breeding facility. Pandas are morning animals so we wanted to be there before feeding time which was at 8 am. It was fun to see them run… Read more »
Day 5: Doing walks and sleeping on trains We walked with our guide. We visited two local temples. One had a huge pagoda of stone the other was more than thousand years old and had beautiful courtyards. We also went to a local park and we received some dance lessons from local women there. Â Only the women danced: the guys… Read more »
Day 1: Airplanes To get to China you have to fly, to most of us that is pretty clear. I have flown quite a lot, but this flight was pretty unique. It was the Dutch operator KLM, but almost the whole flight was filled with Chinese. Even the flight attendants were Chinese and I could not speak Dutch with them…. Read more »
Day 21 Date: 13 and 14 July Final bear count: 11 Weather: hot in Canada 30 degrees, nice in The Netherlands 20 degrees This was unfortunately our last day of our trip to Canada. The morning started with packing and a nice breakfast. Sandy and Gary were off to church so we had the morning for ourselves. Luckily they came… Read more »
Day 18 Date: July 10, 2014 Total bear count: 11 Weather: still warm 23-27 degrees We did not have a kitchen this time in the motel but we do have a coffee machine, so breakfast with strong coffee it was. Attraction of the day was Johnston canyon. While we parked there we found out there are a lot of people… Read more »
Day 16 Date: July 8, 2014 Total bear count: 11 Weather: sunny 27-30 degrees We started the morning with a simple breakfast on the patio of the house with the Rockies in the background. After breakfast Gary showed us the neighbourhood. On route we found an easy geocache. Back at the house we got in the car to drive to… Read more »
Day 14 Date: July 6, 2014 Total bear count: 9 Weather: sunny with some clouds and some rain 19-23 degrees After another night with ear plugs we ate our breakfast again in our horrible room. For the coffee we went of course to the 7eleven around the corner. We were glad that we finally could leave the hotel. Before we… Read more »
Day 12 Date: July 4, 2014 Total bear count: 6 Weather: Sunny with clouds and hot: 27 degrees The motel did not offer breakfast so we went for our awesome salami pickle sandwiches. We fixed our caffeine problem at the MacDonalds. First stop for today was Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper. Sadly the end of the trail was closed because… Read more »
Date: July 3, 2014 Total bear count: 5 Weather: Sunny and hot: 25 – 30 degrees We ate stale bread for breakfast with two sacks of coffee in the machine, so the coffee was at least good! We first did the Lake Kinney walk, because I saw in the logs that my brother and I did that as well. A… Read more »
Day 9 When: July 1, 2014 Total bear count: 2 Weather: sunny and hot, 25-29 degrees We did not have breakfast in the motel. We did have coffee so we made our own. But today was a very special day! It is Canada day! This is celebrated by eating pancakes with each other in the morning. HW found out where… Read more »