It wasn't our intention to stay for summer, but we are so glad that we did. The locals keep reminding us that this is one of the best summers that they can remember, and we have subsequently spent every waking hour (those not spent at work) outside!
Tom, one of our house mates embarked on his 2 day return journey back to the republic this past month. It's always sad to lose a member, but he has great times awaiting him in Isle of Man. His departure was adequately celebrated/mourned by piggishly devouring 168 wings between 5 of us at Buffalo Bills! Tom himself broke his previous record of 40 wings in one sitting, by shovelling 48 into his gullet! Needless to say, he won't be eating wings for a while.
In preparation of our eminent departure, we sadly had to sell our bikes and other winter gear. The next leg of our journey will include visits to Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. We depart Canada for good on 17 Oct, travel South America, and land back on South African soil on 7 Dec. Our South American leg should epic - we have spent many hours researching the best spots, reading friends blogs, and getting as much advice we can.
We haven't done much local travelling (except Vancouver and Victoria), so we have rather spontaneously decided to do a roadtrip inland to Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff, before we leave Canada. These 3 resorts are apparently a 'must see', so we leave next Friday and will travel 2000km's in 5 days! We see it as mental and physical preparation for our long bus journeys we will endure across South America!!
So Canada, we have 15 days left together. I won't miss being asked a dozen times a day, "so where in Australia are you from?", but I will miss the incredible people and lifestyle we have enjoyed over the past 12 months!
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| A skeleton bike (handmade by a Whistler local!) |
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| Same place, different season (Fitzsimmons Creek) |
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| The wing feast |
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