Thoughts on my itinerary please
#16
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Recently, near Digby, we rented some horses and went for a trail ride on the beach. We did the same at Bryce Canyon. I should think that would be an activity easily organized in the Rockies and would allow a different view of scenery without all that wearying trudging hikers go in for.
While in Quebec City maybe have a butcher's at this:
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I would choose a stopover at Banff rather than Jasper but I am not too sure as to how that affects the train journey. My uncle did a road trip from Banff to Jasper one May. He was shocked to have to clear 4 inches of snow off his vehicle when he woke one morning! Waterways may still be frozen at the time of year you are contemplating.
An extra day or two in Hong Kong - there is so much to see and if it's unlikely you will be there again it seems an awful shame to only spend 1 day there. It's a fascinating city! Take a trip on the Star Ferry, go to the night market, walk around Ladder Street, take a tram, watch the Dragon Boat Festival (June 9th), go to Aberdeen and have lunch on the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, go to Stanley, ride on the Peak Tram, go to Ocean Park (and take a cable ride) watch the horse racing at Sha Tin, visit the 10,000 Buddha monastery.... to name just a very few!
Europe is next year.
What can I say? We want to do tourist crap, so tourist crap it shall be.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
#20
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You're choosing Jasper/Edmonton over Calgary/Banff? Odd. Maybe rent a car and drive Jasper-Banff-Calgary - you really do need a car in the Rockies. No real need to see Edmonton.
#21
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My sister lives in Cold Lake, so she's driving down to meet us. Otherwise I would have done the Banff train then drive to Calgary and fly from there to Halifax. I lived in Canmore 33 years ago.
#22
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Edmonton makes a modicum of sense then.
Banff will not have changed much, but Canmore has grown (outside the park).
#23
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I did like Calgary last time I was there so we may have to look into that and give sis a miss.
#24
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Given how far you are travelling, get Sis to meet you in Jasper and you can maximise your itinerary. It's a slightly longer drive for her (double!), but not excessive by Canadian/Australian standards.