Canada Part Two - The Rocky Mountaineer and beyond

From Banff we waited patiently for The Rocky Mountaineer to arrive and we were all excited by the train journey ahead.  We would be on the train for 2 days with one stop at Kamaloops.

We saw some truly beautiful sights on the RM, the first day we were on the train for a total of 12 hours and our onboard tour guide was called Michael.  He was lovely, really informative and knew so many interesting facts, we sat, took photos, ate loads, drank, had a laugh and admired the wonderful sights that were before us.  Without sounding cliche some of the sights really did take my breath away, makes you feel good to be alive.

The food was yummy and for those who know me, they will know that the food is always a big deal to me.  I bloody love my food hahaha

After what felt like the longest day ever (but really brilliant) our first day was over, we stopped at a hotel in Kamaloops and were all so shattered we hit the sack.  The following morning we boarded the train once again for our second day of sightseeing, although it was a long journey I didn't really want it to end but before long we were back in Vancouver saying goodbye to the sightseeing and hello to our new home, this was going to be interesting.

                                    


Back in Van we stayed in a hotel called the Hi Hostel on Grandville Street, it was the most scariest, horrible place I have ever been in.  People were dealing drugs in the hallways, arguing, pimping you name it.  Myself and Jo had one room and Hayley and Chan had another, after only 30minutes me and Jo went to join the other girls, we ended up all sleeping in the same room with all our suitcases and bags against the door, taking it in turns to keep watch whilst the others slept.  We had booked this hotel for a week, safe to say come morning we checked out and went back to the YMCA hotel we had stayed in previously, we stayed here for a further week.

After the YMCA we stayed at the Hamilton Inn for 1 night and as well as seeing the sights of Vancouver we wondered what we were going to do with the rest of our time there.

TBC...